DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: GRAND PALACE INFIRMARY
![Sisters [of Mercy] Olga Romanov and Tatiana Romanov at the Grand Palace infirmary. Tsarskoe Selo.](https://www.theromanovfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/infirmary.jpg)
From the 1915 diary of Tatiana Romanov: Read more DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: GRAND PALACE INFIRMARY
DIARY OF TATIANA ROMANOV: GRAND PALACE INFIRMARY
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 22 JANUARY, 1915
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 22 JANUARY, 1915
From the 1915 diary of Tatiana Romanov: Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 22 JANUARY, 1915
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 12 JULY, 1916.
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 12 JULY, 1916.
From the 1916 diary of Tatiana Romanov (Military Headquarters, Mogilev): Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. TATIANA ROMANOV. 12 JULY, 1916.
ROMANOV FAMILY: THIS DAY IN HISTORY – 5 SEPTEMBER, 1915
5 SEPTEMBER, 1915 – EMPEROR NICHOLAS II ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY
Tsar Nicholas II arrived in Mogilev at the Imperial Headquarters. His command to the army and navy from that day read:
“On this date I assumed leadership of all land and sea armed forces located in the theater of military operations. With a firm faith in God’s grace and with unwavering confidence in ultimate victory we will fulfill our sacred duty to protect the Motherland to the end and not shame the Russian Nation. Nicholas. “ Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: THIS DAY IN HISTORY – 5 SEPTEMBER, 1915
GRAND DUCHESSES MARIA AND ANASTASIA’S INFIRMARY
GRAND DUCHESSES MARIA AND ANASTASIA’S INFIRMARY
After the start of the First World War, “The Little Pair” – Grand Duchesses Maria and Anastasia were still too young to be certified as “Sisters of Mercy” like their elder sisters Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana. However they too had their own infirmary located within a short distance of the Alexander Palace. The girls visited the patients at their infirmary daily: reading to them, helping them write letters, playing games, and generally trying to boost the morale of the wounded soldiers and officers. This was probably the first time the young grand duchesses faced the darker side of life – and death – as war time became their new reality. They recorded news of the infirmary regularly in their diaries and letters. Read more GRAND DUCHESSES MARIA AND ANASTASIA’S INFIRMARY
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ALEXEI ROMANOV. 19 AUGUST, 1916.
ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ALEXEI ROMANOV. 19 AUGUST, 1916.
From the 1916 diary of Alexei Romanov:
Read more ROMANOV FAMILY: ON THIS DATE IN THEIR OWN WORDS. ALEXEI ROMANOV. 19 AUGUST, 1916.
