AFTER THE ROMANOVS: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Epoque Through Revolution and War

The story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light. Arriving in Paris, former princes could be seen driving taxicabs, while their wives who could sew worked for the fashion houses. Others became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness for Russia, the homeland they had been compelled to abandon. Photos.