ROMANOV FAMILY: ALEXANDER PALACE AND PARK The Alexander Palace, still being restored at the time of this writing, is one of the original imperial structures that survived World War II and the Nazi occupation of the Town of Pushkin. Commissioned by Empress Catherine the Great in 1792, it was given by her as a wedding…
THE ALEXANDER PALACE: PHOTOGRAPHIC UPDATE, SUMMER 2016
IN THE STEPS OF THE ROMANOVS TOUR 2020: St. Petersburg and Moscow Preliminary cost quotes in USD* (*based on September / October 2019 rates, so may be somewhat different) 1. Tentative time for tour is September/ October 2020. Duration is either 10 days (St Petersburg alone), or 14 days (both St Petersburg and Moscow). I…
MARIA ROMANOV: STRANGE EPISODE OF BREAKING WINDOWS (THE CAPRICE) In a 1915 letter from Grand Duchess Maria to her father, she described a very strange episode of the grand duchesses breaking glass panels with their parasols on the Caprice overpass in Alexander Park. “15 September… We walked to the Caprice and walked up the…
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ROMANOV FAMILY: TIME TRAVEL INTO THEIR WORLD
TIME TRAVEL WITH ROMANOV FAMILY: CHILDREN’S ISLAND PIER This is a familiar photo of Tsarevich Alexei in Alexander Park in 1917, and I only recently figured out that it was taken from the Children’s Island. Please watch the video below: