All the Romanov sisters loved little children and babies, but Grand Duchess Maria probably did most of all. In this video you can see that she couldn’t wait for the photographer to finish his job so she could come over to Olga and take the baby from her arms.
Read more GRAND DUCHESS MARIA NIKOLAEVNA WITH BABY (FOOTAGE)
From the 1904 diary of Nicholas II:
Read more ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS: NICHOLAS II – 22 APRIL, 1904
From the 1914 diary of Nicholas II:
Read more ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS: NICHOLAS II – 21 APRIL, 1914
From the 1904 diary of Nicholas II:
Read more ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS: NICHOLAS II – 20 APRIL, 1904
From the 1915 diary of Nicholas II:
Read more ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS: NICHOLAS II – 19 APRIL, 1915
From a letter byAlexandra to Olga Romanov (Ekaterinburg to Tobolsk):
Read more ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS: ALEXANDRA ROMANOV – 18 APRIL, 1918
