Romanov Stuff

Poems dedicated to the last ruling family of Russia. Other Romanov things too:)

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[romanovsonelastdance]

i really really want to start collecting OTMAA postcards like i've seen people do here on Tumblr, but I have no clue where to start. Can You help? Thanks. Also, I love love love your blog.

Thanks so much! :)

I buy almost all of my stuff from eBay and Delcampe.net. So I would recommend creating accounts with them as a first step. I don't know where you are located but eBay is pretty international and Delcampe is a European-based (Belgium, maybe?) company. There are some limits with Delcampe for folks in the USA having to do with sale taxes. I'm able to use it because my state doesn't have them, but a friend of mine in another state couldn't. So bear that in mind! But even if you just do eBay that's fine. Most of my stuff is from eBay.

There are also other online postcard shops, most of the ones I buy from are based in Germany, but really, if you're just starting out, eBay is enough.

If you want to build a collection on a budget, I'd recommend looking for the French, British and German versions of OTMAA cards rather than the Russian ones. There are more of them and they tend to be less expensive. Some good search terms to use on eBay are "royalty russia" or "duchess russia" and then narrow it by collectibles - postcards. Consider searching alternate versions/spellings of names: Tatiana/Tatyana/Tatijana Maria/Marie/Mary/Marija Alexei/Alexis/Alexey/Aleksey, etc

Sometimes sellers don't really know what they have and list things wrong. One of my best hauls was "Russian imperial prince and princesses" which ended up being 8 OTMAA cards and 1 random unrelated card. But the listing didn't use any of their names. The 1901 French series (with baby Anastasia), 1910 formals, and 1913 family shots are generally plentiful and pretty easy to find for good prices. 1914 formals can be hit or miss; British ones are fairly easy to come by, Russian ones are harder (and more expensive).

Good luck! :)

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I knew you through the daze of the blades of the grass in summer...

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I forgot these two.

[otmacamera]

19th April 1914

Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna and her children during the White Flower Day in Livadia, 19th April 1914.

Photos from: Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna’s 1912-1916 Album Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna’s 1913-1914 Album

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The Imperial Family on the pier in Sevastopol, 12th May 1916. Photo n°1 was hand-tinted by Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna.

Photos from: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna’s 1915-1916 Album Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna’s 1914-1916 Album

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The Imperial Family onboard ships, 12th May 1916. Photos n°3-4 were hand-tinted by Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna.

Photos from: Anna Vyrubova’s Album n°3 Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna’s 1915-1916 Album

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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna on board the imperial train, 15th-16th May 1916. Photo hand-tinted by Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna.

Photo from: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna’s 1915-1916 Album

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One of my favorite hand colored Romanov photos.

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Alexandra Feodorovna with her youngest daughters in the Mauve Room at the Alexander Palace, 1906

Source : https://vk.com/whitegrandduchess

Photo from Alexandra Feodorovna’s 1903-1907 Photo Album

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Programme of music, for 28 May (Imperial Russian calendar) or 10 June (Gregorian calendar) 1908, signed by the members of the Russian Imperial Family. The programme is in French and has the Imperial Russian motif. (X)

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They were the Princess Dianas of their day–perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. OLGA, TATIANA, MARIA, AND ANASTASIA, daughters of the last tsar of Imperial Russia.

(Holliday Grainger as Olga, Michelle Dockery as Tatiana, Jessica Brown Findlay as Maria, Georgie Henley as Anastasia)

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Signatures of the last Imperial family of Russia c.1908 

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The world was stained with war and revolution and lost blood.

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OTMA’s-Favourite Flower Olga Nikolaevna: Roses Tatiana Nikolaevna: Jasmines  Maria Nikolaevna: Lilacs Anastasia Nikolaevna: Violets

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favourite historical figures: OTMA

she burned too bright for this world

(Holliday Grainger as Olga, Michelle Dockery as Tatiana,

Jessica Brown Findlay as Marie, Georgie Henley as Anastasia.) 

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Ingrid Bergman ~ Anastasia, 1956

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