Jeweled Easter Eggs of Imperial Russia

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BBC 史蒂文•史密斯, 记者来鸿：倾国倾城的彩蛋. BBC Chinese, June 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... _faberge_eggs.shtml

, which is translated from

Stephen Smith, Faberge Eggs become symbols of power in new Russia. BBC Chinese, June 19, 2013.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22956394

Note:
(a)
(i) House of Fabergé
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Fabergé
(a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in St Petersburg, by Gustav Faberge, using the accented name "Fabergé;" famous for designing elaborate jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs for the Russian Tsarsl section 2.1 The Imperial Easter eggs)
(ii) Fabergé
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/faberg%C3%A9
(pronunciation)

(b) "In a strong room in south London"

strong room (adj; First Known Use 1844):
"a room for money or valuables specially constructed to be fireproof and burglarproof"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strong%20room
(c) "as I touched them I willed them not to slip out of my perspiration-slicked palms."

will (vt): "INTEND, PURPOSE"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/will
(d) Kremlin Armoury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin_armoury
(established in 1808 and located in the Moscow Kremlin; The Kremlin Armoury originated as the royal arsenal in 1508)

(e) "I began to see how plutocrats like Mr Vekselberg have been beguiled by the tsar's unsurpassable bling"

plutocracy (n; Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos wealth):
"1: government by the wealthy
2: a controlling class of the wealthy"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plutocracy