Russian Princesses

In loving memory of Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna

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Olga, Tatiana and Alexei with their mother aboard the Standart, 1912.

Source:

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2

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Olga and Tatiana out on the beaches in Finland with their friends, 1912.

Source:

Romanov, House of; 1912-13

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Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna watching a tennis match accompanied by family and friends, 1912.

Source:

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2

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Olga, Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna with family and friends during one of their Summer holidays in Finland, 1912.

Source:

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2

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Olga and Maria Nikolaevna aboard the Imperial Yacht Standart, 1912.

Source:

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2

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Empress Alexandra Feodorovna with her children - Grand Duchesses Marie, Tatiana, Anastasia and Olga Romanov and Tsarevich Alexei Romanov on the Catherine Palace stairs in 1907.

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The 'Pink Living Room' at the Lower Dacha

The first of the reception rooms accessed from the main staircase was Alexandra Feodorovna's Pink Drawing Room, designed in the Art Nouveau style.

The room was furnished by F.F. Meltzer in the early 1900s. The walls were paneled in ivory white enamel, topped with striped wallpaper featuring a delicate floral pattern of roses. The white lacquered furniture was upholstered in cretonne fabric adorned with large red roses and green leaves scattered across the field. The motif of roses and their crimson hue was echoed throughout the space: carved roses decorated the furniture, one table was covered with a pink cloth, while another bore a cloth with a wreath of vibrant red roses encased in glass.

The furniture shapes were simple, either rectangular or with slightly oval lines. A corner sofa, built into a niche, formed a seamless unit with the wall. The outline of the niche was repeated by a two-tiered trellis mirror mounted on the shelf of the sofa back, where crystal vases of Russian and Venetian workmanship, as well as Danish and Russian porcelain from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the characteristic Art Nouveau style, were displayed.

An intriguing bronze lamp with a rod in the form of a stylized water lily, featuring whimsically curved stems and exquisite leaves and flower buds, added to the room's charm.

Among the paintings and watercolors, which primarily depicted battle scenes, a portrait of Alexandra Feodorovna painted by the amateur artist Captain Shipov and three photographic portraits of Tsarevich Alexey stood out.

The living room was graced with a delicate pistachio-colored carpet with a checkered pattern.

On the wall to the left hung a portrait of Alexandra Feodorovna wearing a kokoshnik and Russian dress, created by Captain P. Shipov in 1902.

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Found two more photos of the living room as seen before the dacha's remodelling in 1895-1897 (source).

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Anastasia and Alexei with Andrei Derevenko.

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Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna 1914.

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Perfumes of Romanov Sisters

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Grand Duchess Tatiana Romanov showing Anastasia Vasilyevna Hendrikova a book on the imperial yacht The Standart in 1913.

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Tatiana “Queen of side-eyes” Nikolaevna Romanova

[photos shared by Ilya aka LastRomanovs on Flickr and Sledstvie on Instagram]

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New photograph of Tatiana Nikolaevna, Livadia 1914

Shared by Ilya (sledstvie on Instagram, LastRomanovs on Flickr)

📍 GARF F. 601 Op. 1 D. 1647 l. 69

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Alexandra, Raymond Poincaré (President of France), and Maria, 1914. Video and photo.

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"I walked up and down the platform, thinking of you and the girls. I was struck by the stillness which reigned around—I was expecting all the time to hear the wild shrieks of Anastasia or Marie, plaguing Mordvinov. ... It was such real happiness, those six days at home!" —Nicholas II to his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, Mogilev, 26 October, 1916 [The Letters of the Tsar to the Tsaritsa, 1914-1917]