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Images / Ball Given by Princess M.F.Baryatinskaya. Watercolour by G.G.Gagarin. 2nd half of 1830s.
Balls

BALLS, evening parties with dances, one of the entertainments of high society in St. Petersburg from the 18th - the early 20th centuries. Balls originated from assemblies, where, according to Tsar Peter the Great's order, minuet, allemande, courante