1915 New Year’s card from Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia to their mother:
“Wishing the sweetest of mothers a happy Year New fr[om] her foolish but very loving daughters.
Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia”
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The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) finally received custody of the remains of Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria Romanov. The location where they are currently being stored has been determined but will kept confidential. It is only known that the remains of the two Romanov children will not be stored at the Peter & Paul Fortress in St Petersburg.
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From a letter of Maria Romanov:
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Genetic samples from the remains of Tsar Alexander III have been transferred to several laboratories for comparison with the remains of his son Nicholas II.
The remains of two younger children of the last Russian Tsar, Grand Duchess Maria and Tsarevich Alexei, will be buried at the beginning of next year – according to the director of the Russian State Archives Sergei Mironenko.
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DID YOU KNOW that the Romanov family had a little farm in Tobolsk, complete with farm animals – including turkeys. I thought this would be an appropriate blog post today.
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From the diary of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna:
“In the house where there are children, all the surroundings and everything that is going on around them will affect them. Even the smallest detail can have either a wonderful or a harmful effect. Even the nature around them can shape their future character. All the fine things seen by the children’s eyes are imprinted in their sensitive hearts “
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