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Evening and Ball gowns worn by Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, 1890s-1900s

Grand Duchesses Anastasia and Maria, 1904

“It [whooping cough] speedily spread to the nurseries and to the four children. The Russian nurse and I contracted it. I had told the children that they were to be most careful not to cough on anyone, or that person might take the disease from them, and they were very obedient.

One day the little Grand Duchess Anastasie was sitting on my lap, coughing and choking away, when the Grand Duchess Marie came up to her and putting her face close up to her said, ‘Baby, darling, cough on me.’ Greatly amazed, I asked her what she meant, and the dear child said, ‘I am so sorry to see my dear little sister so ill, and I thought if I could take it from her she would be better.’ Was it not touching?”

- Margaretta Eagar

“Rank meant little to the girls. They worked alongside their maids in making their own beds and straightening their rooms. Often, they visited the maids in their quarters and played with their children. When they gave instructions, it was never as a command. Instead, the Grand Duchesses said, ‘If it isn’t too difficult for you, my mother asks you to come.’ Within the household, they were addressed simple Russian fashion, using their names and patronyms: Olga Nicolaiavna, Tatiana Nicolaievna. When they were addressed in public by their full ceremonial titles, the girls were embarrassed. Once at a meeting of a committee of which Tatiana was honorary president, Baroness Buxhoeven began by saying, ‘May it please Your Imperial Highness…’ Tatiana stared in astonishment and, when the Baroness sat down, kicked her violently under the table. ‘Are you crazy to speak to me like that?’ she whispered.”

Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K Massie

Alexandra and Maria didn't always see eye to eye but they did love each other.

Maria Feodorovna and Alexandra Feodorovna, 1896

“Darling sweet Mother dear,

I cannot tell you how delighted I was when the Feldjäger brought me your dear letter; I never thought you would find time to answer it. So poor dear Georgy has again not been so well, but I am sure it must be a comfort to you to be near him at least. What a misfortune it is, and when he was just feeling better again. God grant he may soon be quite strong and well again, so that you can quietly enjoy your stay at Turbie, and are not constantly worried on his account.

Baby [Olga] is flourishing and kisses her beloved Grandmama. I hope she can go out as soon as it gets a little warmer. Everything reminds me here so much of when she was born, and it is so strange to see her such a big, fat little creature, laughing and cooing away. Whilst we have our breakfast I give her hers. She weighs now a little more than Irina, but is of course not as long. Xenia and Sandro are coming for two nights as he is ‘du jour’ on Sunday; that day there will be a dinner for Ferdinand. Grandmama [Queen Victoria] wrote to me how delighted she has been to see you after so many years.

The goodies you sent are excellent and I thank you for them ever so much! Kiss you very tenderly, I remain, Darling Mother dear, your deeply devoted Child. Alix. God bless you!”

- Alexandra to Maria, 17th/29th April 1896

In 1919 during the Russian Civil War the HMS Marlborough was on duty in the Black Sea and was dispatched on orders of King George V to rescued his aunt the Dowager Empress and the surviving memebers of the russian nobility in Crimea, Ukraine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAZ0SGVxUSM&list=FLK2-HSTM-0sNjaVITZHsFGQ&index=79

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The Imperial Coronation Egg by Fabergé 1897 ♔ The World's Most Expensive Easter Egg

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“The General Without Honor” General: Maurice Janin 1862-1946 Was a French General Appointed to Commander-in-chief of the french and british forces in Siberia during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. He is known as The General Without Honor because of his betrayal to Admiral Kolchak who was the Supreme Ruler and Commander-in-Chief of All Russian Land and Sea Forces, while the surviving members of the royal family lived in exile abroad in safety. “Vous avez ma parole d'officier. Je vous garantis que votre sécurité”. - General: Maurice Janin On January 14, 1920, after giving his word to guarantee the safety of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, he ordered the Czechoslovak Legion to hand him over to the Left Socialist Revolutionaries authorities in Irkutsk. On 20 January the government in Irkutsk surrendered power to a Bolshevik military committee. The White Army under the command of General Vladimir Kappel advanced toward Irkutsk while Kolchak was interrogated by a commission of five men representing the Revolutionary Committee during nine days between 21 January and 6 February. Despite the arrival of a rumored contrary order from Moscow, Admiral Kolchak was condemned to death along with his Prime Minister: Viktor Pepelyayev. Both prisoners were brought before a firing squad in the early morning of 7 February 1920. According to eyewitnesses, Kolchak was entirely calm and unafraid, “like an Englishman.” The Admiral asked the commander of the firing squad, “Would you be so good as to get a message sent to my wife in Paris to say that I bless my son?” The commander responded, “I’ll see what can be done, if I don’t forget about it.” On his return to France he was brought in for a court-martial with delegates from all allies present. The allied majority wanted him to be hanged, had it not been for his efforts during the Great War, it would have been the case. But despite his previous heroics, he was now a disgrace to the entire French army and the French Ministry of War. It was decided that he would be stripped of all rank and titles and be sentenced to life time in military prison. He was later released when he was diagnosed with a fatal tuberculosis. Many saw him and see him today as the reason why the counter-revolution failed. If Admiral Kolchak and his staff and government in exile had been successfully evacuated, then They could have regrouped and Launched a new invasion with help of the allies. And perhaps this time been better equipped and better coordinated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Janin http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1101026/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKHYENLThw&list=FLK2-HSTM-0sNjaVITZHsFGQ&index=128

The Malachite Room of the Winter Palace (1865) by Konstantin Ukhtomsky.

𝚁𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝓎𝑒𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝓀𝓈

𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚊 (𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎) All photos are from Pinterest.