Letter from Anastasia Romanov: Read more ANASTASIA ROMANOV: LETTER TO HER FATHER
ANASTASIA ROMANOV: LETTER TO HER FATHER
One of few entertainments the Romanov family had in captivity in Tobolsk, especially during the cold winter months when they could not go outside, was putting on plays. The youngest imperial children were especially enthusiastic about dressing up and memorizing the lines, and had a lot of fun doing it. Grand Duchess Olga was in charge of writing out the scripts and . Some of these scripts written in her hand survived and are currently kept at the Russian archives in Moscow. (more…)
ROMANOV FAMILY IN ODESSA
ROMANOV FAMILY IN ODESSA
The City of Odessa, in southern Ukraine, located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea, was founded by a decree of the Empress Catherine the Great in 1794. From 1819 to 1858 Odessa was a free warm water port, a southern “window to the west”. During the 19th century it was the fourth largest city in imperial Russia, after Moscow, St Petersburg and Warsaw.
Odessa was initially introduced to the west via “Battleship Potemkin” – the 1924 silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein – where the famous “Odessa Steps” were immortalized in the baby carriage scene.
In early June of 1914, a few weeks before the breakout of the First World War, the Romanov family visited Odessa. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY IN ODESSA
DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: KAYAKING. 1913.
DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: KAYAKING. 1913.
From the 1913 diary of Tatiana Romanov: Read more DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: KAYAKING. 1913.
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV, 16 DECEMBER, 1913
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV, 16 DECEMBER, 1913
From the 1913 diary of Tatiana Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV, 16 DECEMBER, 1913
TATIANA ROMANOV: “BELOVED TIME” IN THE SKERRIES
A skerry is a small rocky island, usually too small for habitation, or simply a rocky reef. Each summer the Romanov family boarded the imperial yacht and spent a holiday in Finland, where skerries are prevalent. Grand Duchess Tatiana loved the skerries, she even fondly wrote about her beloved skerries in letters from captivity.
From the letters of Tatiana Romanov: Read more TATIANA ROMANOV: “BELOVED TIME” IN THE SKERRIES
