ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ANASTASIA ROMANOV – 11 JANUARY, 1916.

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ANASTASIA ROMANOV – 11 JANUARY, 1916.

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

Letter from Anastasia Romanov to Nicholas II:

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV – 8 JANUARY 1915

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV 

Sister of Mercy Tatiana Romanov in 1915.
Sister of Mercy Tatiana Romanov in 1915.

From the 1915 diary of Tatiana Romanov:

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OLGA ROMANOV: HER LAST LOVE, DMITRI (“MITYA”) SHAKH-BAGOV

OLGA ROMANOV: HER LAST LOVE, DMITRI (“MITYA”) SHAKH-BAGOV

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Sister of Mercy Olga Romanov with her patient Dmitri Shakh-Bagov (in bed) and another officer.

From the 1915-1916 diaries of Olga Romanov:

“… Spoke with Mitya, he is sad for some reason, poor little thing…. ”

“… Looked at a [photo] album with Mitya and others. Stopped by [to see] everyone and [sat] on the balcony with Mitya for a minute…  Spoke with Mitya….” 

“… For a long time sat on a window sill with darling Mitya, later in a chair, he on a table, [while] I knitted. He has [temp of] 37.1, fine in the evening, [wearing] a thick robe… In the evening talked with Mitya… ” “

“In the evening talked with Mitya. Unexpectedly he received instructions to go to the Caucuses for about two days.  So sad… “

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ROMANOV FAMILY: LAST IMPERIAL CHRISTMAS BEFORE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

ROMANOV FAMILY: LAST IMPERIAL CHRISTMAS BEFORE THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Grand Duchess Olga Romanov
Grand Duchess Olga Romanov

1916 was the last full year for the Romanovs as the reigning family of Russia. Tsar Nicholas II would abdicate his throne in March of 1917 and the Russian revolution would end life as the Romanov family knew it.

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 13 AUGUST, 1914

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 13 AUGUST, 1914

Sisters of Mercy Tatiana Romanov and Anna Vyrubova
Sisters of Mercy Tatiana Romanov and Anna Vyrubova, a Romanov family friend.

From the 1914 diary of Tatiana Romanov:

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