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Telegram No. 147 Sent from: Gatchina   27/II                                                         1892 yr. 8:06 a.m. Received in: Abbas-Tuman                                                        1892 yr. 9 a.m. To Abbas-Tuman to Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna.

Thank you, my darling, for your lovely interesting letter, which made me very happy. I’m terribly bored without you, especially today. Mom is still in Zarechye*. Sandro is on duty, he walked with us all day by the lake. I kiss you and George very hard.                                                                                                             Dad * Zarechye is a village near the source of the Oredezh, where the hunting lodge of the imperial family stood. Here Alexander III, and then his children caught the famous “Gatchina” trout and grayling.

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"... today, finally, the courier arrived and brought your sweetest interesting and long letter No. 78. You cannot imagine what happiness it is for me to receive such letters, how I enjoyed it and how sad I feel, how I long to go home. I even cried a little, because I don’t allow myself this pleasure, it often becomes hard, as you start to remember about the house, about the children, and especially about you, my darling! I'm sorry that I write all this and upset you even more; I know that you are not happy either, this separation is not easy, but what to do, the Lord so pleases, and we must bow before His holy will, and this always leads to the best, to our own benefit, for sure, it cannot be otherwise, and this is a huge and only consolation"

Letter from Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich to Tsarevna Maria Feodorovna during the Russo-Turkish War (January 13, 1878)

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"My dear Minnie!

What a joy to receive your dear little letters. How grateful I am for your every word, every line. I press you to my heart, which will always be devoted to you... I always remember our stay in Bernstorf. How happy I was next to my little darling, knowing that she loves me. It's something very special, to feel loved.

Have you received my photos that I sent by mail, and do not forget to send me yours and be sure to wear an Amazon costume <riding habit>. This is a beautiful memory of our horse rides in Fredensborg, and especially the last time when I hugged you on the paths where none could see!"

Letter from Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich to Princess Dagmar of Denmark (July 15, 1866)

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"In the end I had to go to the bedroom where I was laid on a terrible couch. And then it all started with pain and my moaning. The emperor held one of my hands, Sasha did not let go of the other, and the empress came up from time to time and kissed me. Finally it was all over, and the cry of the baby announced the birth of our angelic son. I will never forget this happy moment in my life. I thanked the Lord for the fact that everything was over and that He gave us a son. Dear Sasha, who had been restraining himself all this time, was now sobbing like a child. And we all congratulated each other: parents, grandparents, those - us, and I thought about my beloved parents.

At 4:30 everything was over. Bazhanov came and read prayers, and my Sasha held the little one in his arms. Then Madame Mikhailova helped carry me to bed, where I immediately fell asleep. In the evening, my father-in-law came again, and, thank God, I felt completely healthy. My Sasha and I were in complete bliss!!! At 8:30 I fell asleep and woke up only at 9:30 the next day."

Maria Feodorovna on the birth of her first child, Nicholas II (May 6/18, 1868)

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“As you can imagine,” Maria Feodorovna wrote to her mother, “the departure from Livadia was also very sad. We followed him on foot from the top of the church down to the steamer, where another prayer service was held for the population. We walked terribly slowly for 2½ hours, so everyone had a lot of pain in their legs after that ...

On board the ship, his coffin was placed in the middle of the upper deck, and the adjutant generals and adjutants kept watch, while the priests recited a prayer aloud. We arrived in Sevastopol just before sunset, so it was quite cold, there was also a memorial service...

Yesterday was our wedding day, which we will never celebrate together again, but just think, he thought about it three days before he died and chose a wonderful bracelet for me, which he gave to the valet with the words that this is a gift for me on the wedding day! Now Alix gave it to me, and—you can imagine how it touched me and at the same time plunged me into despair—it was no longer he who gave it to me! How quickly these years have flown by, and now that my happiness is gone, I must live on, without him, who was everything to me!!! I don't know how I can bear this pain and this terrible grief!

Only our Lord God can help me bear this heavy cross that He has placed on me! Just imagine my return home and arrival at the Anichkov Palace without him. I really dread everything I have yet to endure! I am grateful to you from the bottom of my heart, my angel Mama, for your blessed letter, which I received back in Livadia ...

But I, my angel Mama, am finishing this mournful, woeful letter. May the Lord hold His protecting hand over you and help us all! I kiss you with all my heart, I remain your infinitely loving and grateful, but desperate Minnie."

Maria Feodorovna on her husband's death (1894)

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"My dear and beloved darling Sasha. It's terrible that we broke up with you again. I'm so upset and I don't understand why you didn't want to come with me! This is a real sin, because for me to leave you is simply unbearable. This overshadows all my happiness of being next to George. I'm very sad and worried this time because you didn't feel well. I received your dear telegram last night when I was already going to bed. I was very touched and mentally embrace you from the bottom of my heart. Separation from you is painful for me, my beloved Sasha. I looked at you, standing by the carriage, at the moment when the train was moving. It was still necessary to greet a lot of people, to stand and smile. And my heart was so heavy, so heavy! I couldn't sleep that night..."

Letter from Maria Feodorovna to Alexander III

(May 10, 1894)

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“I hug you with all my heart, my beloved Sasha, and ask God to bless you and dear children. Yours for life. Your faithful and devoted Minnie”

Maria Feodorovna to Alexander III

(From the book 'Imperatritsa Maria Fedorovna' [by Yu. V. Kudrina] )

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Happy Birthday today to Alexander III, Tsar of Russia. He was born on March 10th, 1845 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Alexander III as Tsesarevich 1865

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On may 18 1868 Tsesarevitch Alexander Alexandrovitch (Alexander III) wrote in his diary, underlining the heading for emphasis : “The birth of our son Nikolai”

“… The pangs were stronger and stronger, and Minnie suffered a lot. Papa… helped me to hold my darling all the time. At last, at half past two, came the last minute and all the suffering stopped at once. God sent us a son whom we gave the name of Nikolai. What a joy it was, it is not to be described. I rushed to embrace my darling wife who cheered up at once and was terrifically happy. I was crying like a baby… We embraced with Papa and Mama wholeheartedly… We drank tea and talked with Minnie till 11, and I went several times to admire our little angel, and they took him to Minnie, too.”

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Another wonderful treasuren found and shared by Tatiana Z by APF.

Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich with spouse Maria Fyodorovna and little son Grand duke Nicholas Nicholaevich. C 1868.

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A Month With The Romanovs

Day 18/31 is for…

Tsar Alexander III

“After a performance of the ballet ‘Tsar Kandavl’ at the Mariinsky Theatre, I first caught sight of the Emperor. I was struck by the size of the man, and although cumbersome and heavy, he was still a mighty figure. There was indeed something of the muzhik about him. The look of his bright eyes made quite an impression on me." 

– Alexander Benois

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Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, later Tsar Alexander III.

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Tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich and Tsarevna Marie Feodorovna.

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November 9, 1866 – Wedding of Tsesarevich Alexander Alexandrovich and Princess Dagmar of Denmark.

The engagement between Princess Dagmar and Tsesarevich Nikolai was announced in September 1864 but tragedy followed. Seven months later Nikolai died, and after the shock came the determination from both sets of parents that his brother Alexander, who was now forced into the position of Heir, should also inherit Dagmar. But Alexander was in love with his mother’s maid-of-honour, Maria Elimovna Mestcherskaya, he tried to put her aside but could not face it, and in May 1866 he decided to renounce his right to the throne. This his father would not contemplate and after a furious argument Alexander was packed off to Denmark. In under two weeks his engagement to Dagmar was announced.

It should not have worked, but it did. Dagmar, who took the name ‘Maria Feodorovna’ on Orthodox baptism, and Alexander started thair relationship with nothing in common but their grief for Nikolai : ’ before, I had finished what I had to say, Minny threw her arms around my neck and started crying. I, too, could naturally not hold back tears… We talked and reminisced a great deal about Nixa and our memories of him ’ - this is how Alexander described the moment of his proposal. He was profoundly ill at ease in the public role of heir to the throne and the couple faced many tensions in their early years together. But they came through it all, to enjoy a happy and successful marriage.  {The Camera and the Tsars}

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Tsesarevich Alexander and Tsesarevna Maria Feodorovna.