This fundmay be used for nongame wildlife and endangered species researchand conservation, habitat acquisition and development, anddissemination of information pertaining to nongame management.Money for this fund is obtained through private donations and sale ofnongame wildlife art prints, decals and stamps.
Maria Feodorovna (26 November 1847 â 13 October 1928), christened Dagmar, was a Danish princess who became Empress of Russia as spouse of Emperor Alexander III of Russia.n 1852, Dagmar's father became heir-presumptive to the throne of Denmark, largely due to the succession rights of his wife Louise as niece of King Christian VIII. In 1853, he was given the title Prince of Denmark and he and his family were given an official summer residence, Bernstorff Palace.
Early life and reign. Nikolay Aleksandrovich was the eldest son and heir apparent (tsesarevich) of the tsarevich Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (emperor as Alexander III from 1881) and his consort Maria Fyodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark). Succeeding his father on November 1, 1894, he was crowned tsar in Moscow on May 26, 1896. Nicholas II: Nicholas II and his family, 1905The Granger Collection, New YorkNeither by upbringing nor by temperament was Nicholas fitted for the complex tasks that awaited him as autocratic ruler of a vast empire.