Letter from Anastasia Romanov to Nicholas II:
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ANASTASIA ROMANOV. 15 FEBRUARY, 1916.
Today, January 12/25, is the feast day of St. Tatiana of Rome. In Russia it is celebrated as a national holiday called “Tatiana Day,” both in honor of the saint, whose name many Russian women bear, and in celebration of all students, since the church attached to Moscow State University is dedicated to St. Tatiana.
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: NAME DAY OF TATIANA ROMANOV (LETTERS)
January 22 is the anniversary of Queen Victoria’s death in 1901. In the nineteenth century, many members of the European royal families were closely related to each other. Queen Victoria was referred to as “the grandmother of Europe” because her progeny were dispersed throughout the continent through the marriages of her numerous children.
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY AND QUEEN VICTORIA OF ENGLAND
1915 letter from Anastasia Romanov to Nicholas II:
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ANASTASIA ROMANOV. 25 JANUARY, 1915.
The Romanov family was closely related to the Danish royals through Nicholas II – his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna of Russia was formerly the Danish Princess Dagmar.
Below is rare footage of Nicholas II arriving in Denmark on one of his official visits.
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: TSAR NICHOLAS II IN DENMARK (RARE FOOTAGE)
From the 1904 diary of Nicholas II:
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. NICHOLAS II. 19 JANUARY, 1904.
