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1919 / TSAR, POPE & BOYAR 1919 / TSAR, POPE & BOYARWorkers oppressed by Tsar, Pope and Boyar (the bourgeois) - but now the Bolsheviks will put a stop to oppression... Date: 1919
Boris GolitsynBORIS ALEKSEYEVICH GOLITSYN (variously spelt Galitsin &c) Russian nobleman, statesman serving Peter the Great, promoted to boyar. Date: 1654 - 1713
Boyars Beards TrimmedIn his efforts to introduce Western customs into Russia, Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards. This satire shows him trimming the beard of a Boyar. Date: 1698
A High Ranking Boyar WomanA Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Woman in a fine and expensive silken gown Date: 1904
Russian Boyar girl - portrait by BobroffPortrait of a Russian Boyar girl (high class/rank/status) with long brunette hair tied in a plait, in luxurious traditional costume. Date: 1901
Boyaryshnya - Boyar Wife - RussiaA Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Woman in a fine and expensive silken gown. Date: 1900
A Boyaryshnya - A Boyar WomanA Boyaryshnya - A Boyar (high ranking) Russian Woman with elaborate headdress, sheer veil and strings of fine pearls. Date: 1909
Portrait of the boyar Feodor Veriguin. Russian school. Painting. RUSSIA. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum
Boyars Manor House, BucharestBoyar Manor House - Bucharest, Romania. Published for the General Exhibition of Romania in 1906 Date: 1906
1919 / TSAR, POPE & BOYARThe workers oppressed by Tsar, Pope, and Boyar (bourgeois) - but now the Bolsheviks will put a stop to oppression
Peter as HairdresserDetermined to westernise his country, Peter forbids the wearing of beards at court and taxes those who retain them : he personally shaves some of his boyar entourage