ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 22 JANUARY, 1915

  ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 22 JANUARY, 1915

Sister Olga Romanov and Sister Tatiana Romanov posing with the wounded at their Tsarskoe Selo infirmary in 1915.
Sister Olga Romanov and Sister Tatiana Romanov posing with the wounded at their Tsarskoe Selo infirmary in 1915. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 640 оп. 3 д. 25 л. 64 фото 934

From the 1915 diary of Tatiana Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 22 JANUARY, 1915

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ROMANOV FAMILY IN ROMANIA: PHOTOS COME TO LIFE

ROMANOV FAMILY IN ROMANIA: PHOTOS COME TO LIFE

The Romanov family on a visit to Romania. Grand Duchess Olga is on the far right holding a baby. Grand Duchess Maria is towards the left of the photograph. In the footage, as soon as this photograph is taken she gets up, walks over to Olga and takes the baby from her. GRand Duchess Tatiana is in the center, and Grand Duchess Anastasia is standing in back row.
The Romanov family on a visit to Romania. Grand Duchess Olga is on the far right holding a baby. Grand Duchess Maria is on the left of the photograph. In the footage, as soon as this photograph was taken she got up and rushed over to Olga to take the baby from her. Grand Duchess Tatiana is in the center with Princess Ileana of Romania on her lap, and Grand Duchess Anastasia is standing in back row.

This is such an amazing piece of history, that I feel like this photograph and video deserve their very own page.

Background story:    Read more ROMANOV FAMILY IN ROMANIA: PHOTOS COME TO LIFE

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 12 JULY, 1916.

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 12 JULY, 1916.

Left to right: Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Olga taking a walk in Mogilev in 1916. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 683 оп. 1 д. 125 л. 20 фото 353
Left to right: Grand Duchess Maria, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Tatiana, unknown Cossack and Grand Duchess Olga taking a walk just outside of Mogilev in 1916. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 683 оп. 1 д. 125 л. 20 фото 353

From the 1916 diary of Tatiana Romanov (Military Headquarters, Mogilev): Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 12 JULY, 1916.

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GRAND DUCHESSES TATIANA AND ANASTASIA: PETERHOF, 1913.

Rare and beautifully haunting photograph of the second and the youngest daughters of Tsar Nicholas II: Grand Duchess Tatiana Romanov and Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov.

Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Anastasia. Peterhof, 1913. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 640 оп. 3 д. 25 л. 33 фото 465
Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Anastasia. Peterhof, 1913. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 640 оп. 3 д. 25 л. 33 фото 465
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QUEEN VICTORIA AND TSAR ALEXANDER II: WOULD-BE ROMANCE AND MUTUAL DESCENDANTS

Queen Victoria and future Tsar Alexander II around the time they met.
Queen Victoria and future Tsar Alexander II around the time they met.

In the Spring of 1839, the heir to throne of Russia, Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaevich Romanov, visited England and met its new young queen, Victoria. Future Tsar  Alexander II was a year older than the unmarried Queen of England, who was only 20 years old. Read more QUEEN VICTORIA AND TSAR ALEXANDER II: WOULD-BE ROMANCE AND MUTUAL DESCENDANTS

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 17 DECEMBER, 1913.

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 17 DECEMBER, 1913.

Grand Duchess Anastasia, Grand Duchess Olga, Pavel Voronov ("S") and Grand Duchess Tatiana
Grand Duchess Anastasia, Grand Duchess Olga, Pavel Voronov (“S”) and Grand Duchess Tatiana on 17 December, 1913. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 651 оп. 1 д. 262 л. 23 фото 400

OLGA ROMANOV’S BELOVED “S.”

This photo of Grand Duchess Olga Romanov, her two sisters Grand Duchesses Anastasia and Tatiana and Officer Pavel Voronov was taken on their last day on the imperial yacht The Standart. We know the exact date of the photograph: 17 December, 1913. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 17 DECEMBER, 1913.

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