Tatiana Romanov, Daughter of the Last Tsar: Diaries and Letters, 1913–1918 has been released last month.
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So many movies have been made about the Romanov family, both in Russia and the West. But to me, not one of these movies captured the essence of the Romanovs as well as “Romanovy: Ventzenosnaya Sem’ya” (“Romanovs: The Imperial Family”). I especially love the actress who played Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna.
Below are some of best scenes from this film (and link to the full movie too).
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The entire Romanov family loved to listen to music, especially what were known as the Russian “romance” songs”, but also opera arias. According to Tatiana Botkin-Melnik, daughter of the Romanov family physician, even during the war years singers from Imperial Theaters often came to the infirmaries and gave performances and concerts, which the Grand Duchesses and Tsarevich Alexei loved to attend.
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During the war years when no balls or court entertainments were allowed to take place, and life was a series of solemn events, the Romanov sisters managed to find various ways to brighten their dutiful days as well as those of others. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY HAVING FUN
Letters, Diaries, Postcards
They were the two youngest daughters of the world’s most powerful man – Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia. Known to their family and friends as “The Little Pair”, Grand Duchesses Maria and Anastasia were born into opulence, but led modest lifestyles. They were two normal young women growing up in extraordinary circumstances, ultimately getting caught in the middle of frightening political events that would take their teenage lives. Until this volume, the two girls did not have a chance to tell the story of the last four years of their lives during the first world war and the revolution, – in their very own words. Read more MARIA and ANASTASIA: The Youngest Romanov Grand Duchesses In Their Own Words
