Friday, December 25, 2020

Olga's copy of a Christmas poem for Alexandra, year 1906

Source:

http://statearchive.ru/469&searched=%C0%EB%E5%EA%F1%E0%ED%E4%F0%FB+%D4%E5%E4%EE%F0%EE%E2%ED%FB&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1+ajaxSearch_highlight2



The poem:

For my dear Mamma.

Christmas.

Tsarskoe-Selo 1906.

Christmas Greetings.
W. Manning.

There is kindness in the very name of Christmas,
There is joy in every clang of merry bells;
There is peace on every hand, on sea, and over land,
And good-will in every wish of "glad Noels"
There is little in the words that I am saying.
But the wish that they convey is most sincere
May your Christmas Day be bright, and your troubles ever light,
And joy attend you through the coming Year.
Olga.


Above: Olga.


Above: Alexandra.

Friday, December 18, 2020

Olga's letter to her aunt Ella, dated 1906

Source:

Romanov News on Facebook




The letter:

Dear Aunty E.
I thank you so very much for your dear gifts, my doll & dress. And for the cute card and the blouse with the fashionable flowery decor.
Your loving
Olga.


Above: Olga.


Above: Grand Duchess Elizaveta "Ella" Feodorovna of Russia, former Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt, Olga's maternal aunt.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Album of Olga's formals

Source:

State Archive of the Russian Federation via tashusik2 on Flickr







































Sunday, November 15, 2020

Olga through the years...

Posted on November 15, 2020, in honour of what would be Olga's 125th birthday. May she have a happy birthday in Heaven...

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1897






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1898










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1899








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1900







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1901












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1902





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1903



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1904









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1905




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1906













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1907





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1908






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1909




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1910







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1911










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1912


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1913







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1914



























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1915






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1917


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