The Year of the last Romanovs (2018) Archives - Page 7 of 10

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia – “Kindness itself”

Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 4

“Her tastes were very simple, and with her warm heart she was kindness itself.” Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia was born on 26 June 1899 (O.S 14 June) as the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra Feodorovna. She was considered to be the prettiest of the four daughters. She had [read more]

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia – The youngest daughter of the Tsar

Monday, 18 June 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Carol. Anastasia was the youngest daughter and fourth child of the last Emperor and Empress of Russia, Nicholas and Alexandra. She was born on 18 June 1901 (O.S. 5 June). Nicholas is said to have been so distraught at the birth of another daughter, rather than the longed-for heir, that he [read more]

The Romanov pretenders – The women who pretended to be Anastasia

Thursday, 14 June 2018, 7:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

It is now widely known that Russia’s royal family; the Romanovs were executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918. Just after the event, however, with a confusing mix of stories of the family’s fate hitting the news, many ‘pretenders’ or imposters came forward claiming to be part of the Romanov family, stating that they had survived [read more]

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia – A Canadian Exile

Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was born on 13 June [O.S. 1 June] 1882 as the daughter of Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Dagmar of Denmark, now known as Maria Feodorovna. She was thus one of the two sisters of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. Olga was a somewhat frail and sickly baby, and this was [read more]

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia – “The Governess”

Sunday, 10 June 2018, 0:30 Moniek Bloks 0

The second bright happy day in our family: at 10.40 in the morning, the Lord blessed us with a daughter – Tatiana. Poor Alix suffered all night without shutting her eyes for a moment, and at 8 o’clock went downstairs to Amama’s bedroom. Thank God this time it all went quickly and safely, and I did [read more]

Excavations underway for graves of Tsar Nicholas II’s brother and faithful British servant

Saturday, 9 June 2018, 20:23 Moniek Bloks 1

An American-Russian team is digging at in the Perm region and are hoping to find the remains of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II and his secretary Nicholas Johnson, who were killed by the Bolsheviks on 13 June 1918. It was in Michael’s favour that Nicholas abdicated that fateful March [read more]