Romanov Family Letters – Page 11

November 6, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

ROMANOV FAMILY: “HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE” – THE IPATIEV HOUSE IN EKATERINBURG

In spring of 1918, the Romanov family was moved to Ekaterinburg, a city in Russia’s Urals. There they were held captive in a house which belonged to engineer Ipatiev, where they would ultimately be killed.

The words “Ipatiev house” have since become associated with the murder of the Russian imperial family.

Below are the descriptions of the house from the letters of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, as well as photographs and rare contemporary video footage of the last residence of the Romanov family.

October 30, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: “LITTLE ONE”, “BABY” – TSAREVICH ALEXEI

From the diary of Tatiana Romanov:

October 30, 2015Helen Azar No Comments

TATIANA ROMANOV: RUMORS OF ESCAPE

DID YOU KNOW?

As most of you are aware, Grand Duchess Anastasia is the member of Russian imperial family whose myth of escape became very well known around the world (mostly due to the most successful “claimant” Anna Anderson).

But during the time of captivity of the Romanov family, as well as shortly after their murder, Grand Duchess Tatiana was actually the one who was rumored to have escaped!

Read on:

October 29, 2015Helen Azar 4 Comments

TATIANA ROMANOV: HER HANDWRITING

Grand Duchess Tatiana Romanov writing her lesson.

By the time I started working on Grand Duchess Tatiana’s letters and diaries, I had already completed numerous translations of the personal writings of other members of the Romanov family, and as a result was already familiar with their manner of expression, the idioms they used, and so on. Tatiana’s handwriting, however, was completely unique and certainly the most difficult to decipher out of all the Romanov family members. Her writing is sharp and graphic, with angular up and down diagonal strokes that evoke gables – very unusual for Russian penmanship.