No matter what they sing about the heartfelt hardships of kings who, de, cannot "marry for love," the unofficial history of the Romanov dynasty is more like a "royal decameron," there are so many Shakespearean passions, love follies, sexual exploits, broken hearts and novels "to rupture the aorta" - where are all the Tudors, Bourbons and Habsburgs It was sex on the throne that often determined the great policy of Russia, alcove successes became a matter of national importance, and love rhymed not only with blood, but also with power, which, as you know, is the best aphrodisiac...