@lieandlieagain: Gothic Library of Nicholas II, located in the Winter Palace (The State Hermitage Museum) in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1894 until his forced abdication in March 1917. His death marked the violent end of the three-century-old Romanov dynasty and the final collapse of the Russian Empire. On July 17, 1918, he and his entire family were secretly executed by a Bolshevik firing squad in a basement #russia #History #gothic #moodboard #aesthetic