Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin, Adjutant, Captain 1st Grade and Officer Aide-de-Camp, was a great favorite of the Romanov family.
Grand Duchess Tatiana often mentioned “N.P.” in her diaries and letters and always spoke very fondly of him.
After 1916, N.P. Sablin became Commander of the Imperial Yacht “The Standart”. Read more DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: N.P. SABLIN. 1913.
From the 1913 diary entry of Olga Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV: 5 AUGUST, 1913.
From the 1916 diary of Tatiana Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 16 MAY, 1916.
All of the original diaries of Olga Romanov are currently held at GARF (State Archives of Russian Federation) in Fond # 673, op. 1, 271 ed. Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna kept her diaries from the age of nine, writing in Russian. There are 12 diary books in total. From 1905 until 1912 – they are custom made memorial gift books (9×13), a different color for each year, in silk bindings, with the dates on the cover. From 1913 until 1916 – they are contained in large notebooks with dark leather bindings, which fit the entire year plus a few months of the next. Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: HER “SECRET CODE”
From the 1913 diary of Olga Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 21 OCTOBER, 1913
Dear Kolya, all the sisters send greetings to you, your Mama and
Grandma. I feel well myself. My head was aching
all day, but now the pain is gone completely. I
embrace you warmly. Greetings to the Botkins from all of
us. Always yours, Alexei
Konetz [“The END” in Russian] Read more ALEXEI ROMANOV: LAST LETTER
