A piece of chocolate from 118 years ago appeared on the dress of the sister of Tsar Nicholas II

The piece of chocolate that was found on the sleeve of a dress that belonged to the Grand Duchess Ksenia Aleksandrovna, sister of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia.

These belongings are in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and chocolate was found in one of the ball gowns of Ksenia Aleksandrovna, the sister of the last Tsar.

The chocolate was found on the sleeve of a dress that the Tsar's sister wore to a ball that took place in February 1903 at the Winter Palace and whose visitors wore bejeweled costumes in the style of the 17th century, according to the museum's video.

The 1903 ball at the Winter Palace was a luxury ball during the reign of Emperor Nicholas II. It was held in the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, in two stages, on February 11 and 13. All the guests wore bejeweled costumes in the style of the 17th century, made from designs by the artist Sergey Solomko, in collaboration with experts. in history.

The last spectacular dance in the history of the empire of Holy Russia.

The entire imperial family posed in rich 17th-century costumes – Tsar Nicholas as Alexis, Tsarina Alexandra as Maria Miloslavskaya – at the Hermitage Theatre, many wearing priceless original items specially brought from the Kremlin.

The piece of chocolate that was found on the sleeve of the dress worn at that spectacular party.

The chocolate was sent for analysis and it was determined that no pathogenic bacteria, not even mold, had formed in more than a century.

A very striking find, where a small part of the history of the dynasty is kept.