...the W. & D. Downey photographic studio on 3 October 1896.   The film features Queen Victoria in her pony carriage (with Turi, her Pomeranian) and members of her extended family, including her grand-daughter the Tsarina Alexandra and Tsar Nicholas II; her son, the Duke of Connaught and his wife;...

...was hard, it was also the period when Olga Nikolaevna lived some of the most beautiful moments of her life. Looking into her diary, we can see quite often one name there – Mitya.   According to Valentina Chebotareva, a woman who nursed with Olga, this Mitya was in fact a wounded soldier Dmitri...

      Maria sits with her parents while Tatiana, Anastasia, & Olga watch the activity around them (gif)                

...Family’s Alphabet  -  N  is for  Nursing . When World War I broke out, the Big Pair, their mother, and several other female Romanov relatives became Red Cross nurses. They cared for wounded soldiers in a private hospital on the grounds of Tsarskoye Selo. Some buildings in Petersburg, notably...