An Imperial Double-Wedding in 1917.
by Penny Wilson
In 1911, at the house of Mathilde Kschessinska, Prince Gabriel Konstantinovich met the young ballerina Antonina Rafaelovna Nesterovsky. There was an instant and strong attraction and soon the Prince was visiting Nina at her apartment in St Petersburg. They spent as much time as possible with each other, with Gabriel eventually renting a flat in the same…
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