#Alya Vyrubova

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

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!)

[mashkaromanova]

Nicknames

Nicknames of Otma and their nicknames for other people (taken from their correspondence and diaries)

Please tell me if I got anything wrong. There are probably a lot of people/nicknames missing but I plan to update the list. If anyone wants any sources for a specific nickname feel free to ask.

OTMA

Olga:

Olenka

Tatiana:

Tatianochka

Tanechka

Maria:

Marie (not really a nickname, just a different way of saying her name, but I thought I’d include it anyway since it was used quite a lot)

Mashka

Masha

Mashenka

Fat Marie

Sweet Marie

Anastasia:

Nastasia

Nastaska

Nastenka [this nickname usually refers to Anastasia Hendrikova but I’ve seen Anastasia use it at the end of a letter once or twice]

Shvybzik

Shvybz

Family Members:

Duke Perter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg: Uncle Petya

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich: Uncle Sandro

Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna: Aunt Ducky or Dus’ka

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna: Aunt Ella

Grand Duke KR: Uncle Kostya

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mavrikievna: Aunt Mavra

Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna: Mafia

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich: Uncle Misha or Uncle Mimi

Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich: Uncle Nicky

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich: Uncle Nikolasha

Prince Andrei Alexandrovich: Andrusha

Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna: Aunt Mops

Prince Ioann Konstantinovich: Ioannchik

Prince Vasily Alexandrovich: Vasya

Friends/Officers/Other People:

Alexandra Pistolkors: Alya

Alexandra Naryshkin: Aunt Sasha

Alexandra Tegleva: Shura

Alexander Vorontzov: Sashka

Anna Demidova: Nyuta

Anna Vyrubova: Anya [I don’t think I’ve come across any of the girls calling her anything other than her nickname]

Anastasia Hendrikova: Nastenka or Nastia

Catherine Schneider: Trina

Count Alexander Vorontzov-Dashkov: Sasha

Count Carl zu Toerring-Jettenbach: Toto

Dmitri Rasputin: Mitya

Dmitri Shakh-Bagov: Mitya

Elizabeth Naryshkina: Zizi

Elizaveta Ersberg: Liza

Kyrill Naryshkin: Kira

Lili Dehn: Tili

Maria Golovina: Munya or Munika

Maria Rasputin: Matryona

Margarita Khitrovo: Rita or Ritka

Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin: Kiki

Olga Petrovna Dolgorukaya: Lolo

Pierre Gilliard: Zhylik

Sophie Buxhoeveden: Isa

Varvara Rasputin: Varyau