TATIANA ROMANOV: HER LITTLE FRENCH BULLDOG, ORTIPO Dmitri Malama, a wounded officer at Grand Duchess Tatiana’s infirmary (and a great favorite of Sister Tatiana Romanov), gave her a little French bulldog puppy that she named “Ortipo.” “Ortipo” was reportedly also the name of Malama’s favorite horse, so using this name was a tribute to Dmitri. This funny little…
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ROMANOV FAMILY PLACES: THEN AND NOW I just love looking at “then and now” photographs of places that have survived the years intact, and almost unchanged and compare what they looked like… And I know many of you do too, so here you go!
ROMANOV FAMILY PETS: THE ELEPHANT One of numerous criticisms by St. Petersburg society of the last ruling Romanov family was what they perceived as their frivolous waste of money. An example used was often the very costly upkeep of the pet elephant at Tsarskoe Selo, which cost the Russian imperial treasury a whopping 18, 000 rubles annually…
ROMANOV FAMILY PETS All the members of the Romanov family were animal lovers, and each imperial child had pets: dogs, cats, horses, and even a pet elephant. The children even had a little pet cemetery where they buried their beloved animals, which was located on the Children’s Island in the Alexander Park. They visited it often and brought fresh flowers…
TSARSKOE SELO TODAY Exactly ten years ago, in July and August of 2005, I got an extraordinary opportunity for an extended stay (2 months) at Tsarskoe Selo, the town currently known as Pushkin. Although I wasn’t there a tremendously long time, the nature of my visit allowed me a very close glimpse of what it would…
2018 TOUR The Last Year in the Lives of the Romanov family July of 2018 marks 100 years since the execution of the Romanovs, Russia’s last imperial family. TOUR CONCEPT: G.E.T Educational Tours is pleased to offer this wonderful opportunity to visit Russia on the 100th anniversary of the murders of its last imperial family.…