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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
1690 / Boyars Robes CutPeter the Greats policy of Westernisation includes a decree that courtiers and officials wear Western clothes. Thus the long robes of the Boyars are shortened. Date: 1698
1690 / Boyars Sleeves CutPeter the Greats policy of Westernisation includes a decree that courtiers and officials wear Western clothes. Here he cuts the long sleeves of the Boyars. Date: 1698
Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (18761933) - a Romanian-French writer. She was a descendant of the Bibescu and Craiovesti families of Romanian boyars. Date: circa 1910
Portrait of the boyar Feodor Veriguin. Russian school. Painting. RUSSIA. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum
Moscow, Russia - The Palace of the Romanov Boyars Date: circa 1908
Racial / Russia / BoyarsBoyars, male and female Date: 17th - 18th century
Russian Czar & BoyarsA Russian Czar on his throne with crown, sceptre & orb and two Boyars in brightly patterned ornate robes, boots & fur hats