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The Court of the Last Tsar: Pomp, Power and Pageantry in the Reign of Nicholas II Popular Culture Psychology to the unbelievable realization thatIt was the most magnificent court in Europea world of fairy tale opulence, ornate architecture, sophisticated fashion, extravagant luxury, and immense power. In the last Russian imperial court, a potent underlying mythology drove its participants to enact the pageantry of medieval, Orthodox Russiainfused with the sensibilities of Versaillesagainst a backdrop of fading Edwardian splendor, providing a spectacle of archaic ceremonies carefully