Lyudmila Xenofontova. "[64] In August 1912, Meriel Buchanan, the British ambassador's daughter, wrote in her diary, "I heard a rumour yesterday that a certain person is going to marry the Emperor’s eldest daughter. "[10] Her mother's friend Anna Vyrubova wrote that Olga's "chief characteristics … were a strong will and a singularly straightforward habit of thought and action... Admirable qualities in a woman, these same characteristics are often trying in childhood, and Olga as a little girl sometimes showed herself willful and even disobedient. "[82] Three years later, she saw gunshot wounds close up when she trained to become a Red Cross nurse. "It's all so unpleasant. They were happy and enchanted by their new baby girl. Along with her siblings, Grand Duchess Olga had keen interest in the lives and problems of others. Azar, Helen. I must do it somehow,' she would say." But if only you could look upon your own sadness from a distance, just once with a loving soul — Oh, how you would pity yourself, how sadly you would weep. [85] Yet other stories tell of a regular salary of nine dollars the girls received each month, and how they used it to purchase such items as perfume and notepaper. "[52] Dmitri and Felix Yussupov, the husband of her first cousin Princess Irina of Russia, were among the murderers. Helen Rappaport, The Romanov Sisters, p. 169, Helen Rappaport, The Romanov Sisters, p. 172. The two younger sisters Maria and Anastasia had their own separate infirmary, however they were too young to officially train as Sisters of Mercy. Olga also loved music and was an excellent pianist. Congratulations, you got Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna! Dmitri Chakh-Bagov adored Olga and talked of killing Rasputin for her if she only gave the word, because it was the duty of an officer to protect the imperial family even against their will. However, they discovered that they didn't know how to buy anything because they had never used money. "[16] She enjoyed reading about politics and read newspapers. [119] This finding confirms that all of the Tsar's family were accounted for. [89] On another occasion, she destroyed items in a cloakroom when she was "in a rage", according to the memoirs of Valentina Chebotareva. In November of 1911 Olga Romanova was turning 16, which was considered the coming of age for Russian aristocratic girls. When asked why she needed to see him, Olga told him that she wanted to ask him how to spell “arithmetic.” The math teacher then spelled this difficult word for her, to which she declared with great admiration, “How clever you are! She sang prettily in a mezzosoprano. Many candles, silver, flowers. 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." In 1913, the tricentennial year of her family’s dynastic rule, Olga was coming of age – turning 18 in early November, and her life was full of romance, pageantry and fun. Nagorny tried to come to her assistance; he was roughly pushed back by one of the commissars …"[103]. According to Margaret Eagar, Olga once read a story about the execution of the Welsh Prince Llewellyn. "I quite understand him, she may perhaps be a real bloodthirsty German. "[19], Olga felt the rights of eldest children should be protected. Olga Nikolaevna, Self: Greatest Tank Battles. They circled around her in speechless admiration when suddenly the Grand Duchess Olga clapped her hands, and exclaimed fervently, “Oh! Hence, Olga finally got the chance to participate in her first grand ceremony at the baptism of baby brother Alexei. They told the women how much they enjoyed physical exertion and wished there was more of it for them to do in the Ipatiev House. Young Olga once thought that a hat maker who came to the palace had given her a new hat as a present. [105] After late June, when a new command was installed, the family was forbidden from fraternizing with the guards and the conditions of their imprisonment became even more stringent. Such swine, aren't they? [107] As the family was eating dinner that night, Yakov Yurovsky, the head of the detachment, came in and announced that the family's kitchen boy and Alexei's playmate, 14-year-old Leonid Sednev, must gather his things and go to a family member. OLGA ROMANOV: GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA OF RUSSIA, on OLGA ROMANOV: GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA OF RUSSIA, MARIA ROMANOV: GRAND DUCHESS MARIA NIKOLAEVNA OF RUSSIA, THE ROMANOFFS (TV SERIES): Review by a Writer/Historian/Researcher, EMPRESS ALEXANDRA – “MAMA” AND HER GIRLS (OTMA), https://www.theromanovfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Helen-Radio-Interview.GDOlgaDiary.mp3, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7K5pg_-KyE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEC7qSBDicQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sySwGkDR8n0&t=1s, ROMANOV FAMILY: DESCENDANTS OF GRIGORI RASPUTIN. Voronov was engaged a few months later to one of the ladies in waiting. When she was told the Biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors, she sympathized with the eldest brothers rather than Joseph. In 1898, the growing family finally moved away from Nicholas’s childhood home, the Anichkov Palace in St Petersburg, where they resided with Olga’s grandmother, the Dowager Empress. [63] The Washington Post reported that Olga had refused Prince Adalbert because "she had given her heart to her cousin Grand Duke Dmitri Paulovitch. Olga … The family paused and crossed themselves when they saw the stuffed mother bear and cubs that stood on the landing, perhaps as a sign of respect for the dead. It was she who once noticed a disabled little girl in one of the keepers’ cottages in the park at Tsarskoe Selo and insisted on becoming the child’s “patron.” She made arrangements for the child to be transported to a hospital, and planned on paying for it out of her own allowance. [12] Olga responded on 12 January 1909 that she would try to do better but it wasn't easy because her nurse became angry and cross with her for no good reason. However, "Grand Duchess" is the usual English translation. 100–1. She mentioned to Pierre Gilliard that she was aware that everyone was hoping for the Romanian engagement, but that her father had promised her that she would not be forced into a marriage that was distasteful to her. Empress Alexandra, known to her family as Alix, was one of Queen Victoria’s favorite granddaughters. As Olga Romanov got older, in addition to her love of nature and the outdoors, she became an even more voracious reader of books: the classics, the history of Russia and works detailing the lives of the peasants, ancient traditions, customs, laws, and geography of her nation. This was the same disease that killed Grand Duchess Olga’s great-grandfather Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort. . She was silent and pensive, not entirely satisfied perhaps, wondering if there were not more ominous reasons for the unrest and ferment that she sensed rather than knew about, but which filled her with a growing anxiety.”. [54] Olga's own diary however shows that she did attend his funeral. And no one's grief has ever passed you by. Chebotareva wrote that Olga's love for him was "pure, naive, without hope" and that she tried to avoid revealing her feelings to the other nurses. Olga had chestnut-blonde hair, bright blue eyes, a broad face, and an upturned nose. [116] The Yekaterinburg region's chief forensic expert Nikolai Nevolin indicated the results would be compared against those obtained by foreign experts. Ermakov tried to stab Alexei with a bayonet but failed again, and finally Yurovsky fired two shots into the boy's head. When the Crown Prince Carol of Romania came to propose to Olga Nikolaevna, it was Maria he fell in love with. They named her “Olga” (which means ‘Holy”). Prince Sigismund of Prussia, son of Alexandra's sister, Irene, said he accepted her as Olga, and Sigismund also supported Anastasia claimant Anna Anderson. [53] Rasputin was buried with an icon signed on the reverse side by Olga, her sisters and mother. Her younger siblings included her sisters Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and her brother Alexei, the Tsarevich. She thought the policeman would come to arrest her because she had behaved badly for Miss Eagar. The baby is huge – weighing 10 pounds – and had to be pulled out with forceps!”. The family emerged from their rooms carrying pillows, bags, and other items to make Alexandra and Alexei comfortable. Olga, her sister Tatiana, and her mother Tsarina Alexandra treated wounded soldiers at a hospital on the grounds of Tsarskoye Selo. Olga’s title was known as “Grand Princess“, meaning that Olga, had a higher rank than other princesses in Europe. Meriel Buchanan journal, August 1912, f. 33. She talked to him regularly on the telephone, was depressed when he left the hospital, and jumped about exuberantly when she received a message from him. Olga was reportedly deeply depressed and lost a great deal of weight during her final months. Those who received the following invitation considered it a great honor: “Their Imperial Majesties invite[You] to dinner and a dancing party to be held on Thursday November 3rd, at 6:45 in the evening, at the Livadia Palace.” Dress for the occasion was strictly regulated: “Military cavaliers in frock coat with epaulets… Civilians in evening dress with white tie. Nicholas told his mother that "our daughter made a great impression everywhere. "The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra." The next day they asked Chebotareva how to go about purchasing an item from a store. [69] Crown Princess Marie of Romania, noted that Carol was "not enamored of Olga's broad, plain face and brusque manner. After the coronation of King George V, there was speculation that either Olga or Tatiana would marry Prince Edward of Wales.[61]. 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