At the beginning of 1944 six divisions of the German Army Group South, some 56,000 men, were encircled by the Russian Army.

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A Fabergé Imperial Winter Egg, commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II as an Easter gift to his mother, is heading to auction with a ...

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The Winter Egg is made from finely carved rock crystal, covered in a delicate snowflake motif wrought in platinum with 4,500 ...

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Following the First World War three of the largest European Empires collapsed, with the German Empire being the last, after ...

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The Imperial Winter Egg, considered one of Fabergé’s finest creations for the Russian royal family, has sold for $30.2 ...

The Winter Egg, one of Faberge's most dazzling creations, is due to be auctioned in London next week and set another sales ...

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