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Where Are the Romanovs’ Missing Fabergé Easter Eggs?

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The Russian royal family had their intricate, bejeweled Easter eggs crafted by Fabergé. Then they were killed, and the glittering treasures scattered.

Photo illustration of a Faberge egg
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast

It was the Easter present to trump all Easter presents. In the tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church, Czar Alexander III commissioned a delicate, intricately decorated egg as a gift for his wife to celebrate the holy day in 1885.

But this was no ordinary decorated egg.

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