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The Romanovs – 17 July 1918

Tuesday, 17 July 2018, 3:00 Brittani Barger 1

The saga of the Romanov family in Russia came to an end on 17 July 1918 when they were brutally murdered at the hands of the Bolsheviks. The family was being held at Ipatiev House, also called “The House of Special Purpose.” That purpose, of course, was the murder of the Tsar and his family. [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]

The transfer of the Romanovs to Yekaterinburg

Monday, 30 April 2018, 7:00 Brittani Barger 0

Our Year of the Last Romanovs series continues with the transfer to Yekaterinburg. It was 1917, and Tsar Nicholas II was no longer on the throne. After being under house arrest, the family, who had been put on soldier’s rations, was moved from Tobolsk to the city of Yekaterinburg (also called Ekaterinburg) the following year after the Bolsheviks [read more]

Catherine the Great – The woman who adopted a nation

Saturday, 14 April 2018, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

This article was written by Kelly. Born in 1729 as Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, the young woman in question was destined for a mediocre life. Daughter of an insignificant Prussian prince, Sophie has very few prospects that would bring her and her family contentment in Prussia. With little money and no impressive dowry to match [read more]

Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna – Temporary Russian regent of Greece

Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 7:00 Brittani Barger 0

Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia was born on 3 September 1851 to Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich of Russia and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg in Pavlovsk Palace close to St Petersburg, Russia. She was their second child and elder daughter; she was also the granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I. After a visit by 17-year-old King George I of Greece (son of King [read more]