ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 12 JUNE, 1913.

ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 12 JUNE, 1913.

Grand Duchesses Olga, Maria and Anastasia in Crimea. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 640 оп. 3 д. 25 л. 7 об. фото 105
Grand Duchesses Olga, Maria and Anastasia Romanov in Crimea. Photo credit: ГА РФ, ф. 640 оп. 3 д. 25 л. 7 об. фото 105

From the 1913 diary of Olga Romanov:

“Wednesday. 12 June. At 9 ½ we 4 with Nastenka, Trina and Kozhevnikov went ashore in a motorboat. There we met Aunt Olga, Knyazhich, Semyonov, and Tulupov on the rocks. We sat there, it rained, Semyonov read stories by Teffi to us… In the afternoon [we] went ashore with Papa, Aunt Olga, etc., near the telegraph. From there [we] walked to the village. There we stretched out on the grass in the sun by the church. So nice and warm… N.P., Mama, Anya, T., U., Olga, Pavl. Al., Kozhevnikov, Knyazich, Nastenka were making [pillows?] out of beans on the deck. Lots of fun…”

From the book Journal of a Russian Grand Duchess: Complete Annotated 1913 Diary of Olga Romanov, Eldest Daughter of the Last Tsar

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