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DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV:  HER “SECRET CODE”

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”