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At a training camp in Veliky Novgorod, Nicolas consecrates a dragoon regiment about to deploy. (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Alamy Stock Photo)
At a training camp in Veliky Novgorod, Nicolas consecrates a dragoon regiment about to deploy. (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Alamy Stock Photo)