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GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS KONSTANTINOVICH: HIS AMERICAN MISTRESS

GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS KONSTANTINOVICH: HIS AMERICAN MISTRESS

On this page I would like to spotlight a wonderful book about an extended member of the Romanov family. The book had been released a few years ago but for the most part it has flown under the radar. The book I am referring to is Fanny Lear: Love and Scandal in Tsarist Russia by the husband and wife author/translator team Eva and Dan McDonald.  You may already be familiar with these two names because the McDonalds also contributed their translations from French to one of my earlier books:  Russia’s Last Romanovs: In Their Own Words.      Read more GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS KONSTANTINOVICH: HIS AMERICAN MISTRESS

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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ALEXEI ROMANOV. 19 AUGUST, 1916.

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ALEXEI ROMANOV. 19 AUGUST, 1916.

Tsesarevich Alexei on the imperial yacht The Standart with is dog
Tsarevich Alexei on the imperial yacht The Standart with his dog Joy.

From the 1916 diary of Alexei Romanov:

Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ALEXEI ROMANOV. 19 AUGUST, 1916.

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ROMANOV FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS: HAND COLORIZED BY GRAND DUCHESSES

Maria and Anastasia Romanov, Alexei Romanov and Tsar Nicholas II
Grand Duchesses Maria and Anastasia Romanov, Tsarevich Alexei Romanov and Tsar Nicholas II in Ropsha, 1915.

  ROMANOV FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS: HAND COLORIZED BY GRAND DUCHESSES

As most of you already know, the Romanov family were avid photographers, and luckily for us – the Romanov history enthusiasts- they took hundreds and even thousands of photographs of their public as well private daily lives. Not only did the imperial family take photographs, they also had a dark room where they developed them – so they were real pros even at the dawn of photography! Read more ROMANOV FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS: HAND COLORIZED BY GRAND DUCHESSES

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GRAND DUCHESS TATIANA: WORK AT THE INFIRMARY DIARY

GRAND DUCHESS TATIANA: WORK AT THE INFIRMARY
Sisters of Mercy Olga Romanov and Tatiana Romanov posing for pictures with the wounded at their infirmary
Sisters of Mercy Olga Romanov and Tatiana Romanov posing for pictures with the wounded at their infirmary

From the 1914 diary of Sister [of Mercy] Tatiana Romanov: Read more GRAND DUCHESS TATIANA: WORK AT THE INFIRMARY DIARY

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EMPRESS ALEXANDRA’S RING

Tsarina Alexandra's ring
Tsarina Alexandra’s ring

This ring belonged to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. It was presented to her in 1914 by an officer from her own 5th Hussar  Alexandria Regiment.   The skull and bones  (Adam’s head) was the emblem of the regiment and symbol of immortality in pre-Revolutionary Russia. This symbol was often used in Russian Imperial Army. Read more EMPRESS ALEXANDRA’S RING

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