Helen Azar – Page 50 – The Romanov Family

October 28, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

ROMANOV FAMILY PLACES: THEN AND NOW KEEPSAKE ALBUM

Everyone loves “then and now” photographs. Here is another digital “keepsake” album dedicated to the places associated with the Romanov family.

October 28, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

ASSASSIN OF TSAR ALEXANDER II: FIRST FEMALE POLITICAL EXECUTION IN RUSSIA

Left: Sofia Perovskaya, who became the first female political execution in Russia, for the assassination of Tsar Alexander II.

Sofia Perovskaya became known as the first female regicide executed in Russia. She was closely involved in the assassination of a Romanov Tsar: Alexander II – the grandfather of Nicholas II.

Born in 1853 in St. Petersburg, Perovskaya was the daughter of Lev Perovsky, a customs official, and later governor of St. Petersburg.

In 1869, Perovskaya entered Alachinsky Women’s College, where she was initially introduced to revolutionary ideas. By the end of 1870 she left home and became completely estranged from her family.

October 27, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

ROMANOV FAMILY: OTMA KEEPSAKE ALBUM

I created this digital keepsake album for OTMA Romanov, much like the ones they used to often make themselves. Hope you enjoy!

October 27, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

ROMANOV FAMILY: THEIR FAVORITE SONGS

The entire Romanov family loved to listen to music, especially what were known as the Russian “romance” songs”, but also opera arias. According to Tatiana Botkin-Melnik, daughter of the Romanov family physician, even during the war years singers from Imperial Theaters often came to the infirmaries and gave performances and concerts, which the Grand Duchesses and Tsarevich Alexei loved to attend.

October 26, 2015Helen Azar 1 Comment

TSAR ALEXANDER III WILL BE EXHUMED: UPDATE ON ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS

Top: Tsar Alexander III and his tomb in St Peter and Paul Cathedral. Bottom: Nicholas II and his family.

A decision has been made to exhume the remains of the Russian Emperor Alexander III (father of Tsar Nicholas II) for use in the new examination of the murder case of the Romanov family, “Interfax” reports.

“At the initiative of the Patriarch a decision has been made to open the tomb of Tsar Alexander III. It all depends on technical conditions. All of this work will probably not be started any earlier than mid-November,” said the senior investigator of the case Vladimir Solovyov. Read more TSAR ALEXANDER III WILL BE EXHUMED: UPDATE ON ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS