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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna was the sister of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna; she married on 3/15 June 1884 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, who was assassinated in Moscow in 1905. After his death the Grand Duchess became a nun devoting the rest of her life to deeds of charity. After the Revolution she was arrested and deported to Siberia where she was murdered, dying of suffocation in a mineshaft. She was canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1995.
Johannes Zehngraf (1857-1908), the painter and miniaturist, was born in Copenhagen. He travelled and worked throughout Germany, and occasionally in Russia. He executed for Fabergé the miniatures of three of the Imperial Eggs.
Johannes Zehngraf (1857-1908), the painter and miniaturist, was born in Copenhagen. He travelled and worked throughout Germany, and occasionally in Russia. He executed for Fabergé the miniatures of three of the Imperial Eggs.