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die-rosastrasse · 4 months

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First sketchbook page of the year 💘

#art #illustration #sketchbook #traditional art #artists on tumblr #gouache #painting #my art #original art #original illustration #artwork #gouache painting #watercolor art #watercolors #sacred art #sacred heart #symbolist art #symbolism #olga's diary

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travelpop2004 · 1 year

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#photography #neuschwanstein #germany #Bavaria #architecture #mountains #my photography #olga's diary #original photography on tumblr #travel #european architecture #european history #neuschwanstein castle #german art #german history #palace #castle #princesscore #landscape

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foreverinthepagesofhistoryy · 29 days

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~ ♔ ꧁ OTMA ꧂ ♔ ~

❧ “In the darkness of the mystery which surrounds the fate of these innocent children it is with poignant emotion that I recall them as they appeared, so full of life and joy, in those distant, yet incredibly near, days before the World War and the downfall of Imperial Russia.”

❧ “Olga was perhaps the cleverest of them all, her mind being so quick to grasp ideas, so absorbent of knowledge that she learned almost without application or close study. Her chief characteristics, I should say, were a strong will and a singularly straightfor, ward habit of thought and action.”

❧ “Tatiana was almost a perfect reincarnation of her mother. Taller and slenderer than her sisters, she had the soft, refined features and the gentle, reserved manners of her English ancestry. Kindly and sympathetic of disposition, she displayed towards her younger sisters and her brother such a protecting spirit that they, in fun, nicknamed her "the governess."

❧ “Marie had splendid eyes and rose-red cheeks. She was inclined to be stout and she had rather thick lips which detracted a little from her beauty. Marie had a naturally sweet disposition and a very good mind.”

❧ “Anastasia, a sharp and clever child, was a very monkey for jokes, some of them at times almost too practical for the enjoyment of others. I remember once when the family was in their Polish estate in winter the children were amusing themselves at snowballing. The imp which sometimes seemed to possess Anastasia led her to throw a stone rolled in a snowball straight at her dearly loved sister Tatiana. The missile struck the poor girl fairly in the face with such force that she fell senseless to the ground. The grief and horror of Anastasia lasted for many days and permanently cured her of her worst propensities to practical jokes.”

- Anna Vyrubova (friend and personal confidante of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna)

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otmaaromanovas · 2 months

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Shortly before the Romanov Tercentenary celebrations in February 1913, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna contracted typhoid, and spent much of February and March recovering.

On 21st February 1913 [O.S.] Tatiana wrote after an event in St. Petersburg that she had “a headache the entire time”. By the 24th, she had been confined to bed, and had to be carried by soldiers when the family returned to Tsarskoe Selo. From there, she was quarantined with Alexandra Tegleva, her nursemaid. Tatiana’s big sister, Olga Nikolaevna, wrote daily in her diary about Tatiana’s health, including her temperature, symptoms, and time they spent together.

A common treatment after illness was to shave the head, as hair tended to fall out following a serious illness. On 5 March [O.S], Olga wrote in her diary that she sat with Tatiana, “who had her hair cut short.“

Tatiana wore a wig until December 1913, when Alexandra wrote to her brother and sister-in-law that “Tatiana’s hair has grown nice and thick, which means she no longer needs to wear a wig.” Some have claimed that Tatiana was embarrassed about her cropped hair, but the Grand Duchesses’ photograph albums illustrate a different view, that she was comfortable removing her wig around family, friends, and officers, as shown in these photos (see the first photograph of Tatiana taking off her wig on the Standart whilst on holiday in 1913).

On 26 March 1913 [O.S.], Tatiana wrote in her diary “Could not write because got sick with Typhoid and they [doctors] forbade me to write.” By April, she had fully recovered in time for the Tercentenary.

Sources: Journal of a Russian Grand Duchess: Complete Annotated 1913 Diary of Olga Romanov - H. Azar Tatiana Romanov, Daughter of the Last Tsar: Diaries and Letters, 1913–1918 - H. Azar, N. B. A. Nicholson The Correspondence Of The Empress Alexandra Of Russia With Ernst Ludwig And Eleonore - P. H. Kleinpenning

#Tatiana Nikolaevna #Tatiana Romanov #Olga Nikolaevna #Olga Romanov #Alexandra Feodorovna #Romanov sisters #women's history #Royal history #hair history #my own #1913 #Romanov Tercentenary #diaries #letters #sources

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krasivaa · 5 months

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HAPPY 128TH BIRTHDAY TO GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA ROMANOVA OF RUSSIA!! 🧡🤍

Dear Olishka,

I WISH YOU A HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you are in a better place now. I believe you are somewhere where your pure heart no longer experiences pain. We will meet someday; if it's God's will. You're forever in our hearts (you and Pavel 🤭). Here is an cute edit I made dedicated using CapCut to the first love of yours, S. (as you mentioned him in your diaries) 🤎 Send my greetings to everyone up there ;) (Anastasia we talked about it!!!)

Yours with my whole heart and soul,

Didi (and every obsessed fan 😩).

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foreverinthepagesofhistory · 9 months

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Anna Vyrubova’s nieces (children of sister Alya Vyrubova), Tatiana “Tanichka”, Olga, and Alexandra + Olga with Tanichka(?)

“Then we went to Anya's where we bathed and put to bed her three nieces, Alya’s daughters. Tatiana (the eldest, my goddaughter), Olga and Alexandra.”

— Diary entry of Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, 24th July 1914

(ps. I’m not sure if the third photo is of Tanichka because I saw it labeled as a “small friend” but it looks like Tanichka so pls comment what you think and feel free to correct me!)

#olga nikolaevna #tatiana nikolaevna #otma #anna vyrubova #Alya Vyrubova #tanichka #tatiana #olga #alexandra #1914 #letters and diaries #romanov

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wishblown · 11 months

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The Great Question before us is: Are we doomed? The Great Question before us is: Will the Past release us? The Great Question before us is: Can we Change? In Time? And we all desire that Change will come.

— Tony Kushner; Angels in America

March Reads!

Closer Baby Closer by Savannah Brown — 5/5: Sav Brown you did it again <3 def my most anticipated release of the year (preordered a signed copy last year hehe) and it did not disappoint! not sure if it's better than Sweetdark but why pit them against each other??? Brown is a genius, a miracle worker, the one whose poetry I always send to my gf (ty sm for Sex poem), she truly is for the lovers, the no longer lovers, the longers, and for anyone looking up at the stars and feeling horny. will re-read this so so so many times just like Sweetdark

On Photography by Susan Sontag — 4.5/5: ‘must read’ for anyone who’s interested in photography even the least bit!!!! besides Sontag’s writing just generally being incredible, this is just such a good source on the complex history of the art and ‘non-art’ (!) of photography and what it does to both the photographers and their subjects. informative and never boring.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides — 4/5: has anything ever depicted the male gaze better fr; just a group a boys romanticising and stalking a group of sisters who’re in a desperate situation and grieving the death of their sister to the point they cannot even help them bc they’re so obsessed with the fantasy world they’ve created for these girls and themselves in their minds, just men being men </3

The Employees by Olga Ravn — 3.5/5: this one was different! not your usual scifi I suppose. I enjoyed the style of the logged interviews of the different crew members that slowly revealed the plot yet never fully and also let you see some personality and reoccurring characters even though they were anonymous. compelling story and questions asked — who’s human? what’s human? can you become human? what do you gain, what do you lose? — in a somewhat new light

Der Richter und sein Henker (The Judge and His Hangman) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt — 3.5/5: I’m a Dürrenmatt girl I have to admit :/ this one wasn’t my favourite of his (not as much depth to the story perhaps?) but still very enjoyable and a typical Dürrenmatt plot twist and character types

Angels in America by Tony Kushner — 5/5: absolutely incredible. if you haven’t read this, please please do. beautiful writing, great characters, great insight into lgbt history. looking into seeing this actually played on stage now.

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corallapis · 3 months

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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Vol. 1), 1918-38, entry for 16th January 1924

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Wednesday 16th January

Crossed to Paris and was met at the Gare du Nord by my Paul [or Serbia]. His wife has become a vision of beauty. They seemed so happy and gay and simple and absolutely madly in love with each other. Both quite unroyal, and Paul gabbling away about his old friends. I dined with him alone — their baby is expected in August. I was sick with excitement and joy at seeing him and had to leave the restaurant, hurrying to the Champs-Élysées where I was violently sick. Oh! why am I such a creature of emotion? He drove me to the Gare de Lyon and we said another 'goodbye' — I spend my life in stations saying terrible 'goodbyes' — and soon I was en route for Geneva on my mission as assistant British delegate to the conference of the League of Nations.¹ I am under Lord Buckmaster² — will I get on with him?

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Channon explains the purpose of the conference in the next entry.

Stanley Owen Buckmaster (1861-1934) had been raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Buckmaster in 1915, when becoming Lord Chancellor in Asquith's administration; he held the post until Asquith's fall the following year. He was advanced to a viscountcy as Viscount Buckmaster in 1933.

#chips channon #channon diaries #1924 #1920s #prince paul of yugoslavia #princess olga of greece #stanley buckmaster #🕰️#i spend my life in stations saying terrible goodbyes...

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die-rosastrasse · 1 month

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Analogues I took at Versailles last Summer

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roerigdaily · 2 years

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cadlymack: Rag tag band of thieves 🤍

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foreverinthepagesofhistoryy · 5 months

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Grand Duchesses Olga and Maria Nikolaevna of Russia 🤍

“Marie darling!..Well, good night, I kiss you and pat you on your chubby, appetising cheeks. Your sister, O Romanova” 31st October/13th November 1914

#this is so cute!!! 🤍🤎#olga nikolaevna #maria nikolaevna #quotes #otma #romanovs #romanov #otmaa #letters and diaries #1914 #om #russian history #russian imperial family #grand duchess olga nikolaevna #grand duchess Maria NIkolaevna #grand duchess olga #grand duchess maria

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otmaaromanovas · 1 year

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Breakfast on the balcony, 1916

From Tatiana's 1916 diary:

'Monday. 13 June... Ate on the balcony. Wonderful weather. In the afternoon [we] lay out in the sun and picked flowers....'

'22 July. Went to Obednya 4 with Mama. Breakfast on the balcony with the same...'

'Sunday, 7 August... Sat with Mama. Had tea with her on the balcony...'

Sources:

Tatiana Romanov, Daughter of the Last Tsar : Diaries and Letters, 1913-1918, Helen Azar and Nicholas B. A. Nicholason - Westholme Publishing, 2015

Anastasia Nikolaevna's 1916-1917 photo album (version two)

#Olga Nikolaevna #Tatiana Nikolaevna #Maria Nikolaevna #Anastasia Nikolaevna #OTMA #1916 #Alexander Palace #balcony #albums #HQ #sources #diaries #Romanov #romanov sisters #imperial russia #my own

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scarletwandas · 1 year

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Olga Fonda as NADIA PETROVA

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES S05E10 - Fifty Shades Of Grayson

#nadiapetrovaedit #tvdedit #nadia petrova #the vampire diaries #tvd #olga fonda #myedits #mytvd

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mynerdcorneroftheworld · 2 years

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I'm sorry, but I was trying to save my mother's life, and I failed, so if you don't mind, I'd like to sit here and grieve in peace.

--- Nadia, season 5

#vampire diaries #season 5 #nadia petrova #olga fonda

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simply-ellas-stuff · 2 years

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Anybody who thinks Katherine loved no one clearly forgot Nadia existed.

#Katherine Pierce #Katerina Petrova #Nadia Petrova #The Vampire Diaries #TVD #Nina Dobrev #Olga Fonda #Petrova

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worldoftheromanovs · 1 year

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Olga Nikolaevna’s diary, 20th January/2nd February 1913

“At 10 1/2 went to obednya at the regimental church. There was a big breakfast and music. Sat with Baron Karf and Admiral Nilov at Papa’s table. Saw my friend AKSHV, greeted him and felt happy, but did not talk to him. At 2 o’cl. 7 min we 4 went to Petersburg with Olga Yevgenievna. Went to [see] Grandmama at Anichkov and then went with Aunt Olga to her [house]. At 4 o’cl. dear N.P., P.A. Voronov, S.S. Klyucharev, N.N. Rodionov, V.V. Kvoshinsky., A. Shangin – a cuirassier and N.A. Kulikovsky arrived. Aunt Olga was there. [We] had tea and then ran around, played and danced to the phonograph until 6 o’clock.

At 6 ½ [we] went to get dressed. Dinner was at 7 o’cl. 15 min. [I] sat with Shangin and N.P. Was so happy to see him, the dear one, and talk to him. It was sad not to see Mama for so long. She is still not feeling well, but is a little better. At 8 o’cl. 45 min Papa came to get us and we went to the Mariinsky Theater with him to see the ‘Don Quixote’ ballet. Pavlova danced wonderfully. Saw Prince Beloselsky from afar. Returned at 12 o’cl. Anya was sitting with Mama.”

#olga nikolaevna #diary entry #1913

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