The tiara was created in 1841 by Bolin for Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (the wife of Nicolas I) using 25 of the finest pearls hanging from diamond arches. But it was Marie Feodorovna (wife of Tsar Alexander III) who truly loved the tiara. So much so, that even though it was a part of the Crown Jewels and not her personal tiara, she kept it in her home. By the time of the Bolshevik revolution, Marie was now Dowager Empress and she fled to Crimea to avoid the future fate of her son and family (it?s good to have family in high places. Her nephew King George V sent a ship for her).
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