The Romanovs

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LouisFerdinand

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna was the oldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia.   
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Jennifer

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LouisFerdinand

Quote from: Jennifer on November 23, 2015, 02:45:39 PM
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova - YouTube

I especially like the scene of Olga, her sisters, and Alexis running on the ship's deck.


Curryong

I read so much about Nicholas II and his family at one time that I tend to veer away from reading about them now. Their end was just disgustingly dreadful and sad. Even the photos and films of them in happier times doesn't help because they're just reminders of what might have been.

Limabeany

I find their videos so haunting. Such a lovely family.
"You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'." Diana Vreeland.

Jennifer

The pictures and films of Olga and her siblings are lovely. When I see them, I do feel happy, but I also feel sad knowing they had a tragic outcome. If the White Army had recaptured Ekateringburg earlier, they would've rescue the family in time before the Bolsheviks murdered them.
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Jennifer

Nicholas and Alexandra, a 1971 movie online about the family:

.:Frozen-Tears:. [Frozen In Time, Never In Memory]
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Izabella

Like the photo of Nicholas taking a selfie...well he was probably checking the camera.  :)

LouisFerdinand

Quote from: Jennifer on November 25, 2015, 02:58:20 PM
Nicholas and Alexandra, a 1971 movie online about the family:

.:Frozen-Tears:. [Frozen In Time, Never In Memory]

In Clip One, in the beginning you see the beautiful blue eyes of Empress Alexandra.     
In his book Nicholas and Alexandra, did not Robert K. Massie make a mention of Grand Duchess Marie's eyes as "Marie's saucers"?


Jennifer

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I agree, LouisFerdinand. Empress Alexandra does have beautiful blue eyes. She looked wonderful at her mother-in-law's (Dowager Empress Marie's) birthday party. The dress, necklaces and that tiara she wore were absolutely gorgeous.

Yes, Robert K. Massie did mention Grand Duchess Maria's eyes as her "saucers" in his book, "Nicholas and Alexandra".


QuoteGrand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna

The eldest of the four Grand Duchesses, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna was born in the 3(o.s)/15th November 1895 at Tsarskoe Selo, just outside of St.Petersburg to Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra.

Dark blonde haired and blue eyed as described by people who knew her, Olga was easily the most intelligent of the sisters, loving to read books and she was known for her comapssionate heart and was very thoughtful. She could also be stubborn and have a bit of a temper, and could be the 'merriest of the merry'. She was also very emotional and sensitive.

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LouisFerdinand

In Matriarch, Anne Edwards wrote: Olga, the oldest, was close to his (Edward, Prince of Wales) age, and he (Edward) had overheard his grandmother say that she might one day be a suitable bride for him.


LouisFerdinand

On July 11, 1613, in the Kremlin, the first Romanov tsar was crowned. He was Michael I.   
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LouisFerdinand

In his diary, Paul Milyukov, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was in Kiev in the summer of 1918, mentioned that he had talks with the Germans in which he spoke of marrying Nicholas II's daughter Olga to Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich in connection with a plan to create a Ukranian state protected by Germany and Russia.


LouisFerdinand

The British and Royal families in 1909. Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie of Russia were sisters
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Curryong

Quote from: LouisFerdinand on February 19, 2016, 10:33:16 PM
The British and Royal families in 1909. Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie of Russia were sisters
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^ The Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra and their children visited England for the last time in August 1909. They sailed to Cowes on the Isle of Wight on the imperial Russian royal yacht Standart, arriving a week before the annual Yachting Regatta held there. They were greeted by most of the British Channel Fleet and King Edward and Queen Alexandra in their yacht the Victoria and Albert. The evenings were filled with parties, splendid banquets and balls held on the two yachts. Osborne House, Queen Victoria's old home, was not how the Tsarina remembered it, as Edward had given it to the Royal Navy as a training facility.

Curryong

Quote from: LouisFerdinand on February 19, 2016, 10:14:56 PM
In his diary, Paul Milyukov, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was in Kiev in the summer of 1918, mentioned that he had talks with the Germans in which he spoke of marrying Nicholas II's daughter Olga to Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich in connection with a plan to create a Ukranian state protected by Germany and Russia.

^ Germany was facing The Last Push in the late summer of 1918 however, which, along with bread riots in German cities, would lead to the Armistice of November 1918. Germany would, under the Treaty of Versailles, have never been allowed to keep troops in the Ukraine, whether it was independent or not, whether for defence or not. Russia itself was in the midst of battles between White Armies and Red which would last for years. Although the European powers were worried about the imprisonment of the Imperial family this plan was doomed anyway.

LouisFerdinand



LouisFerdinand

In a major first for history, the camera fixed for all time the most striking moments of the ceremony.   
Its pictures show Nicholas II's solemn entry into Moscow on May 6, 1896. His white steed is followed by the cortège of notables on horseback.   
Then came the long procession of guests: Henry of Prussia, Wilhelm II's brother; Prince Arthur, The Duke of Connaught; Nicholas of Montenegro; the Crown Princes of Greece and Romania.


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Curryong

Quote from: LouisFerdinand on February 22, 2016, 03:38:57 AM
Empress Alexandra on the Standart       
http://www.longliveroyalty.tumblr.com/post/116944203483/empress

^ I think this last visit was bitter-sweet for Alexandra. Yes she saw her English relatives, Uncle, Aunt etc. However, her beloved grandmother, who in some ways had taken over a mothering role to the Hesse princesses after their own mother died and was especially close to Alexandra, was no longer there, and Osborne House, which she remembered so clearly from her girlhood, was part of a naval training facility.

LouisFerdinand



LouisFerdinand

Nicholas II and his family at Mogilev in 1916.     
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LouisFerdinand

Nicholas II had continually to interfere to prevent a row between his mother and Alexandra.   
The two women could not get along well. The Dowager Empress liked fun. Alexandra was austere.     
Whenever it emerged, the discord between Marie Feodorovna and Alexandra embarrassed Nicholas.



LouisFerdinand

                                                    Tsar Peter III   
                                      Peter III was the sovereign of Russia for six months in 1762.   
                                      Numerous portraits were painted of him.   
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