LETTRE d'ANASTASIA

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Par Dona Rodrigue

Here is a copy of a letter written by Grand Duchess Anastasia to her cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten (Dicky), the son of her mother’s eldest sister Victoria. Dicky was only a year older than Anastasia and a year younger than her sister Maria. The cousins...

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NOBLESSE RUSSE en émigration, portraits et souvenirs ( Nicolas Van Outryve d'Ydevalle )

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Par Dona Rodrigue

Noblesse russe en émigration, portraits et souvenirs Réputée comme l'une des plus raffinées de son temps, aucune société n'aura été aussi brutalement jetée hors de son pays natal que la noblesse russe. D'octobre 1917 à aujourd'hui, des années-lumière...

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TATIANA, OLGA and MARIA 1899

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FAMILLE IMPERIALE RUSSE en CRIMEE 1914 ( photos )

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Par Dona Rodrigue

Empress Alexandra, Nicholas II, and Grand Duchesses Anastasia, Olga, and Maria in the Crimea: 1914. Empress Alexandra, Nicholas II, and Grand Duchess Tatiana in the background: 1914. The Grand Duchesses with their mother near Yalta, Crimea: 1914.

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NICOLAS II en barque - photo privée

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Par Dona Rodrigue

Nicholas II on a boat ride

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CARTE POSTALE OFFICIELLE... de la Famille IMPERIALE RUSSE 1901

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Postcard of the Imperial family: 1901. Portraits of the Imperial family: 1908.

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WHITE FLOWER FESTIVAL in YALTA, 1914

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Par Dona Rodrigue

Empress Alexandra, Grand Duchess Tatiana, and Tsarevich Alexei at the White Flower Festival in Yalta: 1914. Imperial children at the occassion of White Flower Day, Livadia 1912 Beautiful as usual!

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JOUETS des enfants IMPERIAUX - ALEXANDER PALACE

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Par Dona Rodrigue

Toys of the Imperial children on display at the Alexander Palace. Grand Duchess Olga (1895 – 1918) holds a toy, 1901. Below is the same toy. I’m so very skeptical of things like this - the chocolate stained gloves purported to have belonged to Anastasia,...

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VOYAGE au DANEMARK 1903 ( photo )

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Par Dona Rodrigue

The Imperial family visiting Denmark: 1903. Standing in front of Alexandra Feodorovna are Grand Duchess Tatiana, Princess Ella of Hesse, Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Anastasia (sitting on the wall) and Grand Duchess Maria next to her mother.

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Grande Duchesse, OLGA

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Par Dona Rodrigue

romanovrussiatoday: She inherited many traits of her father. To me she produced her own kindness, an enchanting impression all her own of a sweet, good Russian girl. She disliked domestic [activities]. She loved solitude and books. She was well-read....

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