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ROMANOV FAMILY: RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1904

 

ROMANOV FAMILY: RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1904

Tsar Nicholas II in 1904
Tsar Nicholas II in 1904

The Russo-Japanese war began on January 26 (N.S. February 8) 1904. A Japanese fleet unexpectedly attacked Russian ships that were docked on the outer anchorage of Port Arthur, prior to any  official declaration of war. As a result of this attack the most powerful ships of the Russian squadron had been taken out of commission. The official declaration of war between Japan and Russia occurred only on the 10th of February, 1904.

The main cause of Russo-Japanese War was the expansion of Russia to the East. However, the immediate cause was the annexation of the Liaodong Peninsula, previously captured by Japan. This triggered a military reform and the militarization of Japan.

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ROMANOV FAMILY: “UNCLE MIMI” – GRAND DUKE MICHAEL ALEXANDROVICH

ROMANOV FAMILY: “UNCLE MIMI” – GRAND DUKE MICHAEL ALEXANDROVICH

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich: youngest brother of Tsar Nicholas II and favorite uncle of the Romanov children. His nieces often mentioned him in their diaries, especially during wartime when he was allowed to return to Russia (he lived abroad after his unpopular morganatic marriage to Natalie Wolfert).

Romanov family with Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich.
One of rare photographs of the Romanov family with Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich -“Uncle Mimi”. Left to right: Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra, Grand Duke Michael, Grand Duchess Tatiana, Grand Duchess Olga. Grand Duchess Anastasia and Grand Duchess Maria are a the front.

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ILEANA OF ROMANIA: WOULD BE TSARINA OF RUSSIA?

PRINCESS ILEANA OF ROMANIA: WOULD BE TSARINA OF RUSSIA?

Ileana of Romania and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia
Princess Ileana of Romania and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia on the imperial yacht
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Princess Ileana with her mother, Queen Marie of Romania

Born on January 5, 1909 in Bucharest – Romania’s capital,  Princess Ileana was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Princess Marie of Edinburgh, who was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England and first cousin to Empress Alexandra of Russia.

As a young child Princess Ileana met and befriended the children of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who were her 2nd cousins. The little girl became especially fond of Tsarevich Alexei, Heir to the throne of Russia. In fact, both sets of parents did not exclude the possibility of marriage between their children some time in future; Alexei’s eldest sister – Grand Duchess Olga – was also thought to have been a good dynastic match for Ileana’s big brother Carol, heir to the Romanian throne. Of course the possibility of any Russian marriages ended with the brutal murder of the entire Romanov family in 1918.

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. CORONATION OF NICHOLAS II. 14 MAY, 1896. (FOOTAGE)

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. CORONATION OF NICHOLAS II. 14 MAY, 1896. (FOOTAGE)2

From the 1896 diary of Tsar Nicholas II:

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