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... that Maria Yakunchikova (pictured) was a Russian painter who lived in Paris and was active primarily in western Europe?
... that the Greek colony of Phanagoria in present-day Russia was the seat of the last Bosporan kings, the capital of Great Bulgaria, and the residence of the exiled Emperor Justinian II?
... that Philippe Égalité's Château du Raincy near Paris contained an outcrop of houses scored to resemble traditional Russian log huts?

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