ROMANOV FAMILY POET “KR” AND TCHAIKOVSKY

Left: Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov. Right: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Left: Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov. Right: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

DID YOU KNOW that Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, the celebrated Romanov family poet known as KR, had the words of his poetry set to music written by the famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?

Below are two examples:

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PRINCESS VERA KONSTANTINOVNA: LAST LINK TO IMPERIAL RUSSIA

Princess Vera Konstantinovna: a Romanov cousin.
Princess Vera Konstantinovna: a Romanov cousin.

 

The youngest child of Grand Duke Konstantin Romanov (“KR”) and his wife Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna (“Mavra”), Princess Vera Konstantinovna Romanov was born in Pavlovsk in 1906. Having lived into 21st century, she was arguably the very last direct Romanov family link to the long gone world of imperial Russia. Princess Vera was a Romanov cousin whose godmother was Empress Alexandra Fedorovna herself.

Princess Vera Konstantinovna: a Romanov cousin
Princess Vera Konstantinovna: a Romanov cousin

As a little girl in 1915, she was no doubt traumatized when she witnessed the early death of her father, the esteemed poet “KR”.  Little Princess Vera was the one who alerted her mother and others as her father struggled to breathe. Later the family was amazed as to how she was able to open very heavy doors of the study in order to do that. Read more PRINCESS VERA KONSTANTINOVNA: LAST LINK TO IMPERIAL RUSSIA

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