Private fans collection of Evgeniya Doremidova
Saint-Petersburg

Memorial fan leaf “Saint Petersburg 1897”

Silk leaf painted with famous views of Saint Petersburg: The Peter & Paul Fortress, Peter the Great Monument. On the right side painted allegory of Russian winter, on the left the imperial yacht “Aleksandria” under flags of Russia & France brings the French President Felix Faure & the Emperor Nikolay II to Saint Petersburg from Kronshtadt. The President of France came to make an alliance with Russia.