Emperor Nicholas II during parades and ceremonial events (1912-1914)

Nicholas II and his wife board a carriage during a military review at Tsarskoye Selo.

The commander of His Imperial Majesty's own convoy, Major General of the Retinue Prince G. I. Trubetskoy, sits in the saddle before a line of convoy officers.

Units of the Imperial Family Rifle Battalion march in parade formation.

Guards Cavalry units on parade.

The daughters of Nicholas II and Heir Alexei sit in a departing carriage.

Nicholas II receives reports from regimental commanders during the parade at Tsarskoye Selo.

Cavalry in parade formation (panorama).

Nicholas II participates in the consecration of regimental standards; a panorama of troops during a ceremonial service.

The ceremony of presenting standards to one of the Guards Cavalry Regiments.

The color platoon of one of the infantry regiments marches in front of the regiment's formation.

Nicholas II and his military entourage inspect the color platoon, while a carriage carrying the Empress and the heir passes alongside.

Clergy, Nicholas II, and his military entourage march along the regiment's front rank.

One of the infantry regiments of the Guard marches in parade formation before Nicholas II at Tsarskoye Selo.

Nicholas II, with members of his family and the heir, accompanied by officers of the Retinue, exits the Tsarskoye Selo Palace.

Faces of those marching during a parade in the Kremlin in 1912: Nicholas II with his wife and heir, followed by the Grand Duchesses and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, representatives of the high-ranking officials and officers.

Nicholas II, the heir, and their naval officers march along the line of young sailors of the Guards Crew during a review at Tsarskoye Selo in 1914. Units of the Guards and 2nd Fleet Crews march in parade formation before Nicholas II. Sailors standing in formation perform drill and rifle exercises in the presence of Nicholas II. Reformations and synchronized movements with weapons are performed on the parade ground in front of the Alexander Palace, with a panoramic view of the palace porch, Nicholas II, the Empress, and officers of the Retinue on the palace porch.