MARIA AND ANASTASIA: LITTLE PAIR’S HAMMOCK

 “… [We] had tea on the balcony then swung in the hammock. It is hanging between two trees behind the path by the balcony. The trees there are very strong….”   “Had tea with Shvybz and the same swung in a hammock…”

~Maria Romanov~

Grand Duchess Maria Romanov in a hammock
Grand Duchess Maria Romanov in a hammock

 

“…Maria and I swing in the hammocks sometimes and she almost always turns me over…”  “…Maria and I… keep swinging in the hammock. ” “…We cut off old branches with dull knives and with our hands, and then swung in hammocks. Now there are two hammocks, as Marie has one too and they are hanging in a kilivatorny column…”

~Anastasia Romanov~ Read more MARIA AND ANASTASIA: LITTLE PAIR’S HAMMOCK

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DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: INFIRMARY PATIENT IEDIGAROV

 

 DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV:  INFIRMARY PATIENT IEDIGAROV

Veli Bey Sadiq Bey Yedigarov oglu - one of the patients at the infirmary of Sister of Mercy Tatiana Romanov.
Veli Bey Sadiq Bey Yedigarov oglu – one of the patients at the infirmary of Sister of Mercy Tatiana Romanov.

From the diary of Tatiana Romanov 19 October, 1914: Read more DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: INFIRMARY PATIENT IEDIGAROV

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 22 AUGUST, 1913

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 22 AUGUST, 1913

Grand duchesses
Grand Duchess Olga and Grand Duchess Tatiana with their father, Tsar Nicholas II and a Romanov family friend Anna Vyrubova, in a Crimean vineyard. 

From the 1913 diary of Olga Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 22 AUGUST, 1913

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 8 JUNE, 1913

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 8 JUNE, 1913

Grand Duchess Tatiana Romanov in Peterhof, 1913. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 651 оп. 1 д. 262 л. 9 фото 187
Grand Duchess Tatiana Romanov in 1913. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 651 оп. 1 д. 262 л. 9 фото 187 

From the 1913 diary of Tatiana Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 8 JUNE, 1913

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DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SMOKING CIGARETTES

Grand Duchess Olga and Grand Duchess Anastasia smoking in the garden
Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duchess Anastasia smoking in the garden

 

 At the turn of 20th century smoking cigarettes did not have the same stigma it does today. Hence the entire Romanov family – including Tsarevich Alexei – smoked!

Records of this can be found throughout the imperial family’s letters and diaries, as well as photographs. Below are excerpts from the diary of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna which mention the subject of smoking.

From the 1913 diary of Olga Romanov: Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SMOKING CIGARETTES

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