About the book: 2005 / The Great and Beautiful Russia, in which these women were born, remained only in memories and dreams... In reality, they , who fled from the new order of the country, which they could not accept, a foreign land became their homeland. But even where they had to start all over again, having nothing but high titles, these exiles remained brilliant and inimitable. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna - cousin of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, ballerina Tamara Karsavina, heroine of the French Resistance Princess Vera Obolenskaya... Their difficult destinies will be discussed in the book of historical short stories by Elena Arsenyeva…