ANASTASIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTERS TO NICHOLAS II

ANASTASIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTERS TO NICHOLAS II

Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duchess Anastasia in Sevastopol in 1916. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 683 оп. 1 д. 125 л. 5 фото 63
Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duchess Anastasia in Sevastopol in 1916. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 683 оп. 1 д. 125 л. 5 фото 63

From Anastasia Romanov to her father, Nicholas II

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ANASTASIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTER TO NICHOLAS II

ANASTASIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTER TO NICHOLAS II

Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov in 1916
Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov in 1916

In early 1916, Grand Duchess Anastasia came down with bronchitis and had to stay in bed for a while. She continued writing letters to her beloved “Papa”

Letter from Anastasia Romanov: 

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DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: PALACE INFIRMARY, 1916.

 

DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: PALACE INFIRMARY, 1916.

Sister Olga Romanov and Sister Alexandra Romanov posing with the wounded at the Palace Infirmary.
Sister Olga Romanov and Sister Alexandra Romanov posing with the wounded at the Palace Infirmary.

From the 1916 diary of Olga Romanov: Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: PALACE INFIRMARY, 1916.

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 16 MAY, 1916.

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 16 MAY, 1916. 

(DACHA AT EVPATORIA, CRIMEA)

Grand Duchess Tatiana at a beach in Evpatoria on 16 May, In the background Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei can also be seen. 1916. Photo credit:
Click to enlarge this photo. Grand Duchess Tatiana at the “Mechta” (“The Dream”) Dacha on a beach in Evpatoria on 16 May, 1916. In the background Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei can also be seen.  Romanov family friend Anna Vyrubova, who owned this dacha, is on the left. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 640 оп. 3 д. 25 л. 77 фото 1147

From the 1916 diary of Tatiana Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 16 MAY, 1916.

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DIARY OF MARIA ROMANOV: BOATING ON DNEPR RIVER

DIARY OF MARIA ROMANOV: BOATING ON DNEPR RIVER

Nicholas II with his daughters Grand Duchesses Anastasia and Grand Duchess Maria on a boat ride down the Dnepr in 1916.
Nicholas II with his daughters Grand Duchesses Anastasia and Grand Duchess Maria on a boat ride down the Dnepr in 1916.

From the 1916 diary of Maria Romanov: Read more DIARY OF MARIA ROMANOV: BOATING ON DNEPR RIVER

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DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: YURIEVSKY MONASTERY, NOVGOROD

Stones from Russia's oldest monastery: Yurievsky monastery in Novgorod, which the Romanov family visited on December 11, 1916, shortly before Nicholas II's abdication and the Russian revolution.
Stones from Russia’s oldest monastery: Yurievsky monastery in Novgorod, which the Romanov family visited on December 11, 1916, shortly before Nicholas II’s abdication and the Russian revolution.

I was doing some major cleaning and came across this. Two small stones I “smuggled” from Russia back in 2004. Don’t worry, I picked these stones off the ground:  they actually fell off from Georgievsky Cathedral at Russia’s oldest monastery – Yuriev Monastery (or Yurievsky Monastery) just outside of Novgorod (founded in 1119).  Unfortunately this historic building is in much disrepair, at least it was in 2004 when I was there, which is why loose stones were constantly falling off it. The Romanov family made a pilgrimage there in December of 1916, shortly before the Russian revolution broke out. Grand Duchess Olga Romanov wrote about this experience in her diary. For some reason that day’s entry is missing from the 1916 diary of Tsar Nicholas II.

From the 1916 diary of Olga Romanov: Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: YURIEVSKY MONASTERY, NOVGOROD

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