1945 Print Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich Russia Baikov Beijing Czar Religion FZ7 XAL2 Hyppolite Flandrian

Hyppolite Flandrian

a palatable

thus giving the mythical character a fairy vibe

but became the wife of Napoleon Bonapart and Empress of France from 1804 to 1810

1945 Print Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich Russia Baikov Beijing Czar Religion FZ7 XAL2 Hyppolite FlandrianThis is an original 1945 halftone print of Alexis of Russia, or Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov. Mikhailovich ruled from 1645 to 1676, and was often accused of witchcraft and sorcery. The caption writes, "Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich, bejeweled and bewhiskered, effected in 1656 the first Russian diplomatic contact with China, when he sent Envoy Baikov to Peking (Beijing). Two centuries later his country was so great a force in Manchuria that it developed