The entire Romanov family loved to listen to music, especially what were known as the Russian “romance” songs”, but also opera arias. According to Tatiana Botkin-Melnik, daughter of the Romanov family physician, even during the war years singers from Imperial Theaters often came to the infirmaries and gave performances and concerts, which the Grand Duchesses and Tsarevich Alexei loved to attend.
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As some of you may know, I am a big fan of historical dolls – especially (surprise!) the Romanov family dolls – and although I don’t find the resemblance of this Empress Alexandra doll to be particularly strong, I still think it’s pretty and well made. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: EMPRESS ALEXANDRA DOLL
As a librarian, of course this topic is of great interest to me: which books did the Romanov family bring into exile with them and what did they read during their dreary days of captivity? About 10 years ago, in 2005, I was very fortunate to have the chance to work with the Romanov family books directly – when I did an internship at the Rare Book Department of The Tsarskoe Selo Museum. Their collection consisted of numerous books, many of which had inscriptions of the Romanov family members in them. I will do another story on those later! Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: BOOKS THEY LEFT BEHIND (EKATERINBURG)
ODE TO EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA
Written by Alexander Myslovsky
Everything passes like a dream in this life
And in the darkness it disappears without a trace.
Only love, like the sun in its zenith,
Will burn forever in this world …
And like a lily in the Garden of Eden,
You bloomed under its living rays.
And like a fairytale princess,
You dreamed about a beautiful prince.
And in the path of unknown fate Read more ODE TO EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA
His Majesty Tsar Nicholas II, Her Majesty Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and the ten-month-old Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, arrived in Cherbourg, where they were met by President of France Felix Faure. So began “The Russian week” in France, which ended on 27 September with a parade in Chalon. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY IN PARIS, 1896.
