Anastasia Romanova Grand Duchess of Russia Posts - TopicsExpress

This series of pictures serve several purposes...they can tell us
This series of pictures serve several purposes...they can tell us a story. They remind us also that many who made great achievements in history were ...

The Russian Soul-Russkaya Duscha Who would grasp Russia with
The Russian Soul-Russkaya Duscha Who would grasp Russia with the mind? For her no yardstick was created: Her soul is of a special kind. By faith alo...

This serves as a supplement to my prior posting on Igor Sikorsky
This serves as a supplement to my prior posting on Igor Sikorsky and the composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Image 2 is a much clearer picture of Czar Nic...

Did you know? The inventor of the practical helicopter (and
Did you know? The inventor of the practical helicopter (and more) Kiev-born Igor Sikorsky fled the Bolsheviks. He had been tipped off that the Bolsh...

Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeivna (Romanov) and (First Lady of the
Tsarina Elizabeth Alexeivna (Romanov) and (First Lady of the United States) Louisa Adams. They were only 4 years apart in age and Mrs. John Quincy Ad...

A Smolny Institute for Young Maidens Graduate Maria Petrovna
A Smolny Institute for Young Maidens Graduate Maria Petrovna Stolypin Von Bock (1885-1985) eldest daughter of Pytr Stolypin. She was certainly no sh...

Monsieur Gilliard gave Grand Duchess Olga an assignment...read Les
Monsieur Gilliard gave Grand Duchess Olga an assignment...read Les Miserables en Francais and underline any word you are unfamiliar with. ;) Well, wh...

We take long walks with Papa. One day we walked around the whole
We take long walks with Papa. One day we walked around the whole island-twelve miles -Anastasia in a letter to her friend, Peter Petrov. Nicholas al...

“I did more for the Russian serf,” observed the Emperor, “in
“I did more for the Russian serf,” observed the Emperor, “in giving him land as well as personal liberty, than America did for the Negro slave s...

Nicholas II with his men (image 3, Easter 1915) The red egg
Nicholas II with his men (image 3, Easter 1915) The red egg symbolizes new life and is presented as a gift at Easter. It was (and still is) customar...