ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ANASTASIA ROMANOV – 11 JANUARY, 1916.
Letter from Anastasia Romanov to Nicholas II:
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1915 New Year’s card from Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia to their mother:
“Wishing the sweetest of mothers a happy Year New fr[om] her foolish but very loving daughters.
Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia”
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From a letter of Anastasia Romanov:
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It was a Romanov family tradition for the Tsar to create each of the imperial daughters honorary commander of one of Russian regiments on her fourteenth birthday.
In 1901, after the birth of Nicholas II’s youngest daughter Anastasia, the Kaspiysky 148th Infantry Regiment received the name of St. Anastasia – in honor of the baby grand duchess. Since then their regimental holidays were celebrated on December 22 – the day of the saint.
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Letter from Anastasia Romanov to Nicholas II:
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Onscreen portrayals of the Romanov family often get many things wrong, but the one thing they do tend to get right is that the Romanov grand duchesses loved dancing. All four Romanov sisters regularly mentioned dancing in their diaries and letters.
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