#nikolaevna

[postcard-from-the-past]

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

Russian vintage postcard

[mournfulroses]

Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, translated by Babette Deutsch, from “Creation,”

[petaltexturedskies]

Spring, dreaminess, sleepiness, healing under the gentle moonlight, inability to think yet l've been enjoying it.

Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, from Selected Works; "Memoirs of Martynov"

[rosepompadour]

The girls were addicted to perfumes, and when they bathed at night, the water was perfumed and softened with almond bran. They always used Coty. Tatiana favoured Jasmin de Cors; Olga, Rose Thé; Marie constantly changed her perfumes, but was more or less faithful to Lilas, and Anastasia never deviated from Violette.

Lili Dehn, The Real Tsaritsa (1922)

[romanov-royalty]

~..𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙄𝘼 𝙉𝙄𝙆𝙊𝙇𝘼𝙀𝙑𝙉𝘼..~ . Grand Duchess Maria "was more remarkable for her goodness than anything else, but she also learned very quickly. She was always very anxious to begin lessons and she would listen and look and try to reproduce. She was always perfectly healthy, and used to express pretty freely her desire to be ill, to stay in bed and have her doll all day, and to get medicine and have the doctor see her–until she got influenza. She was very sad then and felt a great deal of pity for herself.  She used to look out in the streets for people whom she used to call afterwards, “My Friends,” and was very sorrowful if I did not always recognize them. “You know,” she would say, “the lady in Peterhoff who wore the green hat? I saw her to-day on the Nevsky.” She never confused anyone; she has the true ‘royal memory’ for faces.  She has great determination, and whatever she attempts to do she always finishes and carries through. " Margaretta Eagar, “Further Glimpses of the Tsaritsa’s Little Girls,” in The Girl’s Own Paper and Woman’s Magazine, 1909.  #maria #nikolaevna #romanov #marianikolaevna #mariaromanov #beautiful #russian #princess #girl #royal https://www.instagram.com/p/CdEYP-4sTeW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[imperial-russia]

The Imperial Family in the Livadia Palace by Daria Buravtseva

"In my work ... I set the task of showing a long-gone era, and people whose fate personifies the tragedy of the Russian Empire. One day I was traveling the Crimea and visiting palaces, wandering through museum halls filled with Crimean air and scorching sun. At that moment, a long-gone era appeared before me as if it were yesterday.

I wanted to show the Romanovs not as the royal seven, but as living happy people. I had a desire to show that history is multifaceted and consists not only of tragic moments but is also full of happy moments in the lives of historical figures."

[adini-nikolaevna]

“The year started out well — no one knows how it will end.”

—Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, January 1, 1913. Translation courtesy of Helen Azar.

[romanovsonelastdance]

Alexandra Feodorovna with her daughters, 1913.

Another example of "old timey Photoshop." All the other postcard versions of this image are landscape; for some reason this one was published in portrait orientation. That meant they had to draw in the rest of Alix and Maria's skirts as well as the chair. They didn't . . . they didn't do great. The draping on Alix's especially looks very stiff and unnatural, being so straight. You can also see editing above Olga, Tatiana and Anastasia's heads where they had to fill in background that wasn't there.

[krasivaa]

A hilarious photo showing Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia climbing a hill made of snow, while her sister, Olga Nikolaevna is pushing her from the back. Her brother, Tsarevich Alexei, looks at the camera while one of his friends is pulling Nastya by the hand. Their father, Tsar Nicholas II, is looking from the side.

p.s. if anyone knows who the boy is pls write in the comments or dm me (@otmaaromanovas maybe you do tho?)

[karaviav]

(im @ex-karaviav reuploading my stuff!!)

the master and margarita shitpost ft behemoth the demon cat 🦀

[ex-karaviav]

(i moved to @karaviav!!)

today i give you: master and margarita fanart

tomorrow: who knows

[postcard-from-the-past]

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

Russian vintage postcard, mailed in 1913 from Saint Petersburg to Dresden, Germany

[mournfulroses]

Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, from Selected Works; “Memoirs of Martynov,"

[theoptia]

Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius, from "Devillet"; translated by Robert Chandler

Text ID: "Love! Love!" I hear all round me. / But love's beyond me, out of reach.

[rosepompadour]

She was a poetical creature, always yearning for the ideal.

Lili Dehn on Grand Duchess Tatiana, The Real Tsaritsa (1922)

[empress-alexandra]

Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia of Russia, 1914.