Danish-born Czarina Maria Feodorovna and Czar Alexander III of Russia pose at Fredensborg Palace north of Copenhagen in 1893. Feodorovna, who fled from the Russian Revolution and died in 1928 in Denmark, was buried at the Roskilde Cathedral, west of Copenhagen. The Danish government agreed that her remains should be returned to Russia and laid to rest with her family in St. Petersburg.
The coffin of Danish-born Czarina Maria Feodorovna passes the Russian church in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 23, 2006. Her descendants joined Danish royals, officials and dignitaries to bid farewell to the remains of the mother of Russia's last emperor, 78 years after she died in exile in Denmark. Her remains were sent to Russia on a Danish naval ship for reburial with her Russian family.
Spectators watch from a crowded window as a Russian Orthodox priest blesses the coffin of Czarina Maria Feodorovna outside the Russian church in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept. 23, 2006. The casket of the Danish-born Feodorovna, who was Princess Dagmar before marrying Czar Alexander III, was paraded through the Danish capital before being put on a ship sailing to St. Petersburg to be reburied with her family.
Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik speak during the placement of the coffin of Czarina Maria Feodorovna aboard a ship at the port in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept. 23, 2006. Feodorovna's descendants joined Danish royals, officials and dignitaries to bid farewell to the remains of the Danish-born mother of Russia's last emperor, 78 years after she died in exile in Denmark.
From second left, Crown Princess Mary, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Henrik wave goodbye to the casket of Czarina Maria Feodorovna on Sept. 23, 2006, as it left aboard a ship at the port in Copenhagen, Denmark. Feodorovna's descendants joined Danish royals, officials and dignitaries to bid farewell to the remains of the mother of Russia's last emperor, 78 years after she died in exile in Denmark.
The coffin of Czarina Maria Feodorovna arrives to be placed aboard a ship at the port in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sept. 23, 2006. The casket was buried alongside relatives' remains in the royal crypt at the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia. Feodorovna fled St. Petersburg in 1917 and reached Copenhagen through the Crimean Peninsula and London.
Russian and Danish honor guards carry a coffin with remains of Czarina Maria Fyodorovna in Petergof, outside St. Petersburg, on Sept. 26, 2006. Her remains arrived in Russia from Denmark and were buried near the grave of Russian Czar Alexander III, the Czarina's husband, in St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral in St. Petersburg on Sept. 27.
Nikolai Romanov points outside St. Alexander Cathedral in Peterhof, outside St. Petersburg where the coffin containing the remains of Czarina Maria Fyodorovna lays on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006. The remains were brought to Russia for burial from Denmark, the country where she was born and died. Feodorovna was the wife of Czar Alexander III and the mother of Nicholas II, who fell to the Bolsheviks in 1917.
Sebastian Romanov holds a candle outside St. Alexander Cathedral in Peterhof, outside St. Petersburg, where the coffin containing the remains of Czarina Maria Fyodorovna lays, on Sept. 26, 2006. Her coffin was interred in the cathedral's royal crypt where other members of the Romanov dynasty are buried, including her son, the executed Nicholas II.
Olga Romanov, left, looks at a monument to Czarina Maria Feodorovna, which was unveiled Tuesday in the Peterhof complex, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 27, 2006.
Russian and Danish guards carry a wooden casket with remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna during a funeral ceremony in the St. Isaac's Cathedral, the principal church of the Romanov dynasty, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 28, 2006. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II led burial ceremonies the Danish-born empress, whose remains were to be interred in her adopted land 78 years after her death.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, center, presides over a funeral ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in St. Isaac's Cathedral, the principal church of the Romanov dynasty, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 28, 2006. Several hundred officials, guests and foreign dignitaries were in attendance.
Russian and Danish honor guards carry a coffin with the remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna during burial ceremonies at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 28, 2006. Maria Feodorovna was born as Princess Dagmar in Denmark, but came to Russia in 1866 to marry the future Czar Alexander III.
Russian and Danish officers carry a coffin containing the remains of Czarina Maria Feodorovna out of the St. Isaac Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 28, 2006. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II led pomp-filled burial prayer ceremonies for Feodorovna, the Danish-born empress, whose remains were later buried in St. Petersburg in the resting place of the Russian royal family.
People enter the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress for a burial ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. Feodorovna was the mother of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. She went into exile in Denmark in 1919 and died in 1928.
St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko bows as Dmitry Romamov, center left, and Nikolai Romanov, center right, stand during a burial ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 28, 2006.
A Russian woman holds images of Russia's last Czar, Nicholas II, and his family as she stands outside the St. Isaac's Cathedral during a funeral ceremony for Czarina Maria Feodorovna in St. Petersburg on Sept. 28, 2006. The remains of Feodorovna, the mother of Nicholas II who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, were sent to Russia last week on a Danish naval ship for reburial with her family.
Following a service at St. Isaac's Cathedral, hundreds of people came to the royal crypt at the Peter and Paul Fortress Cathedral to pay a last homage to the Czarina, holding candles as Patriarch Alexy II carried out the funeral ceremony, Sept. 28, 2006, in St. Petersburg.
Dmitry Romanov, right, and Olga Romanov cross themselves at the tomb of Czarina Maria Feodorovna during a burial ceremony in the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 28, 2006. Other members of the Romanov dynasty are buried there, including her son, the executed Nicholas II.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, along with relatives of the late Czarina, watch as her casket is lowered into the royal crypt at the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept. 28, 2006. The Czarina originally was laid to rest in Denmark because the Soviets wouldn't allow her to be buried in St. Petersburg. Her dying wish was to be reburied with her family.