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Last Tsar’s icon returned to Russia
Published: 19 September, 2009, 03:33
Two recently discovered relics belonging to the family of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, and last seen before the family was executed in 1918, have been returned to Russia.
The Icon of Our Lady of Kazan and the Aleksandr Nevsky church banner have been placed on display in Moscow.
It's believed Nicholas II and his family prayed to these icons before being taken to Yekaterinburg, where they were executed in 1918.
The relics were taken out of the country about eighty years ago and were recently found in the Netherlands.
An unnamed Russian businessman is said to have purchased them for around $20 million and returned them to Russia.
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