The coronation of Tsar Nicholas II took place at the Cathedral of the Dormition in Cathedral Square of the Kremlin on Tuesday, May 26, 1896.
Ivan the Great built the Cathedral in the late fifteenth century to honor the passing of Mary, the Mother of God. This Russian Orthodox Cathedral had been the site of Russ…
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