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  Ljonn.com
Olga Romanova was the name of two Russian Grand Duchesses.
One, Olga Nicolaievna Romanova, was the eldest daughter of Czar Nicholas II and was murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.
Romanova's mother is now the honorary trustee of the International Foundation for the Victims of Terror Acts.
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 Alexander Palace Time Machine - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna
Olga had her father's broad features, but was elegant in her movements and feminine in a 19th century way.
Olga had a naturally warm and open personality, but she was trained to be reserved.
Olga did this very delicately, without alarming their overly protective parents; this no small feat and a tribute to the trust Nickolas and Aleksandra had for her.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Maria Fyodorovna
The flag of the House of Romanov Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: ; Olga Alexandrovna Romanova) (June 13, 1882–November 24, 1960) was the last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia under the reign of her elder brother, Czar Nicholas II.
Alexandra and her daughters, Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia, and Maria, 1913 Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (German:) or Saint Alexandra, 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918, under the title Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna (Russian:), was Empress consort of the Russian Empire and the wife of Nicholas II of Russia, the...
Marie of Hesse Princess Maximilienne Wilhelmine Marie of Hesse and the Rhine (8 August 1824-8 June 1880) was a princess of Grand Ducal Hesse and, as Marie Alexandrovna, Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia.
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 Top Literature - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: О́льга Алекса́ндровна Рома́нова; Olga Alexandrovna Romanova) (June 13, 1882–November 24, 1960) was the last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia under the reign of her elder brother, Czar Nicholas II.
However, Olga Alexandrovna and her siblings were not accustomed to a lavish early lifestyle, as modest, Spartan living and the strictest of discipline was required by their tutors, governesses, and parents.
Among those in attendance were Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna, her older sister, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, her sister's husband, Grand Duke Alexander "Sandro", the officers of the Akhtyrsky Regiment, and the Sisters of Charity from the hospital in Kiev founded by the Grand Duchess.
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 News | TimesDaily.com | TimesDaily | Florence, AL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Olga's younger sister Maria reportedly hemorrhaged in December 1914 during an operation to remove her tonsils, according to her paternal aunt Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, who was interviewed later in her life.
Olga Alexandrovna said she believed all four of her nieces bled more than was normal and believed they were carriers of the haemophilia gene like their mother.
Olga and her younger sisters were surrounded by young men assigned to guard them at the palace and on the imperial yacht Standard and were used to mingling with them and sharing holiday fun during their annual summer cruises.
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 Grand Duchess Olga of Russia : Olga Nicolaievna Romanova
Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna of Russia, Olga Nicolaievna Romanova (November 15, 1895 - July 16, 1918) was the eldest daughter of II of Russia">Tsar Nicholas II, Olga was extremely intelligent and a difficult child.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Olga Alexandrovna Romanova (June 13, 1882 - November 24, 1960) was a Grand Duchess of Russia during its Imperial Era and was the younger sister of murdered Russian II of Russia">Tsar Nicholas II.
While there, in 1925, Olga traveled to Berlin, Germany to identify the woman claiming to be Anastasia, daughter of her brother, the II of Russia">Tsar Nicholas II.
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 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
'''Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia''' ('''''Olga Alexandrovna Romanova''''', Ольга Александровна Романова) (June 13, 1882 - November 24, 1960) was a Grand Duchess of Russia and the younger sister of Russian Tsar Nikolai II.
While there, in 1925, Olga traveled to Berlin, Germany to identify the woman claiming to be Anastasia, daughter of her brother, the Tsar Nikolai II.
Olga, after changing her mind numerous times, eventually decided that the woman, Anna Anderson, was not her niece, saying that "she is not who she believes herself to be." Following World War II, Stalin's propaganda machine declared that Grand Duchess Olga had conspired with Germany against Russia during the war.
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 Paintings by Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova in Tretyakov Gallery :: Russia-InfoCentre
Olga Alexandrovna was the only child of Alexander III born during his reigning.
During World War I Olga Romanova equipped a hospital with her own funds and served there as a nurse.
Olga Alexandrovna spent the last 12 years of her life in Canada, where she died in 1960.
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 thefaeryking: The Three Olgas
Olga was the eldest sister of the Grand Duchesses Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia of Russia, and of the haemophiliac Tsarevich Alexei of Russia.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: О́льга Алекса́ндровна Рома́нова; Olga Alexandrovna Romanova) (June 13, 1882–November 24, 1960) was the last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia under the reign of her elder brother, Czar Nicholas II.
She was the last direct, remaining heir to the House of Romanov until her death in late 1960.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaievna Romanova, (in Russian: Великая Княжна Анастасия Николаевна Романова, Velikaya Knyazhna Anastasiya Nikolaievna Romanova), (June 5 (O.S.)/June 18 (N.S.) 1901 — presumably July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra, the last autocratic rulers of Imperial Russia.
Anastasia was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Maria, and was an elder sister of the haemophiliac Alexei Nikolaievitch, Tsarevitch of Russia.
In the autumn of 1907, Anastasia's aunt Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was escorted to the nursery by the Tsar to meet Rasputin.
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 HIH Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova
My name is HIH the Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova, but you may just call me 'Olga.' I was born on 1/13 June, 1882, and am the youngest daughter and child of Tsar Alexander III and Tsaritsa Maria Feodorovna.
I was also close to the younger generation of Grand Duchesses; my nieces Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia.
With the onset of WWI, the parties stopped, as I became a nurse, like Alicky and her two eldest daughters, Olga and Tatiana Nikolaievna.
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 Anastasia Romanov - Japan
Anastasia was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Tatiana and Grand Duchess Maria, and was an elder sister of Alexei Nikolaievitch, Tsarevitch of Russia.
Olga Alexandrovna said she believed all four of her nieces bled more than was normal and believed they were carriers of the haemophilia gene like their mother.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna was told that Vishnyakova's claim had been immediately investigated, but instead "they caught the young woman in bed with a Cossack of the Imperial Guard." Vishnyakova was kept from seeing Rasputin after she made her accusation and was eventually dismissed from her post in 1913.
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 Bambooweb: Marie Romanov
Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar of Denmark (November 26, 1847 - October 13, 1928), who was known as Maria Fyodorovna Romanova Мария Фёдоровна Романова after her marriage to Tsar Alexander III was the mother of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II of the Romanov Dynasty.
Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova (April 6, 1875 - April 20, 1960).
Olga Alexandrovna Romanova (June 13, 1882 - November 24, 1960).
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 The Romanovs - One Last Dance
Olga and David are in Russia on an informal family visit.
Elizabeth's elder sister, Olga, is engaged to Prince Paul of Serbia.
Olga's gruff father-in-law, who is critical of his son, the Prince of Wales.
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 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanova, (, Velikaya Knyazhna Anastasiya Nikolayevna Romanova), (— July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, the last autocratic ruler of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna was told that Vishnyakova's claim had been immediately investigated, but "they caught the young woman in bed with a Cossack of the Imperial Guard." Vishnyakova was kept from seeing Rasputin after she made her accusation and was eventually dismissed from her post in 1913.
The Tsaritsa and her daughter Olga tried to make the sign of the cross, but were killed in the initial volley of bullets fired by the executioners, both suffering gunshot wounds to the head.
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 OLGA   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Born Olga Maria Elisabeth Frederike Schwarzkopf in Jarocin, Poland, Schwarzkopf...
the disqualification of cross-country skiers Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova of Russia and Johann Mühlegg of Spain...
Her grandmother was Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, a legendary beauty and...
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 Amazing! | The Last Grand Duchess: Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, 1 June 1882-24...
Olga was a woman raised in the lap of luxury in the Russian court but was able and willing to work at hard physical labor on farms in Denmark and Canada for decades without apparent bitterness at what many might consider her "fall" from high status.
This was told from a trusted person, someone that Olga trusted to put the truth about her family out there.
When she died in exile in 1960, Olga Alexandrova was the last Grand Duchess of Russia, favourite sister of Czar Nicholas II, who was executed with his wife and five children during the Revolution.
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 News | TimesDaily.com | TimesDaily | Florence, AL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the spring of 1901, Olga had typhoid fever and was confined to the nursery for several weeks away from her younger sisters.
In the autumn of 1907, Tatiana's aunt Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was escorted to the nursery by the Tsar to meet Rasputin.
She and Olga, who was also given her own regiment, would go out and inspect the soldiers regularly, an occasion they greatly enjoyed.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yekaterinburg
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, which, after the elimination of the Russian autocracy system, and the Provisional Government (Duma), resulted in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party.
Princess Alix of Hesse, as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918) Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice, 6 June 1872 - 17 July 1918), was the consort of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia.
Grand Duchess Olga of Russia could be: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (November 15, 1895 - July 17, 1918) Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (June 13, 1882 - November 24, 1960) Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinovna of Russia (September 3, 1851 - June 18, 1926).
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 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (Maria Nikolaevna Romanova) (In Russian Великая Княжна Мария Николаевна),(June 14 (O.S.)/June 26 (N.S.), 1899 - July 17, 1918) was the third daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse.
In the autumn of 1907, Maria's aunt Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was escorted to the nursery by the Tsar to meet Rasputin.
The empress refused to believe her "and said that everything Rasputin does is holy." Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna was told that Vishnyakova's claim had been immediately investigated, but "they caught the young woman in bed with a Cossack of the Imperial Guard." Vishnyakova was dismissed from her post in 1913.
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 Olga   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gurdjieff by Thomas and Olga de Hartmann (1964, Revised 1983 and 1992) Boyhood...
Olga is inconsolable and Tatyana is taken away to...
Nicolaievna Romanova, (1899 - 1918) Marie Fyodorovna Romanova, (1848 - 1928) Olga Nicolaievna Romanova, (1895 - 1918) Olga Alexandrovna Romanova, (1882 - 1960) Tatiana Nicolaievna Romanova, (1897...
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 All Single Russian Women : Famous Russian women   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Olga became regent for her son Svyatoslav in 954 upon the assassination of her husband, Igor I, Prince of Kiev.
After his marriage and conversion he is reported to have changed direction, to have put away former wives and to have become kinder.
At the first appearance of the Lilac Fairy she screamed out, "That's mama, my mama!" Ulanova's mother, Maria Romanova, was a dancer and a teacher at the Imperial School.
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 Olishka's Journal ~ My Story
"Olga" is Russian for "Holy," chosen in part to honor my father's youngest sister and another of my Godmothers, my dear aunt Olga Alexandrovna, with whom my name day would be celebrated each year on July 11 (July 24 on the new calendar).
The Dowager-Empress and Queen Olga of Greece were her godmothers, and it was the Empress Marie, wonderfully young-looking for the grandmother's role, who held the baby during the ceremony.
Her hair, blonde and abundant, was worn for the first time coiled up young-lady fashion, and she bore herself as the central figure of the festivities with a modesty and a dignity which greatly pleased her parents.
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 Myths and Legends: Anna Anderson
One, Grand Duke of Hesse, the brother of the late Tsaritsa Alexandra and uncle to Anastasia confirmed that Anna was not Grand Duchess Anastasia and fom that point on, he was determined to prove that Anna Anderson was a fraud.
However, the Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, sister to the late Tsar and aunt and godmother to Anastasia thought differently.
Olga stated that: "If I were told that the girl was Tatiana, I would have believed it immediately" ("Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia Historical Society" 18-19).
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 Grand Duchesses Xenia and Olga, sisters of Nicholas II - The Royal Forums
Olga and Xenia became very involved in the Anna Anderson case after they moved to Denmark with their mother.
Olga Alexandrovna actually went to see Anna Anderson when she was suffering from tuberculocous in a hospital.
Olga was very touched by Anderson, who was then called 'the ivalid', and said to Ambassador Zahle.
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 Jewels of Grandduchess Xenia Romanov | Ruby and Emerald Set Wedding-gift of the Tsar
Above her jewellery produced for the wedding of TIH Grand Duke Alexander Mihailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna in 1894, a emerald-diamond-parure made by Nichols-Ewing for 100 000 Rubel and a ruby-diamond-parure from Bolin, wedding gifts of her parents in 1894 and a brooch of Bolin from her spouse Sandro, made by Bolin.
Olga and her husband went to live in the flat over Sandro´s wine cellar, taking with them all Dagmar and Xenia´s jewels concealed in cocoa tins (which, at the first sign of trouble, they hid in a hole in the bottom of a rock by the sea).
The Emperor's sister, the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and her husband Alexander were among those lucky enough to escape from Russia on a warship, having separated from her husband, the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich lived the rest of her life as a "grace and favor" guest of the British Monarchs at Hampton Court Palace.
www.royal-magazin.de /russia/grossfuerstin-xenia-alexandrowna.htm   (1144 words)

  
 Saint Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry || Lease of halls of CCI SPb || Services   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The last owner of the mansion was the junior daughter of the Emperor Alexander III, sister of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, Grand Princess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova and her spouse Prince Pyotr von Oldenburg.
Finally this mysterious mansion was purchased by the royal family and presented at the marriage of Grand Princess Olga Romanova and Prince Pyotr von Oldenburg.
After the revolution, 1917, Olga and her family emigrated to Denmark and later to the USA.
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