#anna feodorovna tyutcheva

[adini-nikolaevna]

“Queen Anna is a very respectable woman, full of old court traditions and devotion to etiquette, and has not yet sent all decency to hell, as is customary in our time. Our young grand dukes and duchesses, who roll with laughter and make faces behind their aunt's back, would do better if they followed her example."

—Anna Feodorovna Tyutcheva on Queen Anna of the Netherlands, who was born Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia.

[otmacamera]

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Lev Matveyevich Kozhevnikov and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna at Anna Vyrubova's house in Tsarskoe Selo, 6th March 1911.

"6th March. Sunday. We 4 went for a ride with S[ofia]I[vanovna Tyutcheva]. Was at obednya. Had breakfast with Papa, Mama, Dmitri and U[ncle] Sergei M[ikhailovich]. In the afternoon, walked and at 3 o'clock Mama took us 4 to Anya. N[ikolai]P[avlovich Sablin] and [Lev Matveyevich] Kozhevnikov were there. Put together a puzzle and drank tea at her place. It was a lot of fun. Had dinner with Mama, Papa and Dmitri." (1911 Diary of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna)

Photo from: Anna Vyrubova's 1910-1911 Album

[adini-nikolaevna]

“… a sweet and docile creature… Although not beautiful, she is captivating with the freshness of her seventeen years of age, and also with the sincerity and kindness that shines on her face.”

— Anna Feodorovna Tyutcheva on Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Russia.

[adini-nikolaevna]

She was generously endowed by nature, which is coupled by a striking beauty of her subtle mind, friendly nature and excellent heart, but she lacked the lofty ideals of spiritual and intellectual interests...

Anna Feodorovna Tyutcheva on Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg.