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MARIA AND ANASTASIA: LITTLE PAIR’S HAMMOCK

 “… [We] had tea on the balcony then swung in the hammock. It is hanging between two trees behind the path by the balcony. The trees there are very strong….”   “Had tea with Shvybz and the same swung in a hammock…”

~Maria Romanov~

Grand Duchess Maria Romanov in a hammock
Grand Duchess Maria Romanov in a hammock

 

“…Maria and I swing in the hammocks sometimes and she almost always turns me over…”  “…Maria and I… keep swinging in the hammock. ” “…We cut off old branches with dull knives and with our hands, and then swung in hammocks. Now there are two hammocks, as Marie has one too and they are hanging in a kilivatorny column…”

~Anastasia Romanov~ Read more MARIA AND ANASTASIA: LITTLE PAIR’S HAMMOCK

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DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SMOKING CIGARETTES

Grand Duchess Olga and Grand Duchess Anastasia smoking in the garden
Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duchess Anastasia smoking in the garden

 

 At the turn of 20th century smoking cigarettes did not have the same stigma it does today. Hence the entire Romanov family – including Tsarevich Alexei – smoked!

Records of this can be found throughout the imperial family’s letters and diaries, as well as photographs. Below are excerpts from the diary of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna which mention the subject of smoking.

From the 1913 diary of Olga Romanov: Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SMOKING CIGARETTES

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ANASTASIA ROMANOV: LETTER TO HER FATHER

Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 651 оп. 1 д. 260 л. 26 об. фото 408
Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov with officers. Officer next to Anastasia is Pavel Voronov, Grand Duchess Olga’s “beloved”. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 651 оп. 1 д. 260 л. 26 об. фото 408

1914 letter from Anastasia Romanov to Tsar Nicholas II: Read more ANASTASIA ROMANOV: LETTER TO HER FATHER

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ROMANOV FAMILY: RARE PHOTOS – BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY’S VISIT ON THE STANDART.

On June 9, 1908,  King Edward VII became the first British monarch to visit Russia and his Romanov cousins.  Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra were Edward VII’s nephew and niece, and he met them and the entire Romanov family on the waters of the Bay of Reval (today Tallinn). The king and his wife, Queen Alexandra, joined the Romanov family onboard the Russian imperial yacht The Standart.

“It is with feelings of the deepest satisfaction and pleasure that I welcome your Majesty and her Majesty the Queen to Russian waters. I trust that this meeting, while strengthening the many and strong ties which unite our Houses, will have the happy results of drawing our countries closer together, and of promoting and maintaining the peace of the world.”

The photographs below were also taken during the Cowes Regatta British royal visit on August 2nd of 1909. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: RARE PHOTOS – BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY’S VISIT ON THE STANDART.

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ROMANOV FAMILY: “AUNT OLGA” – GRAND DUCHESS OLGA ALEXANDROVNA AND HER NIECES

 

ROMANOV FAMILY: “AUNT OLGA” – GRAND DUCHESS OLGA ALEXANDROVNA AND HER NIECES

Grand Duchess Olga with her aunt and namesake Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and her two sisters Grand Duchesses Maria and Anastasia.
Grand Duchess Olga with her aunt and namesake Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and her two sisters Grand Duchesses Maria and Anastasia.

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, Tsar Nicholas II’s youngest sister was the closest to his four daughters.  Olga Alexandrovna’s four nieces regularly recorded in their diaries and letters the time they spent with their beloved aunt, and it is clear that she was a steady and welcome part of their lives.  Olga Alexandrovna was not only aunt to Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia’s but also their friend, who visited them often,  and took them out on day visits to St Petersburg for teas and dinners. It was a truly special relationship. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: “AUNT OLGA” – GRAND DUCHESS OLGA ALEXANDROVNA AND HER NIECES

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