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Russia`s Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna to be buried in St Pete.
ST PETERSBURG, June 3 (Itar-Tass) - Grand Duchess Leonida Georgievna,
the last member of the Romanov dynasty born in the Russian Empire before
the 1917 revolution, will be buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral on
Thursday.
The coffin was delivered to St Petersburg from Madrid on Wednesday.
The grand duchess's body lay in state in the cathedral for Russians to pay
their last tribute.
The duchess died in Madrid at the age of 95 on May 23. She will be
buried at the Romanov tomb in the Peter and Paul Cathedral next to her
husband, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich Romanov.
the last member of the Romanov dynasty born in the Russian Empire before
the 1917 revolution, will be buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral on
Thursday.
The coffin was delivered to St Petersburg from Madrid on Wednesday.
The grand duchess's body lay in state in the cathedral for Russians to pay
their last tribute.
The duchess died in Madrid at the age of 95 on May 23. She will be
buried at the Romanov tomb in the Peter and Paul Cathedral next to her
husband, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich Romanov.