Topic: Anna Pavlovna, GD
Queen of the Netherlands, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795-1865)
The year 2013 will reflect the special relationship between Russia and the Netherlands and Amsterdam. Russia and the Netherlands have been important trading partners since the Golden Age. Connections between the two countries strengthened over subsequent centuries. When Napoleon fell from power in 1813 and the Netherlands ceased to be a vassal state of France, the forces which advanced to the gates of Amsterdam to liberate the city were Russian Cossacks. A number of members of the House of Orange also married members of the imperial Romanov family or their descendants. The bonds between the Netherlands and Russia were crowned in 2009 by the opening of the Hermitage Amsterdam, the new satellite of St Petersburg´s famous museum in Western Europe.
© Hermitage Amsterdam. 11 December, 2012
Updated: Wednesday, 19 December 2012 6:49 AM EST
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