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1830 · 100955 — <p>Circa 1830's. 1830's. Fine. - An original 19 inch high by 24 inch wide broadside printed in Cyrillic on watermarked laid paper. Two columns printed within ruled frames and titled at the top left of the broadside loosely translated as "TABLE Of the highly solemn Birthdays and Name-days of His Imperial Majesty and Her Imperial Majesty the Accession of His Imperial Majesty to the All-Russian Imperial Throne and Their most joyful Imperial Majesties' Coronation; the Birthdays and Name-days of Their Imperial Highnesses as well as victory days; with an indication of which months and dates and with what church ceremony in the sacred services it is appropriate to observe them."</p><p>The title is followed by dates printed within the left column with descriptions of the events to be celebrated on that day. Starting with January 1st with celebration of the New Year and of the birthday of Her Imperial Highness the Right-Believing Lady Grand Duchess Elena Pavlova. The birthday of Her Imperial Highness the Right-Believing Lady Grand Duchess Anna Pavlova is to be celebrated on January 7th and so on.</p><p>On April 21st is to be celebrated the Name-days of Her Imperial Majesty the Most Pious Lady Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and the Right-Believing Lady Grand Princess Alexandra Nikolaevna. These name-days Imeniny were feast days of the person's patron saint. The list goes on and includes the celebration of the accession to the All-Russian Imperial Throne of His Imperial Majesty the Most Pious Great Sovereign Emperor Nicholas Pavlovich Autocrat of All Russia on November 20th.</p><p>Under the heading VICTORY is a list of celebrations commemorating Russian military victories. Celebrated on July 10 is the solemn commemoration of the peace between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Porte concluded at Kaynardzha and the annexation of the Tauric Kingdom to the Russian State which occurred on July 10th 1783. On August 13 and 17 are celebrations of the 1788 capture of the frigates at Anapa and at Sudzhuk-Kale and the subsequent capture of Narva. September 28 commemorates the victory over the Prussian army and so on. A lengthy paragraph at the end describes the religious ceremonies which are to be held on several of these dates.</p><p>Folded several times horizontally and vertically else near fine.</p><p>It is worth noting that name days known as Imeniny or Angel's Days were often more significant than birthdays as they honored and celebrated the saint in whose name a member of the royal family was baptized.</p><p>N.B. The text is in Russian.</p> Circa [1830's].