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Oct 4, 2006

Empress Back to Russia

Famous-grave-spotting in churches and cemeteries is a popular tourist activity - I've indulged in it myself. This week the St Peter and Paul Cathedral in St Petersburg got a new member: Empress Maria Fyodorovna, the mother of Nicholas II, Russia's last Czar.

The remains of her body were finally shipped from Denmark to Russia last week, and she has been reburied next to her husband, Czar Alexander III, 140 years after she arrived in Russia. What a journey for an empress.

What famous graves have you seen on your travels in Eastern Europe and Russia? Start a discussion to let us know.
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