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1903 Fancy Dress Ball in the Winter Palace On 26 February, 2003, in the Hermitage Theater Foyer was opened an exhibition and given a press conference celebrating the centenary of the Fancy Dress Ball in the Winter Palace. The exhibition is organized by the State Hermitage Museum with the support of the St. Petersburg Tercentenary Committee, Maris Lijepa Charity and Baltic Construction Company. The same night the Hermitage Theater hosted a concert in which famous performers from Moscow and St. Petersburg took part. The exhibition shows 12 costumes of the ball's participants and 34 photos from the 1903 album. The party given on 11 February, 1903, in the Winter Palace was followed two days later by a grandiose fancy dress ball. Called "The 1903 Ball", it remains the most celebrated festivity arranged in St. Petersburg during the reign of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of the Romanov House. |
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