The metal flip calendar kept in the collection of the Museum of the Romanovs’ Family was released in Moscow in 1913 timed with the 300-year anniversary of the ruling dynasty. It was made of aluminum that was a very expensive material at that time: in pure state, it is not found in nature and prior to the invention of electricity it was impossible to extract it on an industrial scale. 

There was a base for a thermometer to the left on the plate. Researchers and restorers have not identified yet what the platform in the right part of the calendar was meant for.

Not only commemorative calendars, but other souvenirs were handcrafted for the 300-year anniversary of the Romanovs’ House such as medals, tokens and badges, tableware with emblems and portraits of the monarchs and the first in Russia jubilee post stamps. The Skobelev committee, the largest charitable organization in Russia in the early 20th century, released the calendar. It was created in 1904 at the beginning of the Russian-Japanese war. It was founded by Nadezhda Beloselskaya-Belozerskaya, a sister of Mikhail Skobelev, a famous commander, hero of the Turkish War. The committee was named to honor him. The organization granted allowances to servicemen who became disabled as a result of military battles. By the beginning of the First World War, the activities of the Skobelev committee attained special magnitude. By the year of 1914, the list of its contributors comprised 627 pages.