ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. NICHOLAS II. 15 NOVEMBER, 1895 (BIRTH OF GRAND DUCHESS OLGA).

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. NICHOLAS II. 15 NOVEMBER, 1895.

(BIRTH OF GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA)

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna with her father, Tsar Nicholas II
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna with her father, Tsar Nicholas II 

From the 1895 diary of Nicholas II. 3(O.S.)/15 November, 1895:


“A day I will remember forever . . . at exactly 9 o’clock a baby’s cry was heard and we all breathed a sigh of relief! With prayer we named the daughter sent to us by God ‘Olga’!”

 

WEIGHT CHART OF BABY OLGA ROMANOV KEPT BY EMPRESS ALEXANDRA

 

Pages from the baptismal certificate of Olga Romanov, in Russian and French:

 

Page 1       page 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breakfast menu from the eve of Olga Romanov’s last birthday in Tobolsk

 

Breakfast menu from the eve of Grand Duchess Olga's last birthday (14 November, 1917).
Breakfast menu from 14 November, 1917 – the eve of Olga Romanov’s last birthday. Among the dishes are Russian favorites like cheese blintzes with sour cream, meat patties, and fish soup.

BIOGRAPHY OF GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA OF RUSSIA

 

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