THE LAMB OF TSARSKOE SELO
By Marina Tzvetayeva
(translated by Helen Azar © 2015) Read more ALEXEI ROMANOV: “LAMB OF TSARSKOE SELO”
ALEXEI ROMANOV: “LAMB OF TSARSKOE SELO”
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ALEXEI ROMANOV. 19 AUGUST, 1916.
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ALEXEI ROMANOV. 19 AUGUST, 1916.
From the 1916 diary of Alexei Romanov:
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ALEXEI ROMANOV: CHRISTENING OF THE HEIR
August 24, 2015.
Exactly 111 years ago, on 24 August, 1904, the Romanov Dynasty Heir Alexei Romanov, who was born earlier that summer, was christened in the Russian Orthodox tradition. Below are some of the photographs from this event.
Tsarevich Alexei had a number of godparents, including Kaiser Wilhelm. His principal godmother was his grandmother Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and principal godfather was Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich. Read more ALEXEI ROMANOV: CHRISTENING OF THE HEIR
TSESAREVICH ALEXEI’S DIARY
From the diary of Tsesarevich Alexei: Read more TSESAREVICH ALEXEI’S DIARY
ROMANOV FAMILY AND RASPUTIN
ROMANOV FAMILY AND RASPUTIN
By Amanda Madru
Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin is a magnetic specter in the drama that is Russian history, for the peasant mystic from Pokrovskoe played a defining role in the last days of the Romanov Dynasty. In 1905, the fateful meeting took place. Rasputin requested—and was granted— an audience with the Romanov family at Peterhof, where he presented them with a hand-painted wooden icon of Saint Simeon, a venerated Siberian saint dear to Rasputin’s own heart. He soon became a trusted advisor and confidante to Emperor Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna; Alexandra in particular was convinced that the “staretz” was a gift to her from God Almighty, sent to ease her passage through life as the “Little Mother of Russia,” and especially to preserve the precious life of her only son, the Heir, Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY AND RASPUTIN
