PROGRAM för KRÖNINGSFESTLIGHETER, Khodynka A. A. Levenson: Moskva, Maj 1896.
Fête populaire mai 1896, programme. I. Rouslan et Lioudmila féerie-ballet en 5 tableaux. Musique de M. Glinka. II. Koniof Borbounof (Le petit Cheval bossu) féerie ballet en 7 tableaux. Musique de Pugui. III. Conquete de la Sibérie, Drame historique en 5 tableaux. IV. Cirque des frères Nikitine. V. Animaux dressés par le clown Dourow.
Fransk version av kröningsfestligheterna på Khodynka fältet. 55 x 20,5 cm.
Slitage, mindre veck och hörnskador.
Proveniens
Friherre Carl Ericson (1840-1928). Farmors farfar till nuvarande ägare.
Litteratur
From Nicholas II's diary (30 May): "Up until now, thank God, everything went perfectly, but today a great sin has taken place. The crowd spending the night on Khodynka Field, in anticipation of the distribution of the food and mugs, broke through the barrier and there was a terrible crush, during which 1,300 people were trampled..."