Photos of the Romanovs

A close friend of the last Russian imperial family made a series of "informal" pictures of the Romanovs, which sufficed as much as six albums. These albums are now stored in the Beinecke Library at Yale University. We suggest you look at some of them.

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Alex and the Emperor Nicholas II. The last weeks of life Alexei was confined to a wheelchair





1. Empress Alexandra. She and her husband and five children, were executed on July 17, 1918 during the Revolution.



2. Alex. Alex was the youngest of five children - at the time of his death he was 13 years old. He was heir to the throne



3. Alexandra was obsessed with the safety of his only son, who suffered from hemophilia.



4. Olga and Tatiana. All seven members of the Romanov family were canonized as martyrs in 2000.



5. Alexander and Tatiana. Tatiana was 21 years old when she died.



6. Alexander and Tatiana. Mother and daughter were very close.



7. Mary, second daughter mladshenstvu. She has blue eyes. At the time of execution she was 19 years old.



8. Tatiana, Olga and Anna Vyrubova, a maid of honor Alexandra. During World War I, Tatiana and Olga worked as nurses of the Red Cross.



9. Tatiana. Tatiana and Olga received the title of Chief of the regiment in adolescence. It is their very fun.



10. Anastasia, Tatiana and Maria. Tatiana and Olga lived in one bedroom, Maria and Anastasia - in another. Olga died at 22 years old, Anastasia - 17 years



11. Alexander. Over time, the Empress became even more obsessed with her son's safety.



13. Alex. Because of the games Alexei hemophilia need to watch very carefully to avoid life-threatening injuries. Relatives called him "baby»



14. Anastasia and Alexei. Two of the youngest.



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