ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. NICHOLAS II, 13 JANUARY, 1914
From the 1913 diary of Nicholas II:
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ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ANASTASIA ROMANOV – 11 JANUARY, 1916.
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ANASTASIA ROMANOV – 11 JANUARY, 1916.
Letter from Anastasia Romanov to Nicholas II:
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ROMANOV FAMILY: “THE FAMOUS” ALEXANDER PALACE BALCONY
ROMANOV FAMILY: “THE FAMOUS” ALEXANDER PALACE BALCONY
The Alexander Palace balcony was an addition made by the last imperial family: Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, in 1896. The balcony, which was to give Alexandra the opportunity to go outdoors without leaving the palace. It was completely wired for electricity during the First World War, in 1915. Rain or shine, summer or winter, the Romanov family enjoyed tea time, meals and general leisure time on this balcony. Every Romanov family member mentioned “the balcony” in their diaries or correspondence. Numerous photographs were posed for on the balcony as well (see below).
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MARIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTER
MARIA ROMANOV: 1916 LETTER
From a letter of Maria Romanov:
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ANASTASIA ROMANOV: HER REGIMENT, INFIRMARY AND MEDICAL TRAIN
ANASTASIA ROMANOV: HER REGIMENT, INFIRMARY AND MEDICAL TRAIN
It was a Romanov family tradition for the Tsar to create each of the imperial daughters honorary commander of one of Russian regiments on her fourteenth birthday.
In 1901, after the birth of Nicholas II’s youngest daughter Anastasia, the Kaspiysky 148th Infantry Regiment received the name of St. Anastasia – in honor of the baby grand duchess. Since then their regimental holidays were celebrated on December 22 – the day of the saint.
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ROMANOV FAMILY: CHRISTMAS AT THE ALEXANDER PALACE
ROMANOV FAMILY: CHRISTMAS AT THE ALEXANDER PALACE
From the memoir of Margaretta Eager (Romanov family nanny):
“We generally spent Christmas at Tsarskoe Selo. It is less elaborately observed than Easter in general, but at the Alexander Palace it was a great festival. There were no fewer than eight Christmas trees in various parts of the palace. The Empress decorated them all herself, and personally chose the presents for each member of her household, and for each officer, to the number of about five hundred. A tree was arrayed for the Cossacks in the riding-school. The children and I had a tree for ourselves. It was fixed into a musical-box which played the German Christmas hymn, and turned round and round. It was indeed a glittering object. All the presents were laid out on white covered tables, and the tree stood for several days an object of intense interest and admiration to the children. They were very sad when it was dismantled just before we went to St. Petersburg, but they were consoled by being allowed to help, and to divide the ornaments among the members of their own household.”
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