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Tsarist Tiara Goes Up for Sale, THE MOSCOW TIMES

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From: The Moscow Times (Russia)
Date: 20040114
Author:Anna Dolgov

Anna Dolgov
The Moscow Times (Russia)
01-14-2004
Artyom Tarasov displaying the elaborate tiara he brought to Moscow on Monday.

The tsarist family, a descendant of Alexander Pushkin and a modern-day
businessman once called a crook are the tantalizing ingredients in a story
unfolding in Moscow.
The tale revolves around a golden tiara decorated with diamonds and
rubies that was brought to Moscow this week for possible sale by its British
owner. Experts are still working to determine whether the tiara is the
one made on orders of a Russian grand duke. But few doubt that it is.
"It's all very ...

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