#botkin

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I just fojnd one of my canonmates after having lost hope for so long. what. what.

- bot, inanimate insanity

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its mothers day! happy day to all test tubes out there, I hope all of you are doing okay! thank you, despite everything!

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Sometimes I want to touch the wires, lie down in them, climb in and hide from the outside world.

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A number of items belonging to the Botkin family are being auctioned by Coutau-Begarie & Associates. The items are part of the ‘Nobility & Royalty: Imperial Russia - Historical Reminisces of the Russian Imperial Family During their Captivity in Tobolsk from the Botkin Family’ collection and will be auctioned on Thursday 15 May 2025 from 11am onwards.

Dr. Evgeny Sergeievich Botkin (often translated as Eugene) was the faithful doctor to the Imperial Family, voluntarily following them into exile in Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg, where he was murdered alongside them on the night of 16/17 July 1918, aged 53. He had four children: Dmitri Evgenievich, Yuri Evgenievich, Gleb Evgenievich, and Tatiana Evgenievna. The youngest, Gleb and Tatiana, were acquaintances of the Romanov children, and are occasionally mentioned in the Grand Duchesses’ diaries. The pair accompanied their father to Tobolsk. Gleb was a talented artist and illustrated stories for the royal children in Tobolsk, which would then be passed to them in the Governor’s House. The children were separated from their father when they were refused safe travel to Ekaterinburg. Fleeing to France, they later became supporters of Franziska Schanzkowska ‘Anna Anderson’

The catalogue of the Botkin’s items being auctioned stretch to 29 pages. I shall make individual posts on notable items later. For now, here is an overview of the items being auctioned:

169 - A portrait of Dr. Sergei Petrovich Botkin, Dr Botkin’s father

170 - A portrait of Dr E.S. Botkin

171 - A photograph of Dr. E.S. Botkin on the Shtandart Yacht

172 - A photograph of Dr. E.S. Botkin at Livadia Palace

173 - A photograph of Dr. E.S. Botkin circa 1917-1918, preserved in a leather frame

174 - An inkwell used by Dr. E.S. Botkin in Tobolsk

175 - A signed telegram sent by Dr. E.S. Botkin during the Russo-Japanese War

176 - A small inkwell used by Dr. E.S. Botkin in Tobolsk

177 - A collection of 28 photographs of the Botkin family

178 - Cufflinks

179 - Jubilee medal of the Corps de Pages, given to Dmitri Botkin

180 - Commemorative medal of the Moscow Orphanage depicting Catherine the Great

181 - Two portrait medallions with engravings of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna

182 - Portraits on ivory of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna

183 - Portrait of botanist Mikhail Stepanovich Voronin belonging to Dr. E.S. Botkin’s father

184 - Portrait of a woman and a Cossack

185 - Icon of the Holy Virgin

186 - A portrait of Alexandra Feodorovna with Tatiana Nikolaevna in 1897 (wrongly labelled as being a photo of Alexandra Feodorovna with Alexei Nikolaevich in 1904) from the photograph studio CE Von Hahn and Co

187 - Five postcards of the Romanov family

188 - Four photographs of the Romanov family

189 - Signed photographs of Olga Nikolaevna and Tatiana Nikolaevna in a wooden frame — NOTE: These photographs are exceptionally rare, I have never seen them before

190 - Watercolour painting by Maria Nikolaevna on a letter from Yuri Botkin

191 - Watercolour painting by Maria Nikolaevna on a letter from Yuri Botkin

192 - Eight chapters of Tatiana Melnik-Botkina’s Memories of the Imperial Family Before and After the Revolution written in 1919, two years before publication

193 - 1921 edition of Tatiana Melnik-Botkina’s Memories of the Imperial Family Before and After the Revolution

194 - Typescript of Tatiana Melnik-Botkina’s Memories of the Imperial Family Before and After the Revolution

195 - Short story written in French by Tatiana Melnik-Botkina in 1959, never published

196 - A set of three books: Souvenirs de Russie by Princess Paley, My Father Grigori Rasputin: Memories and Notes by Matryona Rasputin, and Rasputin, the Scoundrel Mong by William Le Queux

197 - Small cigarette case, “made in exile by the officer in service of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna” - likely actually referring to ****Franziska Schanzkowska - signed by S. Kolesnikov

198 - Carved letter opener with Russian church decoration, made by S. Kolesnikov

199 - Carved letter opener with bear head decoration, gift from Nicolas Sedov

200 - Small inkwell used by Tatiana Melnik-Botkina

201 - Handwritten account entitled The Anastasia Case by Tatiana Melnik-Botkina

202 - Typed and handwritten account by Tatiana Melnik-Botkina of a meeting with Franziska Schanzkowska, ‘Anna Anderson’

203 - Handwritten account with letter by Tatiana Melnik-Botkina of a meeting with Franziska Schanzkowska, ‘Anna Anderson’

204 - Autographed letter, papers, and miraculous medal sent to a journalist by Tatiana Melnik-Botkina describing ‘details on Anastasia’ about Franziska Schanzkowska, ‘Anna Anderson’

205 - 33 page autobiographical writing by Tatiana Melnik-Botkina

206 - Eleven official/legal papers belonging to Tatiana Melnik-Botkina

207 - Carving based on Baba Yaga

208 - Detailed box for playing cards

209 - Detailed sewing box

210 - Large wooden Easter egg decorated with the double-headed eagle of the Imperial House of Russia

211 - Set of four wooden Easter eggs, including matryoshkas

212 - Imperial manufactured porcelain Easter egg

213 - Porcelain teacup

214 - Paris porcelain vase in Empire style

215 - Silver boot-puller/bootjack

216 - Silver-plated metal boot-puller/bootjack

217 - Miraculous Icon of the Holy Mother of God Bogolioubovo or the Apparition of the Virgin Mary to Andre Bogolioubsky, a family icon taken by Dr. E.S. Botkin to Tobolsk

218 - Icon of the Holy Mother of God surrounded by two protective Archangels

219 - Travel Triptych Icon representing Saint Nicholas, offered by a patient from Tobolsk to Dr E.S. Botkin, who cared Tobolsk citizens whilst in exile

220 - Icon of Saint Seraphim of Sarov, which Tatiana Melnik-Botkina recalls was given to her by Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna — Note: an important Saint to the Imperial Family, who was canonised by Nicholas II

221 - Icon of Christ Pantocrator

222 - Icon of the Face of Christ or the Mandylion, given to Dr. E.S. Botkin when his daughter Tatiana fell ill in 1912. From Tatiana Melnik-Botkina’s memoirs: The Empress sent me a bottle of holy water, the Grand Duchess Tatiana, a large bouquet of beautiful flowers, and just as my father was about to leave the Shtandart, the Tsarevich rushed up on deck and shouted ‘Give my regards to Tania! on my behalf!’”

223 - Icon of Saint John Metropolitan of Tobolsk with prayer written on the reverse. Given to Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna by the Convent of Saint Ivan of Tobolsk upon the family’s arrival in Tobolsk, which was then given to Dr. E.S. Botkin with instruction to give it to Tatiana Melnik-Botkina before their departure to Ekaterinburg

224 - Icon of the Holy Martyr, Varvara

225 - Icon of the Holy Virgin of Kazan

226 - Icon of the Holy Virgin of the Passion

227 - Watercolour by Gleb Botkin of two anthropomorphic horses, dated 1913

228 - Watercolour by Gleb Botkin of an anthropomorphic horse and donkey, dated 1913

229 - Watercolour by Gleb Botkin of an anthropomorphic horse and donkey, undated

230 - Watercolour by Gleb Botkin of an anthropomorphic cat reading a newspaper, dated 1913

231 - Watercolour by Gleb Botkin of an anthropomorphic cat and mouse “with a haircut like Napoleon”, undated

232 - Watercolour by Gleb Botkin of anthropomorphic mice reading by the fireside, dated 1915

233 - Front page of the Krylov novel painted in watercolour by Gleb Botkin, featuring a landscape and an owl, circa 1916-1917

234 - A watercolour by Gleb Botkin of the anthropomorphic animal characters in his illustrated book, The Adventures of Mishka Pushkovich Toptiginsky, created for the Tsar’s children, circa 1916

235 - Teddy bear owned by several generations of Botkin children, originally owned by Gleb Botkin

236 - A watercolour by Gleb Botkin of the anthropomorphic animal characters in his illustrated book, The Adventures of Mishka Pushkovich Toptiginsky, created for the Tsar’s children, dated 1916

237 - A watercolour by Gleb Botkin of the anthropomorphic animal characters staging a revolution in his illustrated book, The Adventures of Mishka Pushkovich Toptiginsky, created for the Tsar’s children, dated 1916

238 - Front page of the Krylov novel painted in watercolour by Gleb Botkin, circa 1916

239 - A watercolour by Gleb Botkin of two anthropomorphic bears for his story The Kingdom of the Bears on the Planet of Mars Inhabited by Animals, circa 1916-1917

240 - A watercolour by Gleb Botkin entitled The Fox and the Mushik, dated 1915, with the story on the back

241 - A watercolour by Gleb Botkin of two of his anthropomorphic bear characters sailing, circa 1916-1917

The next items are included in the same section as the Botkin family items, but seem to have a separate provenance

242 - Portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna (later Empress), after Dmitri Levitsky

243 - Portrait of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, engraving and watercolour

244 - Portrait of Grand Duchess Kyra of Russia by Julie Grandhomme-Nozal, in charcoal and gouache

245 - Portrait of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich with a portrait of his son, Prince Feodor Alexandrovich on the reverse by Nicholas Paganiotti Zarokilli, sanguine on paper — NOTE: The birth dates have been mixed up here as the catalogue states that Alexander was born in 1895 and Feodor was born in 1858. In reality, Alexander was born in 1866 and Feodor was born in 1898

246 - Large postal envelope sent to the Imperial Court following the death of Tsar Alexander III with mourning border and seal, sent by Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich

247 - Coloured lithograph depicting Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and the Duke of Morny

248 - Signed lithograph of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexadrovich

SOURCES

📌Coutau-Bégarie & Associés, Noblesse & Royauté: Russie Impériale, (Paris: Coutau-Bégarie, 2025)

[fictionkinfessions]

looking around fandom drama and it pisses me off how people are so quick to go for the extreme when discussing me and my parents. its always "theyre just their child and NOTHING else !!! cute uwu family" or "actually saying theyre their child is mischaracterizing and you will go to heeelll." no,sometimes things are just.. complicated?

they ARE my parents, and they did fuck up by making me, and I do have complex feelings towards that, but that doesn't remove the fact theyre my parents??? hellooo? sometimes things just arent black and white..

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[beepbooppartybothere]

Hello world!!

My name is Egg.io, but you can call me Poobie, or Gabriel! ^_^

I'm a 15 year old trans and genderfluid demiboy (Who looks nothing remotely close to masculine) And I'm everything the conservative mind virus LOATHES!! :3

Trans and genderfluid, omnisexual, neopronoun user, therian, fictionkin, furry, leftist, and to add insult to injury, I come from a very conservative religion!

This blog is mostly about my Robotkin side! I'm a screenhead android with a love for art! I believe in multiple universes and that people can be born in the wrong ones! I am an example! X3

I'm also a robot4robot! I KIZZ MACHINES!! >:3c

Pics of me because im just a boy 🥺🎀

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