The Imperial Family in the Livadia Palace by Daria Buravtseva

"In my work ... I set the task of showing a long-gone era, and people whose fate personifies the tragedy of the Russian Empire. One day I was traveling the Crimea and visiting palaces, wandering through museum halls filled with Crimean air and scorching sun. At that moment, a long-gone era appeared before me as if it were yesterday.

I wanted to show the Romanovs not as the royal seven, but as living happy people. I had a desire to show that history is multifaceted and consists not only of tragic moments but is also full of happy moments in the lives of historical figures."

Pit stop ⛺️

Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927, Danish) ~ The Marriage of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, 26th November 1894, c. 1895-96

[Source: rct.uk]

A hilarious photo showing Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia climbing a hill made of snow, while her sister, Olga Nikolaevna is pushing her from the back. Her brother, Tsarevich Alexei, looks at the camera while one of his friends is pulling Nastya by the hand. Their father, Tsar Nicholas II, is looking from the side.

p.s. if anyone knows who the boy is pls write in the comments or dm me (@otmaaromanovas maybe you do tho?)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia speaking to officials outside Feodorovsky Imperial Cathedral, 1912.

The Feodorovsly Imperial Cathedral, located in Tsarskoye Selo at Saint Petersburg, a short walk from the Alexander Palace, served as the Tsar and Tsarina’s house church for the Imperial family, while they were in residence in the Alexander Palace.

Source (gif) @teatimeatwinterpalace

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King George V is my biggest history crush, he was absolutely gorgeous. He had mesmerizing eyes, a perfect beard and an elegant style. And for me, George was MUCH BETTER LOOKING than big-head tsar Nicholas II

Tsar Nicholas II and his son Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich at a military parade, Tsarskoye Selo, 1913.

the madness of nebuchadnezzar

in an illustrated copy of the bible commentary "postilla super totam bibliam" by nicholas of lyra, freiburg im breisgau, c. 1393

source: Basel, Universitätsbibl., A II 5, fol. 86v

Romanov Rare Footage Analysis:

This footage was taken while the Romanov family was visiting Romania in 1914. In the foreground we see Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna bouncing up and down in a silly way. One might wonder why she is doing this. To find out we have to analyze this piece of rare footage.

Anastasia seems to be talking to someone in a white dress and a hat on. That person is who i believe to be Princess Marie “Mignon” of Romania (later Queen of Serbia). In the background of this footage we also see Queen Elisabeth of Romania (far right with baby Prince Mircea of Romania being held by someone), Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (talking with people), and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna who we see towards the end of the clip holding what looks like a Brownie Box Camera which the Romanov family used to take pictures.

Now what are Anastasia and Mignon doing? My belief is that Mignon went to greet Anastasia by naturally curtsying (which was the correct protocol) and Anastasia also did the same thing at the same time. I think Anastasia was doing several small curtsies afterward to kind of make a joke out of the moment (hence the giddy bouncing we see in the footage). OTMAA always felt embarrassed or shocked when close members of their family, or anyone at all, treated them with their normal official rules that the protocol demanded (aka curtsying or using official titles). Anastasia probably wanted to break the ice in that moment or make a funny joke of the curtsying at the same time thing. Also we can see the two girls having a good laugh so that could also be why Anastasia is bouncing so much. In the end of the footage we see Tatiana come up to the two girls with her camera ready and it looks like she is going to take a picture of them. The following photo could be the one she took but I’m not sure that it is.

Here are some other photos from the day that this footage was taken:

Some random pics from various BF recordings I came across amongst my photos. The Shada ones I scanned from DWM myself and I assume the others (with the exception of the last two) are from the same source. Bottom right is a screengrab from the photos section of the Daphne Ashbrook in the UK DVD.

A rather unusual, but moving modern icon of the Imperial passion-bearers

Alexandra Feodorovna in mourning dress with her husband Nicholas II.

Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra and Tsarevich Alexei (being carried by the Cossack Alexei Petrovich Pilipenko) leaving the Iverskaya Chapel in Moscow; c. 1913.

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