Fabergé crafted a fabulously rich part of Russian history with his knowledge, skill and design concepts. All of his works play a role in the evolution of a master craftsman appreciated by many throughout the world as a significant contributor to art form. Each piece a tiny step toward perfection. Were it not for his transformation of religious symbolism (the Fabergé Easter egg) for the Tzar and Tsarina - which only became famous in more recent years through wealthy collectors, than perhaps our impression of fine art may have taken an alternate path and Russian Imperial history might be viewed through a different window. His simple creations are a delight…especially the walking stick cane heads…for me one would be a practical tool, worthy friend and treasure to keep by my side as I head east in the walk of life…perhaps I will be blessed one day.
@@SLICE_Who Carl had to hire a team of people to create all of the eggs, and he got thrown in jail, probably for telling the truth. Coral made several items that are marked behind or underneath the eggs, the crowns and the tiaras.. how are you can tell that the House of Faberge made a lot of other things is by the circle or a bump on it.
I watched a documentary that the Tsar's wife's body was indecently touched by the people that murdered her...they lifted her skirt and placed their fingers in her vagina
If anyone reading this lives in/around the Washington, DC area, there are a few BEAUTIFUL Faberge eggs at the Hillwood Estate/Museum. The house used to belong to Marjorie Merriweather-Post, and she was an avid collector of Romanov art and artifacts. Definitely worth a visit!
Holy smokes! So much of this are objects I have not seen before--and the historical significance of each egg, the Romanovs and the time leading up to the downfall of it all. The film that you somehow found and included here adds a dimension that, as great as this documentary is, would have lost the impact these films brought to both sides of the people and autocracy. I was lucky enough to see a showing of the Fabergé eggs in Los Angeles many years ago--fifty years? I think it was. My point is that seeing them in the early 1970s, nose pushed to the glass covers on all of these objects--still stays firmly placed in my mind. Thank you so much for this presentation! I've passed it on to a couple of people that will lose their minds when they see all of this!💐💐
I was stunned at the beaty of these eggs which were displayed in Dubrovnik in 2007! Before the entry into the Dukes court in Dubrovnik we saw armed security officers with automatic rifles which kind of gave us a hint on the total value of these magnificent objects! The one egg with pearls and lilies of the valley on pink motherpearl was my absolute favourite. Some expert present told us that this particular one could then be worth around 10-12 million dollars! Truly amazing and a once in a lifetime experience among royalty!
Karl Fabergé was a master craftman at his work never will there be another master at this fine craft as Karl Fabergé his works are pure love and crftmanship for the eggs and his work bravo Maestro R I P
OMG how outstandingly beautiful . Talent i've yet to see in todays age of cheap material and mass production. How i wish this caliber of beauty was available today in age.
@@nonsense502 I googled JAR and was only able to find watches and jewelry which were very plain looking. Didn't find any Eggs or collectables. Is there a link you can post?
Beautiful eggs. I have heard of them, but never knew their history, or that they hid little gifts as well. I knew the Russians killed the Tsar and his family, as there was a lot that went on at that time, including the Ottoman war. Russia seemed like a decent place then, when the Tsars were around, and to think the eggs were dismantled for their gold is heartbreaking. I have read somewhere that there are more of the eggs that were saved, hidden and moved to other Countries, so they are out there somewhere. But I doubt anyone will find them as they are so valuable. They could even be in a museum or museums, but whether they are for the public eye or not, it has to be seen. As for all the other things that were made, they are highly valuable as well, all were beautiful pieces of art, and to be able to see some of them is very pleasing to the eye. Truly beautiful. Thank you for the video, the history of the eggs and the history of the Tsars and their family is extremely enjoyable.
There are seven imperial faberge eggs that are still missing. The hen with sapphire pendant egg, the mauve egg, the empire nephrite egg, the necessaire egg, the chariot with cherub egg, the Danish commemorative egg, and the Alexander commemorative egg.
Swerdlow murdered the Tsar & his family - he was a Jewi - The Bolsheviks were mostly Russian speaking Jews rather than ethnic Russian. They murdered millions of Russians & worked millions more to death in the Gulags after they overthrew the monarchy.
What a treat this documentary was. Whilst the eggs are absolutely breathtaking, I wouldn't choose one if offered. My two absolute favourite's are flowers, Tiny little pansies and a very monotone single Chrysanthemum in a
I have been so fascinated with Faberge eggs for years And today I experienced it’s beautiful history through your eyes - Definitely Will visit Faberge museum in St Petersburg Thanks for this wonderful journey God Bless
I have had the pleasure of visiting Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond Virginia. On display are amazing examples of Fabrege Eggs and picture frames featuring the Romanoff Family. So very exquisite art works
Beautiful. I'm glad the collection was returned to Russia. Should I get the opportunity again, I will make sure the museum is on the list of places for me to visit.
I just find that whole period in history fascinating. Everything that Faberge produced was simply stunning. The trans-Siberian egg is my personal favourite. I actually found this documentary quite emotional, I don’t know why.
I loved Billi! Thank you for sharing her and all of her adventures all these years! I will miss her so much! Love to you, her mom & dad for sharing her and being so wise as to train her to speak!❤
The house of Fabrege created some of the most beautiful items and eggs that came out of Russia. My good recreations are my most valuable collectables. I love them
Very well presented. There are some Faberge pieces in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, as well as a few in Hillwood Mansion in Washington, DC.
Very interesting to learn about all the other kinds of artwork that were made. And sad that so many pieces were destroyed after the revolution. The remaining artwork is absolutely stunning. The man was a genius!
Amazing art. I had the pleasure in the 1980's along with my wife to see the Malcom Forbes collection of Faberge eggs at the Kimble Art museum in Ft. Worth Texas.
My mom and I are trying to see all the extant eggs before she’s too ill to travel. We’ve seen 26 so far, including (afaik) all the ones in the US as of this writing and those in the Kremlin Armory some years ago.😀 Fun trips and stunning objets d’art!
I have a Faberge letter opener; the detail is amazing! I love the original birch box with the clasp that opens down instead of up. A truly beautiful piece!
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I’ve loved these eggs for 50 years. I even took up pysanky and egg carving from age 10 on, because of them. This is by far the best documentary on them, EVER!
A lot of those eggs were reported stolen and a lot of them were never found but one person bought some of the eggs at the auction house a Sotheby’s and he was allowed to keep them until his death, those eggs now reside at the Kremlin in Russia, a long with the pyramid case.
@@deathbycheese850 The comment above seems incomplete but if they were stolen art, a purchase doesn’t make it legally the buyer’s property any more than if it were stolen TV’s. They belong to the legal owner from whom they were stolen.
Amazing documentary. I don't have a fabergé egg, I have just a book that I got as a birthday gift, long ago, I couldn't think it was so amazing to see them on a movie.
One of my favourite pieces is the spider which isn’t shown in this documentary. His & the workshops craftsmenship was extraordinarily masterful ❤ Stunning!
@@SLICE_Who I saw it on a TV show called Pawn Stars. A lady brought it in. It was a family heirloom which turned out to be Faberge. It’s a beautiful broach. Google it 😍
Malcolm Forbes and Marjorie Merriweather Post are two Americans who gathered together vast collections of Russian Wealth. While the Forbes items were, for the most part returned to Russian soil, Mrs. Post’s accumulation is available for viewing at her Washington DC estate, Hillwood.
It's Tchaikovsky's "Marche Slave" in B-flat minor. ("Slave" here refers to the Slavic people and culture, not to bondservants. The current English word derives, via Medieval Latin, from the name of the ethnic group.)
I saw the Red Cross egg in Cleveland and even knowing what it looked like beforehand didn’t prepare me for just how small it really was. Such a small thing but made so beautifully.
There has never been another like the Carl Faberge studio and the exquisite works of art/jewelry they created. Workmanship In the creative arts, design and building was much better in the past than it is today. No longer are natural ingredients or materials used. No longer is excellent attention to detail and craftsmanship a priority in the US. Everything now is man-made, composite materials and imported inferior quality products. It’s sad.
If you ever find time to read Nicholas II's diaries, letters and pronouncements, as well as the biographies others have written of him, you'll come to understand that he was far from tone-deaf. He certainly believed absolute monarchy was necessary and sufficient for Russian prosperity, but he was not uncompassionate. He was painfully aware of many of the problems that the deeply entrenched legal and political institutions had bequeathed to Russia, but he was powerless to make even minor improvements. He famously opined, "I do not rule Russia; 10,000 bureaucrats do." Selling off his family's jewels, artworks and clothing would no more have helped the poor in Russia than full-fledged communism did. The economic success of the British Empire, the United States and numerous other Western nations, including the rise in those lands of a vast, prosperous middle class, with its astonishing inventiveness and entrepreneurial energy, had revealed the dysfunction of Russian feudalism, but almost nobody in Russia, among aristocrats, intellectuals, clergy, businessmen, industrial laborers and agrarian peasants alike, saw the connection between that success and the high degree of mutual cooperation that classical liberal law and political economy nurtured and protected. It took a thousand years for the common law, feudal emancipation and classical liberalism to develop and mature in the nations that inherited those benefits, and Russia had never been on that path. So, even if he'd had the power to radically transform the Russian political economy, Nicolas' changes would have yielded few benefits. But the fact that he did not understand human motivation and did not embrace the moral imperatives of liberty does not mean he didn't care about his people's welfare.
It had nothing to do with poverty! If it was so then the red army wouldn't have turned around and kept the Russian people in conditions that were worse than before they're take over. The were power hungry and nothing else.
2 billion people today live on 3 dollars day- and you sitting at computer or smartphone that no one then could even imagine, and brought incredible wealth to the world- the US is less then 5 % of the world population - it has spent more in Ukraine than all the wealth of the Romanov could imagine
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Did you know Fabergé created more than just the famous Imperial Eggs? What are your thoughts on his other incredible jewels?
Fabergé crafted a fabulously rich part of Russian history with his knowledge, skill and design concepts. All of his works play a role in the evolution of a master craftsman appreciated by many throughout the world as a significant contributor to art form. Each piece a tiny step toward perfection.
Were it not for his transformation of religious symbolism (the Fabergé Easter egg) for the Tzar and Tsarina - which only became famous in more recent years through wealthy collectors, than perhaps our impression of fine art may have taken an alternate path and Russian Imperial history might be viewed through a different window.
His simple creations are a delight…especially the walking stick cane heads…for me one would be a practical tool, worthy friend and treasure to keep by my side as I head east in the walk of life…perhaps I will be blessed one day.
Love all his work but I find the enamels particularly beautiful
@@SLICE_Who Carl had to hire a team of people to create all of the eggs, and he got thrown in jail, probably for telling the truth. Coral made several items that are marked behind or underneath the eggs, the crowns and the tiaras.. how are you can tell that the House of Faberge made a lot of other things is by the circle or a bump on it.
I was lucky enough to see the eggs in the Kremlin. Absolutely gorgeous.
@@JGLy22086Oh, how I envy you-that is truly a once in a lifetime experience! Thanks for sharing :-)
I don't think I have seen such close ups of Faberge before. Wonderful !
Absolutely stunning.
The best documentary I've seen on Faberge.
National Geographic did a better one years ago.
Have always been fascinated by the eggs and the lives/deaths of the romanovs.... Thank you for this video and the close ups of the eggs
I watched a documentary that the Tsar's wife's body was indecently touched by the people that murdered her...they lifted her skirt and placed their fingers in her vagina
If anyone reading this lives in/around the Washington, DC area, there are a few BEAUTIFUL Faberge eggs at the Hillwood Estate/Museum. The house used to belong to Marjorie Merriweather-Post, and she was an avid collector of Romanov art and artifacts. Definitely worth a visit!
The Cleveland, Ohio Art Museum has an egg also.
Thanks for mentioning this!!! 🎉
I was born in Washington DC and I went back to visit many times. I will have to look it up.
Also, the Virginia Museum in Richmond, Virginia, has had a collection of several eggs.
unfortunately these were stolen recently. there are now only replicas on display temporarily
I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. What absolute engineering and craftsmanship 😍😍
Saw objects that I had never seen before. Lovely.
Glad you enjoyed it! Fabergé's works are really something, aren't they?
Thank you for the verbal descriptions of many of the pieces. As a blind viewer they are particularly appreciated.
It is a joy to see such exquisite items of beauty,imagination and skill.
Watching this feels like forever and eternal beauty
Holy smokes! So much of this are objects I have not seen before--and the historical significance of each egg, the Romanovs and the time leading up to the downfall of it all. The film that you somehow found and included here adds a dimension that, as great as this documentary is, would have lost the impact these films brought to both sides of the people and autocracy. I was lucky enough to see a showing of the Fabergé eggs in Los Angeles many years ago--fifty years? I think it was. My point is that seeing them in the early 1970s, nose pushed to the glass covers on all of these objects--still stays firmly placed in my mind.
Thank you so much for this presentation! I've passed it on to a couple of people that will lose their minds when they see all of this!💐💐
I never understood the fascination over fabergè items until now... true craftmanship.
I was stunned at the beaty of these eggs which were displayed in Dubrovnik in 2007! Before the entry into the Dukes court in Dubrovnik we saw armed security officers with automatic rifles which kind of gave us a hint on the total value of these magnificent objects! The one egg with pearls and lilies of the valley on pink motherpearl was my absolute favourite. Some expert present told us that this particular one could then be worth around 10-12 million dollars! Truly amazing and a once in a lifetime experience among royalty!
Over stated and sad what people covet
The lily of the valley was my favorite egg as well. Nobody alive could recreate these, it's sad what we've lost.
@@supme7558Well, not everyone appreciates superb craftsmanship. Sorry you're one of them. Cope harder triggered person.
@@supme7558 covet? Commenting on an objects beauty does NOT mean you covet said object. 🙄
Karl Fabergé was a master craftman at his work never will there be another master at this fine craft as Karl Fabergé his works are pure love and crftmanship for the eggs and his work bravo Maestro R I P
OMG how outstandingly beautiful . Talent i've yet to see in todays age of cheap material and mass production. How i wish this caliber of beauty was available today in age.
It is available. Check out the new collections by Bvlgari, Chaumet, Cartier and many more. You’ll be amazed.
Check out JAR they call him the faberge of our time..
@@cserd8734 Thank you
@@nonsense502 I googled JAR and was only able to find watches and jewelry which were very plain looking. Didn't find any Eggs or collectables. Is there a link you can post?
Dalusions there nothing special
Beautiful eggs. I have heard of them, but never knew their history, or that they hid little gifts as well. I knew the Russians killed the Tsar and his family, as there was a lot that went on at that time, including the Ottoman war. Russia seemed like a decent place then, when the Tsars were around, and to think the eggs were dismantled for their gold is heartbreaking. I have read somewhere that there are more of the eggs that were saved, hidden and moved to other Countries, so they are out there somewhere. But I doubt anyone will find them as they are so valuable. They could even be in a museum or museums, but whether they are for the public eye or not, it has to be seen. As for all the other things that were made, they are highly valuable as well, all were beautiful pieces of art, and to be able to see some of them is very pleasing to the eye. Truly beautiful. Thank you for the video, the history of the eggs and the history of the Tsars and their family is extremely enjoyable.
There are seven imperial faberge eggs that are still missing. The hen with sapphire pendant egg, the mauve egg, the empire nephrite egg, the necessaire egg, the chariot with cherub egg, the Danish commemorative egg, and the Alexander commemorative egg.
Swerdlow murdered the Tsar & his family - he was a Jewi - The Bolsheviks were mostly Russian speaking Jews rather than ethnic Russian. They murdered millions of Russians & worked millions more to death in the Gulags after they overthrew the monarchy.
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I’m pretty sure that’s just anti Semitic propaganda
To get a better view of Russia at that time try “Serfdom in Russia”. While the aristocracy spent a fortune on baubles they were keeping slaves !
@@henrylivingstone2971 No it's historical fact.
What a treat this documentary was. Whilst the eggs are absolutely breathtaking, I wouldn't choose one if offered. My two absolute favourite's are flowers, Tiny little pansies and a very monotone single Chrysanthemum in a
I have been so fascinated with Faberge eggs for years And today I experienced it’s beautiful history through your eyes - Definitely Will visit Faberge museum in St Petersburg Thanks for this wonderful journey God Bless
I have always considered the Faberge Eggs some of the greatest works of art of all time.
The magic of the brain and the hands of master!
I have had the pleasure of visiting Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond Virginia. On display are amazing examples of Fabrege Eggs and picture frames featuring the Romanoff Family. So very exquisite art works
Beautiful. I'm glad the collection was returned to Russia. Should I get the opportunity again, I will make sure the museum is on the list of places for me to visit.
Excellent video. I didn't know Fabrege made other items as well. Amazing to see this type of craftsmanship that no longer exists.
I just find that whole period in history fascinating. Everything that Faberge produced was simply stunning. The trans-Siberian egg is my personal favourite. I actually found this documentary quite emotional, I don’t know why.
What an incredible story 🕊️🕊️🕊️
There's the wonderful Matilda Geddings Gray Fabergé collection at the Met in New York!!!
I loved Billi! Thank you for sharing her and all of her adventures all these years! I will miss her so much! Love to you, her mom & dad for sharing her and being so wise as to train her to speak!❤
The house of Fabrege created some of the most beautiful items and eggs that came out of Russia. My good recreations are my most valuable collectables. I love them
Such astonishing attention to detail in every single piece. What a well-made documentary. Thanks for the upload.🎉🎉🎉
I love these little eggs 😊 so beautiful
Shockingly excellent for YT content, thank you
What an amazing documentary!
Very well presented. There are some Faberge pieces in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, as well as a few in Hillwood Mansion in Washington, DC.
Very interesting to learn about all the other kinds of artwork that were made.
And sad that so many pieces were destroyed after the revolution.
The remaining artwork is absolutely stunning. The man was a genius!
Stunning! And what a fabulous documentary with so many closeups!
Amazing documentary! Thank you.
Sublime and Fascinating, thanku very much ❤
So much beauty touches my soul
Amazing art.
I had the pleasure in the 1980's along with my wife to see the Malcom Forbes collection of Faberge eggs at the Kimble Art museum in Ft. Worth Texas.
Great History, Art and Evolution!!!!
Thank you and Congratulations are superbly deserved!!!!❤🏆👏👏👏💯
What a superb documentary! Phenomenal narration and outstanding quality of the close ups. I could see every single detail of the eggs. Bravo.
Różne "jaja" widziałem w życiu !:) ....Ale Te Są !!!! ...... Zdecydowanie Najdroższe !!!! :)
I can’t believe the work. So beautiful work
My mom and I are trying to see all the extant eggs before she’s too ill to travel. We’ve seen 26 so far, including (afaik) all the ones in the US as of this writing and those in the Kremlin Armory some years ago.😀 Fun trips and stunning objets d’art!
What a wonderful idea and such a thoughtful gesture for your mom! Wishing you both lots of joy and excitement on your egg-hunting adventure 🤗💛!
I have a Faberge letter opener; the detail is amazing! I love the original birch box with the clasp that opens down instead of up. A truly beautiful piece!
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The beauty of faberge eggs are unmatched. Fascinating
Amazing I want to see more of this unique process, and the history was exquisite
This should be on television for all to see. It’s excellent.
With out the music
Love your relaxed style. Also I’m in for sure! Would love to get those pipes.
I don't think I have heard the word sumptuous more anywhere else but this video.
Literally had the narrator say sumptuous as I read this comment 😂
💜 Thank you for this wonderful documentary! 😊💜
I’ve loved these eggs for 50 years. I even took up pysanky and egg carving from age 10 on, because of them. This is by far the best documentary on them, EVER!
This is superb.
A lot of those eggs were reported stolen and a lot of them were never found but one person bought some of the eggs at the auction house a Sotheby’s and he was allowed to keep them until his death, those eggs now reside at the Kremlin in Russia, a long with the pyramid case.
Allowed to? He bought them, so they were his.
I believe only 8 or 9 eggs were lost in the Revolution. One was found a few years ago in the Midwest USA.
@@sandyhossman7771It’s unknown how many of the eggs were made, so no one knows for sure how many eggs are missing 😊
If you watched the video you would know the facts
@@deathbycheese850 The comment above seems incomplete but if they were stolen art, a purchase doesn’t make it legally the buyer’s property any more than if it were stolen TV’s. They belong to the legal owner from whom they were stolen.
I visited St. Petersburg and the eggs were undescribably beautiful.
My brother recommended this. Very good!!!
My eyes are in awe with so many beautiful examples.
So much beautiful works created
Outstanding documentary ❤
I have always wondered and heard about these little eggs….
Thank you for showing them…
❤😌
wow!!! We have a small Faberge museum at the Natural Museum of Science in Houston!!
Beautiful video... Thank you for sharing... Well done!...
They are so beautiful.
Thank you for sharing great documentary.
AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART....🙂🙂🥰
Very interesting video. Very enlightening. Thank you for sharing.
Those objects are absolute masterpieces ❤️❤️❤️
Amazing documentary. I don't have a fabergé egg, I have just a book that I got as a birthday gift, long ago, I couldn't think it was so amazing to see them on a movie.
Fabulous.
One of my favourite pieces is the spider which isn’t shown in this documentary. His & the workshops craftsmenship was extraordinarily masterful ❤ Stunning!
Amazing ! Where did you had the chance to see that piece ?
@@SLICE_Who I saw it on a TV show called Pawn Stars. A lady brought it in. It was a family heirloom which turned out to be Faberge. It’s a beautiful broach. Google it 😍
That was fascinating 👏. Thanx for sharing 👏
so very beautiful…thank you
Excellent video. Congratulations!
I wonder what the price was on these fabulous pieces? Have all these pieces been accounted for?
Not all of them, no. Every so often, one is discovered somewhere unexpected.
Ohh..... The tree egg..... How beautiful ❤ they should call the green stone the kiwi stone.
Malcolm Forbes and Marjorie Merriweather Post are two Americans who gathered together vast collections of Russian Wealth. While the Forbes items were, for the most part returned to Russian soil, Mrs. Post’s accumulation is available for viewing at her Washington DC estate, Hillwood.
What is the music at minute 39:15? Thanks for an answer
It's Tchaikovsky's "Marche Slave" in B-flat minor. ("Slave" here refers to the Slavic people and culture, not to bondservants. The current English word derives, via Medieval Latin, from the name of the ethnic group.)
You forgot to mention the Hen egg was inspired by a Danish egg from the tsarina's childhood, although it was made of ivory.
Thank you. This is just breathtaking in it’s beauty.
Best documentary, well done!
Nicely done. Thanks
Unique pcs of craftmanship!
There are more to these beautiful eggs... Than one can see... I will leave it at that!
Excellent video. Thankyou
You can’t find anything made like that today.. even the rich.. the craftsmanship is just so amazing.,
Excellent documentaire .Merci .
Great video, beautiful thing, thank you for sharing.
Absolutely beautiful
The eggs are so much larger than I envisioned them to be. They are more beautiful than words can describe. It is wonderful that Russia has them back.
Wonderful video!
I saw the Red Cross egg in Cleveland and even knowing what it looked like beforehand didn’t prepare me for just how small it really was. Such a small thing but made so beautifully.
Amazing work of art!
Always loved the eggs, ❤❤❤ very very unique, i should try making Australian types 😋 😂😅 😊
Documentary well done❤❤
Yes, the objects are stunningly beautiful, but at the same time of their creation, people were starving.
I was at the palace in St. Petersburg in Russia in 2019 and saw the collection. I knew about it from before but it was magnificent to see in reality.
Great documentary 🥚🥚🥚🥚
There has never been another like the Carl Faberge studio and the exquisite works of art/jewelry they created. Workmanship In the creative arts, design and building was much better in the past than it is today. No longer are natural ingredients or materials used. No longer is excellent attention to detail and craftsmanship a priority in the US. Everything now is man-made, composite materials and imported inferior quality products. It’s sad.
Thank goodness
The craftsmanship is breathtaking, but so is the tone-deafness. Such tacky wealth, completely unfazed by the grinding poverty around them.
Nothing has changed. Look at Oprah, Zuckerberg, Gates. Elites are elites
If you ever find time to read Nicholas II's diaries, letters and pronouncements, as well as the biographies others have written of him, you'll come to understand that he was far from tone-deaf. He certainly believed absolute monarchy was necessary and sufficient for Russian prosperity, but he was not uncompassionate. He was painfully aware of many of the problems that the deeply entrenched legal and political institutions had bequeathed to Russia, but he was powerless to make even minor improvements. He famously opined, "I do not rule Russia; 10,000 bureaucrats do." Selling off his family's jewels, artworks and clothing would no more have helped the poor in Russia than full-fledged communism did. The economic success of the British Empire, the United States and numerous other Western nations, including the rise in those lands of a vast, prosperous middle class, with its astonishing inventiveness and entrepreneurial energy, had revealed the dysfunction of Russian feudalism, but almost nobody in Russia, among aristocrats, intellectuals, clergy, businessmen, industrial laborers and agrarian peasants alike, saw the connection between that success and the high degree of mutual cooperation that classical liberal law and political economy nurtured and protected. It took a thousand years for the common law, feudal emancipation and classical liberalism to develop and mature in the nations that inherited those benefits, and Russia had never been on that path. So, even if he'd had the power to radically transform the Russian political economy, Nicolas' changes would have yielded few benefits. But the fact that he did not understand human motivation and did not embrace the moral imperatives of liberty does not mean he didn't care about his people's welfare.
It had nothing to do with poverty! If it was so then the red army wouldn't have turned around and kept the Russian people in conditions that were worse than before they're take over. The were power hungry and nothing else.
They were cosseted and entitled endorsed by the church as their imperial right to rule. Such a shame they were so out of touch with their countrymen.
2 billion people today live on 3 dollars day- and you sitting at computer or smartphone that no one then could even imagine, and brought incredible wealth to the world- the US is less then 5 % of the world population - it has spent more in Ukraine than all the wealth of the Romanov could imagine