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1613- 1645 |
Mikhail Fedorovich rules Russia as the first Romanov Czar.
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1682-1725 |
Peter the Great (or Peter I) rules Russia.
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1762-1796 |
Catherine the Great rules Russia.
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1842 |
Gustav Fabergé opens a jewelry shop at Bolschaya Morskaya Street in St. Petersburg.
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1846 |
Peter Carl Fabergé is born in St. Petersburg.
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1848 |
Marx and Engels publish Communist Manifesto.
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1861-1865 |
Carl Fabergé trains to goldsmith in a four year apprenticeship in Europe.
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1865 |
Carl Fabergé returns to St. Petersburg and enters his father's firm.
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1866 |
Czarevich Alexander (III) marries the Danish Princess Dagmar (Maria Fedorovna).
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1868 |
Nicholas (II) is born to Alexander III and Maria Fedorovna.
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1869 |
Tolstoy completes War and Peace.
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1872 |
Carl Fabergé takes over his father's business.
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1874 |
Fabergé is mentioned in the lists of the Imperial Cabinet for the first time.
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1881 |
Czar Alexander II is assassinated in a bombing by revolutionaries.
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Czar Alexander III is crowned.
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1882 |
Carl's brother Agathon joins the Fabergé firm.
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Carl Fabergé participates in the Pan-Russian Industrial Exhibition in Moscow, where he wins a Gold Medal and is "discovered" by Alexander III and Maria.
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1884 |
Mikhail Perkhin joins the Fabergé firm and later becomes head workmaster.
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1885 |
Carl Fabergé is named "Supplier to the Court of His Imperial Majesty," and Czar Alexander III orders the first Imperial Easter egg for his wife Maria.
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1886 |
Carl Fabergé opens a Moscow branch of the House of Fabergé.
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1890 |
The St. Petersburg branch of the House of Fabergé doubles in size; another branch is opened in Odessa.
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1894 |
November: Czar Alexander III dies.
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December: Nicholas II marries German Princess Alix von Hesse (Alexandra Fedorovna).
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1895 |
January: Nicholas dismisses a call for constitutional reform in a speech that is cited as the provocation for the founding of the Russian Social Democratic Workers party that would become the driving force behind the revolution.
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Carl's brother Agathon dies; Carl's son Agathon enters the firm.
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Grand Duchess Olga (first daughter) is born to Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra.
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1896 |
May 26: Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra.
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May 30: Over a thousand people are trampled to death at Khodynka Meadow during the coronation festivities.
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Leon Trotsky begins political activity.
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1897 |
Grand Duchess Tatiana (second daughter) is born to Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra.
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1898 |
Carl Fabergé begins renovating the premises at 24 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, which opens for the first time in 1900.
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1899 |
Grand Duchess Marie (third daughter) is born to Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra.
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1900 |
Fabergé publicly displays some of the Imperial Easter eggs and other miniatures for first time at the Paris Exposition Universelle. He is awarded a Gold Medal and the cross of the Legion d'Honneur.
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1901 |
The Odessa branch of the House of Fabergé is opened.
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Grand Duchess Anastasia (fourth daughter) is born to Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra.
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1902 |
Alexandra organizes a charity exhibition of Imperial eggs to benefit the Imperial Women's Patriotic Society Schools. It is the first public showing of the eggs in Russia.
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1903 |
A branch of the House of Fabergé is opened in London.
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The 200th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg is celebrated.
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1904 |
Japan attacks the Russian naval base at Port Arthur leading to the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). The Russian navy and army suffer terrible defeats.
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Czarevich Alexei (heir to the throne) is born to Czar Nicholas II and Alexandra.
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1905 |
January 22: Massacre of Bloody Sunday.
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Czar Nicholas reluctantly assents to constitutional monarchy.
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Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich is killed by terrorists in the Kremlin.
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1906 |
The Kiev branch of the House of Fabergé is opened.
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Czar Nicholas calls into session the first State Duma.
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1910 |
The Kiev branch is closed down.
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1913 |
The tercentenary of the Romanov dynasty is celebrated.
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1914 |
August: Russia declares war on Germany and Austria (World War I). In the first five months Russia loses over a million men - killed, wounded or taken prisoner.
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St. Petersburg changes its name to Petrograd.
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1915 |
The Fabergé workshops begin to produce war supplies. The London branch is closed.
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1916 |
The House of Fabergé is converted to a joint stock company.
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1917 |
February: A revolt (or First Revolution) overthrows the imperial monarchy.
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March 15: Nicholas II abdicates. He and his family are placed under house arrest.
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The October Revolution (or Bolshevik Revolution) is organized by the Bolshevik Party against the provisional government. The Bolshevik Soviet Republic is proclaimed.
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To prevent further looting, Imperial treasures, including many Fabergé eggs, are confiscated and taken to the Moscow Kremlin Armoury.
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1918 |
The House of Fabergé is closed by the Bolsheviks.
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Carl Fabergé and his family, with the exception of Agathon, escape from Russia with the help of the British Embassy.
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The Czar and his family are assassinated at Ekaterinburg.
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1919 |
April: The Dowager Empress Maria is evacuated from Yalta to England.
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1920 |
September: Carl Fabergé dies in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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1921 |
Agathon is released from prison to work on the Crown jewels under Soviet orders.
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1928 |
Agathon escapes from Russia.
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1930s |
The Soviet government sells fourteen Imperial Eggs to foreign collectors.
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