A chivalric tournament? Where? At Tsarskoye Selo!

No, a time portal hadn't opened up at Tsarskoye Selo and Medieval fairytale knights hadn't magically appeared. The horseman riding in front, moreover, could easily be recognized - he was none other than Emperor Nicholas I. He was clad in shining armor from the time of Emperor Maximilian of the Holy Roman Empire. The participants in the cavalcade wore genuine suits of armor kept at the Arsenal. Double dresses of velvet