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Alexander and his spouse frequently invested their summers at Langinkoski manor along the Kymi River close to Kotka to the Finnish coast, wherever their kids were being immersed in the Scandinavian Way of living of relative modesty.Lucy shows how the Romanovs embraced and sponsored the arts on an astonishing scale - from building breathtaking palac