ROMANOV FAMILY POET: GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH “KR”
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ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS UPDATE: ALEXANDER III’S DNA STUDY STARTED
3 November, 2015. The studies of the tissue samples from the tomb of Tsar Alexander III, located at the St Peter & Paul Fortress began today, announced the Senior Investigator Criminologist on the case, Vladimir Solovyov. He did not mention the exact date of when the actual exhumation of the Tsar’s remains took place.
Before starting this work, the Vicar of Holy Trinity of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Bishop of Kronstadt Lord Nazariy performed a litia prayer at the fortress.
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ROMANOV FAMILY FILM: “THE WHITE HORSE”
This is one of the lesser known films which depicts the Romanov family. Produced by the late great Geli Ryabov!
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ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS: BURIAL CEREMONY (1998)
ROMANOV FAMILY REMAINS: BURIAL CEREMONY (1998)
In hopeful anticipation that the Romanov family will be reunited in burial sooner rather than later, here are some footage excerpts from their 1998 burial ceremony at Peter & Paul Fortress in St Petersburg. May the two children join their family soon, as I am sure all of them would have wanted!
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ROMANOV FAMILY POET “KR” AND 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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ROMANOV FAMILY: BEST ON-SCREEN PORTRAYAL
ROMANOV FAMILY: BEST ON-SCREEN PORTRAYAL
So many movies have been made about the Romanov family, both in Russia and the West. But to me, not one of these movies captured the essence of the Romanovs as well as “Romanovy: Ventzenosnaya Sem’ya” (“Romanovs: The Imperial Family”). I especially love the actress who played Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna.
Below are some of best scenes from this film (and link to the full movie too).
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