A joint project of the Pushkin Fund and the Grand bHotel/b Europe, the ball enjoys the patronage of H.S.H. Prince George Yourievsky. The event has been designed to evoke the style and atmosphere of the Pushkin era. The venue's location at bTsarskoe Selo/b is key to the event. Young Pushkin studied in Tsarskoselsky lyceum and it was during an exam there when the literary genius, then a teenager, made a profound impression on Gavriil Derzhavin, a famous poet close to the court. ...