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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