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jackets, white turbans and curved shoes. Wherever the Tsar was, they guarded the doors between the private and official world. They had no other function other than to open and close doors; their sudden, but silent appearance into a room was the signal that heralded the immediate appearance of the Tsar or
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often assembled, in private, before state receptions and occasions. The privacy of the room was not compromised by the small private courtyard (
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on massive central pedestals, left in place in the dining room, were an
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