#Tsarevich Alexei

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Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov giving off a nice smile.

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❧ The four children of Tsar Nicholas II who remained at Tobolsk while their parents and sister Maria set off for Yekaterinburg, May 1918

From left to right: Anastasia, Tatiana (back), Alexei, and Olga ☙

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Alexei Nikolaevich with his mother Alexandra Feodorovna.

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One of my favourite OTMAA pictures, finally in big size and good quality.

Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna with Tsarevich Alexei in 1906.

source: Hessisches Staatsarchiv

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Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna smiling at her 2 year old son Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, 1906 💕✨

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Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, 1906-7.

Source Royalty In Colour

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Tsar Nicholas II proudly looking at his smiling little son, Tsarevich Alexei, in fields, 1907. ✨❤

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Alexei walking by Livadia palace.

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A rare photograph of Alexei Nikolaevich with his dog Shot, Spring 1913.

Taken at Livadia Palace. Also in the car were Andrei Deverenko, Dr. Derevenko (no relation) and two boys, presumably one of the men's sons.

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/149552988@N02/39735428164/in/album-72157688144360770/

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Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia with their brother Grand Duke Alexei, Darmstadt, 1910.

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"In St. Petersburg we work, but at Livadia, we live."

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

In 1909, Nikolay Krasnov, who was responsible for the Yousupoff Palace in Koreiz, was engaged to design a new imperial palace in Livadia (before that, there had been an imperial residence in Livadia consisting of a large and a small palace used by Alexander II and later by Alexander III, who died at the smaller residence.) When Nicholas II decided to build the new palace, he also demolished the older residence but left the small palace where his father died.

The Tsar's diary indicates that the Imperial Family discussed the design; it was decided that all four façades of the palace should look different. After 17 months of construction, the new palace was inaugurated on 11 September 1911. In November, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna celebrated her 16th birthday at Livadia.

The family was always the happiest at Livadia.

One of the Tsar's "motors" at Livadia. If you look carefully, you can see the "side of the palace" where the car is parked and the main entrance in both the contemporary colored and black and white photos.

Above is the beautiful Italian Courtyard of the palace as it stands today. If you look at pictures taken when the Romanovs used the palace, the centerpiece of the courtyard was different. Today, there is a fountain at the center. Examining the older pictures (below), you can see that there seemed to be what I can only describe as a "well" at the center of the courtyard. There was a column on each side of the well. In one of the photos below, you can see Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich; he had his own rooms at the Livadia Palace.

Nicholas II and his family were so at ease at Livadia that they also conducted some minor official functions in addition to family activities. When the family went to Livadia, they usually went as far as Yalta by sea; it is easy to infer that the official activities they conducted were related to the crew of the Standart. In addition, at the time, it was believed that mountain air and rest could cure tuberculosis, and there were several spas and sanatoria in the mountains in the area. The Empress and the girls visited the sick there (they also participated in other charitable activities.)

The Yousupov family gifted the beautiful door above to Nicholas and Alexandra. The painting next to it is from a beautiful book by Kravnov ("Fiftieth Anniversary of Yalta"), who worked on the palace's design (and on that of the Crimean summer residences of several Grand Dukes.) The window is also featured in the painting.

The "solarium" seems to have been a very popular area. Nicholas and his children preferred the outdoors, and Livadia seemed to provide the Empress with the perfect environment to get sun and fresh air in comfort regardless of her many ailments.

This is the "Moorish" courtyard of the palace. It is small, but notice the exquisite tilework on the walls. And, of course, the little balcony between the windows seemed perfect to Alexis for him to "address" his family.

The palace had a chapel so that the Romanov family could worship in privacy.

A few of the interiors of the palace. The chandelier is Murano Glass (amazing that it survived all these years.) Olga's coming-of-age celebration took place in Livadia in the formal dining room in the photograph above, dancing spilling into the flower-perfumed courtyard. That is a luxury of the type you cannot buy! The girls' rooms are currently being restored. There are pictures of the rooms as they were, but I was not sure they were from Livadia, so I did not include them.

Finally, some photos of the "Tsar's Path" (or Sunny Path), which exists to this day (it goes from Livadia Park to the city of Gaspra.) The family loved to walk this path (regardless of its name, it is not sunny but pleasantly breezy). This path is on one level so that anybody can walk it, regardless of their cardiovascular status. I have read two stories about how it "emerged," and as usual, the truth is probably in the middle. First story: The new Livadia Palace did not exist yet, but the Romanovs used the old palace and always loved coming to Livadia. Alexander III kept gaining weight, and his doctor recommended that he walk but not overdo it...so Alexander had the path leveled. The path's beginning and end differed from what they would be later. Second Story: Sandro had the path from Ay Todor toward Livadia built because Nicholas and Sandro's families always visited each other (they started calling it the Prince's Path.) Nicholas loved the idea and extended the path.

Today, the main path remains, and other routes to other small towns can be hiked from it. Many of the same benches and sculptures are where they were at the time of the Romanovs.

Just one last photo. Here, you can see how close the palace is to the mountains and the sea. A beautiful big house full of fresh air and light with flowers perfuming the air. No wonder Olga liked it so much! (gcl)

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~ ROYALS AND THEIR SIGNATURES ~

Part 2/3

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Queen Olga of Greece(Olga Constantinovna)

Queen Louise of Denmark(Louise of Hesse-Kassel)

Empress Victoria of Germany(Victoria, Princess Royal)

Queen Marie of Romania(Princess Marie of Edinburgh)

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna(Princess Elisabeth of Hesse)

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna

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Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia making a funny face, Standart 1911

(Source: Baroness Sophie “Isa” Buxhoevden’s 1910-1912 album shared by Ilya aka LastRomanovs on Flickr)

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Heir Tsesarevich and Grand Duke Alexei Nikolaevich.

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I have to share this fic... it's really good. Alexei II by Cribman // link

Summary: Instead of abdicating for his younger brother, Nicholas II is instead pressured to abdicate in favour of his underage and haemophiliac son, Alexei. With Russia in the midst of a revolution during a war against the brutal onslaught of the Central Powers. The new provisional government must work with the new Tsar and his regent to heal the fractured empire before more damage can be done. With their popularity damaged almost to the point beyond repair. The senior members of the House of Romanov must begin to embrace political reforms to survive the turbulence that is surely to come.

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Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich with a flower crown on his head, being absolutely adorable in the Finnish Skerries, 1910