#grand duchess olga alexandrovna

[teatimeatwinterpalace]

Nicholas II with his sister Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, 1900-1903.

#nicholas ii #grand duchess olga alexandrovna #romanov #russia

[adini-nikolaevna]

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia on horseback, wearing the uniform of her regiment.

#grand duchess olga alexandrovna #romanov #russia

[lesyoussoupoff]

Grand Duchess Olga with her niece, Princess Irina Alexandrovna

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[loiladadiani]

The Last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia

Olga Alexandrovna was the youngest daughter of Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna (1882 - 1960.) She adored her father; there was always friction between Olga and her mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna. Their personalities were very different. In this photograph, Grand Duchess Olga appears in Russian Court dress which she said she "hated" and felt very self-conscious wearing. She did not enjoy the experience of coming out into society and later told her official biographer Ian Vorres, "I felt as though I were an animal in a cage—exhibited to the public for the first time."

Olga was a compassionate, strong-willed woman who loved to help people. During WWI, she worked as a nurse close to the battle lines and received a medal for her efforts. She loved her nieces and nephews as well as animals and flowers. Olga was talked into a very unhappy marriage that ended unconsumed after fifteen years. Her second marriage was for love, and she had two children.

Grand Duchess Olga left Russia with her husband, children, and nanny, whom she adored and cared for until she died. She worked hard, helping her husband support the family. She painted throughout her life on paper, canvas, and ceramic; in exile, her painting served as a source of income for the family.

Olga outlived her husband. She died, cared for by friends, in a small apartment in East Toronto. She was 78 when she died, seven months after her older sister, Xenia. She has been labeled the last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia. (gcl)

Reference:

Vorres, Ian (2001) [1964] The Last Grand Duchess. Toronto: Key Porter Books. 

#russian history #romanov dynasty #Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

[the-last-tsar]

Nicholas II and sister Olga A. playing in the snow.

#tsar #grand duchess #tsar nicholas ii #grand duchess olga alexandrovna #olga alexandrovna #nicholas romanov #my own

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

SUPER rare photo of teenage Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna with her little niece Princess Irina Alexandrovna, 1897 🤍🌸

#awwww 🥹🌸 #this is so cute! #olga Alexandrovna #irina alexandrovna #romanovs #romanov #russian history #russian imperial family #1897 #rare #rares #grand duchess Olga Alexandrovna #princess irina alexandrovna #irina yusupova #Irina yusupov

[mote-historie]

Olga Alexandrovna (Russian, 1882 - 1960) aka Olga Koulikovsky Romanova, Still life with flowers in a sunny window with a view to the garden, s.d. Private collection © photo Bruun Rasmussen

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. Her older brother was Tsar Nicholas II. She was raised at the Gatchina Palace outside Saint Petersburg. Olga's relationship with her mother, Empress Marie, the daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, was strained and distant from childhood. In contrast, she and her father were close. He died when she was 12, and her brother Nicholas became emperor. In 1901, she married Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, who was privately believed by family and friends to be homosexual. Their marriage of 15 years remained unconsummated, and Peter at first refused Olga's request for a divorce. The couple led separate lives and their marriage was eventually annulled by the Emperor in October 1916. The following month Olga married cavalry officer Nikolai Kulikovsky, with whom she had fallen in love several years before.

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[krasivaa]

🎀⚜️ Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Romanova of Russia (and her dolls) in Gatchina, 1894. ⚜️🎀

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[royal-confessions]

“The story of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna and her husband Nikolai Kulikovsky is an emotional one. They faced many obstacles to be together and then had to face the adversities imposed by the Russian revolution and remained together until the end of their lives.” - Text & Image Submitted by cenacevedo15

#grand duchess olga alexandrovna

[peaceinthestorm]

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882-1960) ~ A Rural Winter Scene, n/d 

[Source: Christie’s]

#grand duchess olga alexandrovna #russian art #winter scene #winter

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Happy Father's Day!!! 💙

Christian & Alexandra, Albert & Elizabeth, George & Mary, Sasha & Olga, Nicholas & Tatiana, Philip & Charles, Ernest Louis & Elisabeth, and Edward & Louise.

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[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

Happy 141st birthday to Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia! June 13th 1882

#Happy birthday Olga dear! #💗🤍💎 #olga alexandrovna #happy birthday #june 13 #1882 #romanov #romanovs #russian imperial family #grand duchess olga #grand duchess olga Alexandrovna

[adini-nikolaevna]

The children of Emperor Alexander III of Russia.

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[lesyoussoupoff]

Grand Duchess Olga and Peter of Oldenburg with Princess Irina Alexandrovna. Taken on the day of their wedding.

#Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna #Peter of Oldenburg #Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia #Princess Irina Youssoupoff #Romanov #Yusupov

[loiladadiani]

Mother and children

Everybody looks very young here, including Minnie. Xenia looks very pretty, Olga is more than ready to put her hair up and wear longer skirts, and Misha is just about to turn into a flirt, but not yet. Where are Nicky and Georgie? The dates are not totally clear to me but they might have been on their cruise (or perhaps the family is already visiting Georgie at Abbas Tuman?) They went through a period where everything changed very fast for them.

#russian history #romanov dynasty #nicholas ii #Tsarevich George Alexandrovich #Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich #Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna #Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna #Empress Maria Feodorovna

[the-last-tsar]

Olga Alexandrovna.

#grand duchess #olga alexandrovna #grand duchess olga alexandrovna #my own