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GRAND DUCHESS TATIANA AND PRINCESS IRINA: LOOK-ALIKE COUSINS

 

Of all the Romanov cousins, Grand Duchess Tatiana most resembled Princess Irina Alexandrovna, daughter of Nicholas II’s sister Grand Duchess Xenia. In some photographs the resemblance is startling! The two cousins even looked more alike than they looked like their own siblings. Princess Irina, who married the notorious Rasputin murderer, Prince Felix Yusupov, was about 2 years older than her look-alike cousin and unlike Grand Duchess Tatiana she survived the revolution and lived abroad until old age. Irina’s photographs in older age give us an idea of what Tatiana would have looked like had she not been tragically murdered at age 21. Read more GRAND DUCHESS TATIANA AND PRINCESS IRINA: LOOK-ALIKE COUSINS

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GRAND DUCHESSES MARIA AND ANASTASIA’S INFIRMARY

GRAND DUCHESSES MARIA AND ANASTASIA’S INFIRMARY

After the start of the First World War, “The Little Pair” – Grand Duchesses Maria and Anastasia  were still too young to be certified as “Sisters of Mercy” like their elder sisters Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana. However they too had their own infirmary located within a short distance of the Alexander Palace. The girls visited the patients at their infirmary daily: reading to them, helping them write letters, playing games, and generally trying to boost the morale of the wounded soldiers and officers. This was probably the first time the young grand duchesses faced the darker side of life – and death – as war time became their new reality. They recorded news of the infirmary regularly in  their diaries and letters. Read more GRAND DUCHESSES MARIA AND ANASTASIA’S INFIRMARY

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DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: KAYAKING 1913

 

Tsar Nicholas II as well as his daughters loved to boat and kayak. In the summer of 1913, Grand Duchess Olga recorded her father’s kayaking activities in her diary.

Tsar Nicholas II in a kayak
Tsar Nicholas II in a kayak

From 1913 diary entries of Grand Duchess Olga Romanov:

“Friday. 14 June. Did not go ashore. Papa kayaked, also after tea…”

“Saturday. 15 June. Did not go ashore in the morning. It was initially overcast but later became wonderfully sunny and warm. Papa kayaked. In the afternoon everyone went ashore, but I stayed on the yacht to my great joy…”

“Wednesday. 29 May. Did not do anything in the morning… Sailed in double boats, Papa kayaked. Then [we] smoked and picked lilies-of-the-valley on the little island…” Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: KAYAKING 1913

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DIARY OF MARIA ROMANOV: ON THE DNEPR RIVER

 

Grand Duchesses Olga, Maria and Anastasia on the Dnepr River in 1916. Photo credit:ГА РФ, ф. 683 оп. 1 д. 125 л. 16 фото 253
Grand Duchesses Olga, Maria and Anastasia on the Dnepr River in 1916. Photo credit:ГА РФ, ф. 683 оп. 1 д. 125 л. 16 фото 253

From 1916 diary entries of Grand Duchess Maria Romanov:

“In the afternoon we went up the Dnepr. Ran around in the bushes…”

“Went up the Dnepr in a ferry. Later, Papa and I rowed, while Count Grabbe was behind wheel.”

“Went in motors across the Dnepr 4 with Papa and Mama and the Suite, and walked.”

“Went upstream on Dnepr in a motor, swam 4 with Isa” Read more DIARY OF MARIA ROMANOV: ON THE DNEPR RIVER

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ROMANOV FAMILY IN FILMS

Many films based on the lives of the Romanov family were made since their death, both in Russia and the West. Below I attempted to include the stills from the most popular Romanov family films. Read about the lost Romanov family film made before their murder Fall of the Romanoffs. Read more ROMANOV FAMILY IN FILMS

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