ANASTASIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTERS TO NICHOLAS II
From Anastasia Romanov to her father, Nicholas II
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ANASTASIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTERS TO NICHOLAS II
ANASTASIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTER TO NICHOLAS II
ANASTASIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTER TO NICHOLAS II
In early 1916, Grand Duchess Anastasia came down with bronchitis and had to stay in bed for a while. She continued writing letters to her beloved “Papa”
Letter from Anastasia Romanov:
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ROMANOV FAMILY FRIEND: ANNA VYRUBOVA
ROMANOV FAMILY FRIEND: ANNA VYRUBOVA
Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova, nee Taneyeva, a noblewoman at Russian imperial court, became a very close friend to Empress Alexandra and the entire Romanov family. It was said that Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra almost considered her their fifth daughter.
“Anya”, as the family members affectionately referred to her, even worked as a Sister of Mercy along the side of the Empress and her daughters, Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana, after the First World War began.
In early January of 1915, Anya boarded a train from Tsarskoe Selo to St Petersburg, and was involved in a very serious, near fatal accident. She survived, but was left crippled for the rest of her life. There is a myth that Grigori Rasputin, who was brought to see Anya shortly after the accident, was the one who saved her life.
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ROMANOV FAMILY: PIERRE GILLIARD’S CAMERA
ROMANOV FAMILY: PIERRE GILLIARD’S CAMERA
Recently a very special camera was brought over from Switzerland to Tsarskoe Selo. This camera was donated to the Tsarskoe Selo Museum by the descendants of Pierre Gilliard, the tutor of Tsar Nicholas II’s children, who once purchased it in St Petersburg.
Gillard used this camera to take many photographs of the Romanov family.
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ANASTASIA ROMANOV: LETTER TO HER FATHER
1914 letter from Anastasia Romanov to Tsar Nicholas II: Read more ANASTASIA ROMANOV: LETTER TO HER FATHER
ROMANOV FAMILY PLACES: THEN AND NOW
ROMANOV FAMILY PLACES: THEN AND NOW
I just love looking at “then and now” photographs of places that have survived the years intact, and almost unchanged and compare what they looked like… And I know many of you do too, so here you go! Read more ROMANOV FAMILY PLACES: THEN AND NOW
