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The Love That Ended An Empire

A blog dedicated to the memory of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.

Nicholas Alexandra Olga Tatiana Marie Anastasia Alexei

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Marie, Olga, Tatiana, 1915. 

Marie, Olga, Tatiana, 1915. 

Painting of Alexei in 1915. 

Painting of Alexei in 1915. 

Tsarevitch Alexei, 1907. 

Tsarevitch Alexei, 1907. 

A Portrait of Tsar Nikolai Aleksandrovich (Ilya Repin, 1896)

A Portrait of Tsar Nikolai Aleksandrovich (Ilya Repin, 1896)

The Imperial Reception of the Freeholding Elders in the Courtyard of the Petrovsky Palace on 18 May 1896 (Ilya Repin, 1897)

The Imperial Reception of the Freeholding Elders in the Courtyard of the Petrovsky Palace on 18 May 1896 (Ilya Repin, 1897)

Anne Lloyd. Small watercolor of Marie wading in the Black Sea. Crimea, 1916.

Anne Lloyd. Small watercolor of Marie wading in the Black Sea. Crimea, 1916.

Maria was a fine girl, tall for her age, and a picture of glowing health and colour. She had large and beautiful gray eyes. Her tastes were very simple, and with her warm heart she was kindness itself. Her sisters took advantage somewhat of good nature, and called her “fat little bow-wow’” (Le Bon Gros Tou-tou). She certainly had the benevolent and somewhat gauche devotion of a dog. -Pierre Gilliard

Maria was a fine girl, tall for her age, and a picture of glowing health and colour. She had large and beautiful gray eyes. Her tastes were very simple, and with her warm heart she was kindness itself. Her sisters took advantage somewhat of good nature, and called her “fat little bow-wow’” (Le Bon Gros Tou-tou). She certainly had the benevolent and somewhat gauche devotion of a dog. -Pierre Gilliard

Portrait of Olga in 1914.

Portrait of Olga in 1914.

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