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The Jewel of St Petersburg Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2009) All concepts-- simple and complex--areRussia, 1910. Valentina Ivanova is the darling of St. Petersburg's elite aristocracyuntil her romance with a Danish engineer creates a terrible scandal and her parents push her into a loveless engagement with a Russian count. Meanwhile, Russia itself is bound for rebellion. With the Tsar and the Duma at each other's throats, and the Bolsheviks drawing their battle lines, the elegance and opulence of Tsarist rule are in their last days. And Valentina