On 24 February, 1913, Grand Duchess Tatiana contracted typhoid fever in the period of the Great Lent before Orthodox Easter. Her condition was very serious for the rest of February and the entire month of March, when the Tercentenary Celebrations actually began.
From the 1913 diary of Tatiana Romanov:
“24th February. Sunday. In the morning temp. 39.2”
Read more TATIANA ROMANOV: TYPHOID FEVER, 1913.
Little Olga Romanov wrote this essay in her lesson book:
Read more OLGA ROMANOV: “CHRISTMAS EVE STORY”
From the 1913 diary of Olga Romanov:
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. OLGA ROMANOV. 15 AUGUST, 1913.
Onscreen portrayals of the Romanov family often get many things wrong, but the one thing they do tend to get right is that the Romanov grand duchesses loved dancing. All four Romanov sisters regularly mentioned dancing in their diaries and letters.
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: DANCING GRAND DUCHESSES
From the 1913 diary of Olga Romanov:
Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SEPTEMBER, 1913.
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.
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: “LITTLE [TURKEY] FARM IN TOBOLSK”
