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KREMLIN ARMORY MUSEUM

 
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The corronation robe of Empress Catherine I, Peter's second wife. In 1724 it caused a sensation in Russia as the first European style ceremonial dress. It is made of silk fabric with sislver embroidery.

  
     

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