Svetlana Amelekhina, (L) a Curator at the Moscow Kremlin Museum, adjusts a Coronation Mantle of Russian Tsar Nicholas II while preparing an exhibition at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, on December 8, 2008. A display of rare and lavishly decorated costumes and uniforms worn by the Tsars and court officials of Imperial Russia as part of an exchange between the two museums. The exhibition "Magnificence of the Tsars will be on display at the V & A's fashion gallery from 10 December - 2 March 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 38 months ago

Svetlana Amelekhina, (L) a Curator at the Moscow Kremlin Museum, adjusts a Coronation Mantle of Russian Tsar Nicholas II while preparing an exhibition at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, on December 8, 2008. A display of rare and lavishly decorated costumes and uniforms worn by the Tsars and court officials of Imperial Russia as part of an exchange between the two museums. The exhibition "Magnificence of the Tsars will be on display at the V & A's fashion gallery from 10 December - 2 March 2009.

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