Olga: The Tsar's Daughter: 2019

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Olga's letter to her father, year 1908

Olga wrote this letter to her father Nicholas on New Year's Day of 1908.

Source:

Photo of letter and transcript courtesy of Olga Grigor'eva at lastromanovs on VK

https://vk.com/lastromanovs?w=wall-56510987_23623

The letter:

Ц.С. 1908г.
1-го Янв.
Мой милый и дорогой Папа! От всей души поздравляю Тебя с наступающим 1908 годом и желаю Тебе как можно лучше встретить этот праздник. Целую и обнимаю Тебя крепко, крепко.
Твоя всегда любящая дочка Ольга.
Спи хорошо 1-й день 1908 года

English translation (my own):

Tsarskoe Selo, 1908
Jan. 1
My sweet, dear Papa! I heartily congratulate You on the coming year 1908 and wish You best to meet this holiday. I kiss and embrace You tightly.
Your always loving daughter Olga.
Sleep well this first day of 1908

Above: Olga. Photo courtesy of Ilya Grigoryev at lastromanovs on VK,

Above: Tsar Nicholas II. Photo courtesy of TatianaZ on Flickr.

Monday, December 30, 2019

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

News report of Olga's christening, year 1895

This news report of Olga's christening was printed in the New York Times on November 27, 1895.

Source:

romanovsonelastdance on Tumblr

https://romanovsonelastdance.tumblr.com/post/153699499827/grand-duchess-olga-christened-new-york-times

The article:

Grand Duchess Olga Christened,

ST. PETERSBURG, NOV. 26. — The Grand Duchess Olga, who was born Nov. 15, was baptized with the usual ceremonies to-day at the Tsarskoe Selo Palace. The ex-Czarina, mother of the Czar, and other members of the imperial family acted as sponsors. Salutes were fired in honor of the occasion. The town was handsomely decorated and at night was brilliantly illuminated.

Above: Illustration of Olga's christening.

Above: Olga with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna.

Olga's horoscope, year 1896

In 1896, when Olga was almost two months old, Prince Charles of Denmark drew a horoscope predicting her future — and it would prove to be eerily accurate. This short article was published in the New York Times from Westminster Gazette on January 12, 1896.

Source:

romanovsonelastdance on Tumblr

https://romanovsonelastdance.tumblr.com/post/167565842308/new-york-times-jan-12-1896-from-the-westminster

The article:

Prince Charles of Denmark has been exercising his ingenuity in drawing the horoscope of the Czar's infant daughter. The Grand Duchess Olga, if her life is preserved, will be of medium height. This, the Prince informs us, is clearly seen in the positions of Jupiter, the Bull, and Neptune at the moment of her birth. The same data, apparently, vouch for the prediction that her hair will be brown and slightly curled, that her eyes will be dark, and her face inclined to roundness. The rest of the horoscope is less satisfactory. At the age of one little Olga may suffer a very severe illness. This horoscope further discovers critical periods at her third, fourth, six, seventh and eighth years. He does not guarantee that she will even reach the last-named age, but if she does she will assuredly reach twenty. This is, at least, twelve years of peace to be thankful for. It is certain, however, that she will never live to be thirty. It is much more certain, if the report is true, that astrologers — even when Princes — may occasionally be guilty of exceedingly bad taste.

Friday, November 15, 2019

Olga in colour

These are various colourisations of Olga that I have done over the years. Enjoy! Posted in honour of the 124th anniversary of her birth.

Above: Olga as a baby with her parents, year 1896. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga as a baby with her mother Alexandra, year 1896. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga with a nanny. Colourised in 2016.

Above: Olga with her newborn sister Tatiana and mother Alexandra, year 1897. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga, year 1897. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga and Tatiana, year 1898. Colourised in 2016.

Above: Olga, Tatiana and Maria, year 1900. Colourised in 2016.

Above: Olga, year 1901. Colourised in 2019. Original courtesy of TatianaZ on Flickr.

Above: Olga and Tatiana with their cousin Ella, year 1901. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga, Tatiana and Ella, year 1901. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga, Tatiana and Maria, year 1901. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga, Tatiana and Maria. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga and sisters with baby Alexei, year 1904. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga with siblings, year 1904. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga in court dress and kokoshnik, year 1904. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga with sisters, year 1905. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga, year 1906. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga with siblings, year 1906. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Another colourisation of the same photo. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga, year 1906. Colourised in 2019. Original courtesy of TatianaZ on Flickr.

Above: Olga with family, year 1906. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga, year 1910. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Another version. Colourised in 2016.

Above: Olga and siblings, year 1910. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga and Tatiana. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga. Colourised in 2012 or 2013.

Above: Olga and Alexei in their mother's Mauve Boudoir. Colourised in 2019.

Above: Olga, year 1911. Colourised in 2016.

Above: Olga and siblings, year 1911. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga and siblings, year 1911. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga with sisters on their family yacht the Standart. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga and siblings. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga on her 16th birthday, year 1911. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga in her uniform of the 3rd Elizavetgradski Hussars regiment, year 1911. Colourised in 2017. Original courtesy of TatianaZ on Flickr.

Above: Olga and Tatiana in their regiment uniforms, year 1911. Colourised in 2017. Original courtesy of TatianaZ on Flickr.

Above: Olga and Tatiana on the Standart. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga on the Standart. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga in court dress and kokoshnik, year 1913. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga in court dress and kokoshnik, year 1913. Colourised in 2016.

Above: Olga and Tatiana in court dresses and kokoshniki, year 1913. Colourised in 2014 or 2015.

Above: Olga and Tatiana, year 1913. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga and Tatiana in their uniforms, year 1913. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga and sisters on a mushroom-picking trip in a forest, year 1913. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga, year 1914. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Lower quality version. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga, year 1914. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga, year 1914. Colourised in 2016.

Above: Olga, year 1914. Colourised in 2015.

Above: Olga and sisters, year 1914. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga and sisters, year 1914. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga with sisters, year 1914. Colourised in 2014.

Above: Olga with her sisters, year 1914. Colourised in 2014.

Above: Olga, year 1914. Colourised in 2014.

Above: Olga with family and friends having tea. Colourised in 2016.

Above: Olga with her mother Alexandra and sister Tatiana as nurses during World War One. Colourised in 2018. Original courtesy of TatianaZ on Flickr.

Above: Olga and Tatiana with Alexandra as nurses. Colourised in 2013.

Above: Olga with her friend Rita Khitrovo, year 1916. Colourised in 2017.

Above: Olga and siblings with their heads shaved after their bout with measles and other illnesses, year 1917. Colourised in 2016.

Above: The last photo ever taken of Olga and Alexei, onboard the Rus steamer that took them to Ekaterinburg in May 1918, two months before their deaths. Colourised in 2015.