The Romanovs having fun in Finland. 1914

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich and his sailor-nanny Derevenko in Finland, 1913 (?).

 

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Alexei and his sailor-nanny Derevenko

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicky and Alix shaking hands at Livadia.

 

 

grand-duchess-anna:

anastasianikolaevna:

Anastasia | does anyone know the year?

1909 or 1910, maybe?

Oh my effing god, the sass on that girl.

 

 

 

From Photograph to Video - I want to say this is 1912 but I could be wrong. Anyone know the year or ceremony for sure?

 

 

Olga ,Maria and Tatiana Romanov …

 

 

ohsoromanov:

The Last Romanovs 

Anastasia Nikolaevna …

 

 

bulletproofjewels:

I love the story of this.

When Nicholas and Alexandra met in 1884 at the wedding of his uncle to her sister, she called him Nicky; he called her “Alix” or “Sunny.” Although Alix was only 12, she knew at that moment that Nicky was “The One.” It was on this occasion she carved their names on the window of the Peterhof Palace.
Nicky wrote in his journal, “Alix and I wrote our names on the rear window” of a nearby house. He added at the end, “We love each other.”

Every year they returned to Peterhof, the dates were transcribed on that very same window. It remains to this day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On May 8th, the beautiful Livadia Palace, situated near Yalta in the Crimea was the setting for the White Flower Day. The tradition of this charitable sale originated in the early twentieth century by the last Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorona. Beginning in 1911, the whole community took part including members of the Imperial family and the nobility who were vacationing at their palaces in the region, and the local townsfolk. They flocked in numbers to contribute to the good deeds by buying bouquets of white daisies, paying what they could whether it was a few kopecks or hundreds of rubles. Each donation helped alleviate the suffering of those in need. The grand duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and their little brother Alexis eagerly assisted their mother at the open stalls.

 

 

 

 

 

White Flower Day,1912.

 

 

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Thu, Mar. 21, 2013  Posted 1 week ago 18 notesReblog Tue, Mar. 19, 2013  Posted 1 week ago OTMA Romanov in 1906 …   9 notesReblog   Tue, Mar. 19, 2013  Posted 1 week ago ohsoromanov: Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich with his sailor-nanny Derevenko.    53 notesReblog   Tue, Mar. 19, 2013  Posted 1 week ago kootyl: Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana enjoying outside.   19 notesReblog   Tue, Mar. 19, 2013  Posted 1 week ago historyofromanovs: Grand Duchesses Tatiana, Olga(?) Anastasia, and Maria Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia during the 1913 Romanov Tercentenary celebrations.   51 notesReblog   Tue, Mar. 19, 2013  Posted 1 week ago kootyl: Young daughters of the Tsar, Marie and Anastasia underneith a table   18 notesReblog   Mon, Mar. 18, 2013  Posted 1 week ago Nicholas II ,Grand duchess Anastasia and Alexandra… … Anastasia is so Gorgeous in this photo! I think this is one of the most beautiful photos after her grown.   1 noteReblog   Sun, Mar. 17, 2013  Posted 1 week ago bulletproofjewels: kootyl: Empress Alexandra with her four daughters - Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia and Marie in 1913 This is one of my favourite photographs of the girls with mama. Marie is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.   217 notesReblog   Sat, Mar. 16, 2013  Posted 1 week ago OTMA Romanov ,Tsarina Alexandra and a unknow lady …   60 notesReblog   Sat, Mar. 16, 2013  Posted 1 week ago Grand duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna on standard …   14 notesReblog     Fri, Mar. 15, 2013  Posted 2 weeks ago themauveroom: Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana and Tsarevich Alexei with their parents and a group of officers: 1914.   30 notesReblog   Fri, Mar. 15, 2013  Posted 2 weeks ago 9 notesReblog   Thu, Mar. 14, 2013  Posted 2 weeks ago anastasianikolaevna: Anastasia, Olga, Tatiana, Nicholas II | 1914.   53 notesReblog   Thu, Mar. 14, 2013  Posted 2 weeks ago romanovbeauty-m: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna Romanova (1899-1918), the third daughter of the Tsar Nicholas II, aboard the imperial yacht Standart. On the right is her younger sister Anastasia

 

Olga ,Maria and Tatiana Romanov …

 

 

ohsoromanov:

The Last Romanovs 

Sun, Feb. 24, 2013 
Posted 1 month ago

bulletproofjewels:

ohsoromanov:

 

antiqueroyals:

Grand Duchess Olga and Tatiana of Russia

 

bulletproofjewels:

romanovbeauty-m:

 

Video footage of the Romanovs. Nicholas goofing around, looks like Queen Alexandra and Marie, and then to the far right Alexandra. She moves out of view slightly when she bends down to a little girl. You can see the love as she kisses her on her head

Love this!

Oh my god, okay this is gonna be one of the longest comments on a post I have ever made.
The entire time I couldn’t take my eyes off Nicky (huge inappropriate older man crush). 
But just sit here for a minute and think. This is, quite surprisingly clear, film footage from over 100 years ago. One hundred and fourteen years ago this was taken. Think about it.
Just how normal these people are. They act like a family. Nicky’s being the clown, Alexandra and Alix keeping the children in line and joking around, just like a regular family would today. Some things don’t change over time.
People made these people out to be evil, selfish aristocrats. But all you have to do is watch this 1 minute and 26 seconds of film and you can see how loving, how normal the most majestic Royals of their time really were.

 

themauveroom:

The Grand Duchesses with their mother the Empress aboard the Standart: 1914.

This photograph is from Grand Duchess Anastasia’s album in the Moscow State Archives. It was also colored by the grand duchess.

 

 

 

 

 

Fri, Feb. 15, 2013 
Posted 1 month ago

historyofromanovs:

The Russian Imperial Yacht, Standart, in action.

At her time (late nineteenth - early twentieth century) she was the most elegant yacht in existence and was the dream of every crowned head or millionaire. Purpose built to serve the Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family, she became the classic example how yachts at that time were to be designed.

The Imperial Yacht Standart herself was designed based on experiences gained from a long and impressive line of earlier Russian Imperial Yachts and her technology was extremely impressive even to today’s standards. Although time has almost wiped out all traces of her existence and a period of neglectance and lack of true historic interest in all matters pertaining to the lives of the last Romanovs has had a destructive effect, the Imperial Yacht Standart is not forgotten.

Once in 1907, the Russian Imperial Family was stranded aboard the ship when it ran aground on an uncharted rock off the Finnish coast. Although damaged, the ship did not sink and was repaired and soon returned to service. The Imperial Family was vacationing on the Standart during the Summer of 1914, when they received the news of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo. With the outbreak of World War I, Standart was placed in dry dock.

 

historyofromanovs:

Not a rare photo, but I never have seen this as big!