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October 1, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

ANASTASIA ROMANOV: LETTER TO HER FATHER

Grand Duchess Anastasia and Grand Duchess Tatiana with an officer. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 651 оп. 1 д. 265 л. 4 об. фото 27

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Grand Duchesse Maria and Grand Duchess Anastasia performing a play for the Romanov family in Tobolsk. — Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duchess Anastasia performing in a play in 1912.

One of few entertainments the Romanov family had in captivity in Tobolsk, especially during the cold winter months when they could not go outside, was putting on plays. The youngest imperial children were especially enthusiastic about dressing up and memorizing the lines, and had a lot of fun doing it. Grand Duchess Olga was in charge of writing out the scripts and . Some of these scripts written in her hand survived and are currently kept at the Russian archives in Moscow. (more…)

September 20, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

ROMANOV FAMILY: BATTLE OF BORODINO ANNIVERSARY

The Romanov family at Battle of Borodino anniversary celebrations — Click on photo to enlarge. The Romanov family and the imperial suite arriving in Moscow for the anniversary celebrations of 1912. Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna followed by their daughters Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, and other members of the suite. All are walking down the train platform after arriving at Borodino station. On the right is Count Vladimir Borisovich Fredericks, Minister of the imperial court, who was very close to Nicholas II.

The Battle of Borodino occurred on 7 September, 1812 just outside of Moscow city gates. It is considered to be the bloodiest of all Napoleonic war battles. The French won it technically, but were not able to enter the ancient Russian capital city nor to destroy General Kutuzov’s army.

As part of 100th anniversary celebrations in 1912, the Romanov family arrived in Moscow. Emperor Nicholas II and his daughters visited the exhibition at the Museum of the Year 1812, in the halls of the Imperial History Museum. In late afternoon they headed to the Chistoprudny Boulevard to see the panorama of the Borodino battle. After a detailed review of the panorama, Nicholas II and the imperial party visited the Kremlin. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: BATTLE OF BORODINO ANNIVERSARY

September 17, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

OLGA AND ANASTASIA ROMANOV: ELDEST AND YOUNGEST GRAND DUCHESSES

Grand Duchess Olga and Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov on the imperial yacht.

Grand Duchess Olga and Grand Duchess Anastasia: the eldest and youngest imperial sisters. At first glance it may seem that the two did not have much in common and did not interact that much, at least not as much as “The Big Pair” did with each other. But that’s not really the case. The two sisters were actually pretty close to each other, and mention each other in their diaries and letters quite often and independently of the other sisters. There are also plenty of photos of just the two sisters together, from which we can see that they were close and spent a lot of time together. They also seemed to do a lot of things with their beloved “Papa”, Nicholas II, without the other sisters – just the two of them, especially they seemed to share the love of skiing and boating, and other physical things. Read more OLGA AND ANASTASIA ROMANOV: ELDEST AND YOUNGEST GRAND DUCHESSES