April 2012
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Nicholas and Alexandra's engagement
Early in 1894 it became clear that Alexander III was going to die, evidently as a consequence of the train wreck at Borki six years earlier. The tsar had received only a bruise, but that bruise developed into a fatal kidney disease. Now the heir’s marriage had to be readied with all due speed.
In April 1894, Alix’s brother Ernie was to marry his cousin the ...
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quaintobscurity asked: ASDFGHJKLXFCHAGDKN I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE?! OH MY GOD THANK YOU - NOT ONLY FOR YOUR WONDROUS BLOG, BUT FOR REASSURING ME THAT I AM NOT ALONE IN MY SLIGHT OBSESSION WITH THE MOST PERFECT FAMILY IN HISTORY!!!
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"You're always on Tumblr updating your Romanov (or...
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Towards the end of their exile, some, if not all, of the captives realized the desperate nature of their position, and had scant hope of surviving Bolshevist rule for any length of time. Evidences of their attitude were found among the papers that remained at Tobolsk and came into the investigating magistrate. Among them are two prayers written in verse - apparently composed by Countess Hendrykova...
venividibitchy asked: oh god my creys!!!!!!! I swear dear every time i see Tsar Nicholas on my dashboard (especially coming most of them from you) i wanted to cry and i always always ALWAYS stare at him for 5minutes before i move on (more like scroll down). Why!!!!! Why is he so handsome!!!!!! Why!!!!!!!! I think i have an incurable obsession to him now. Why!!!!!!!!!!
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ginger-cookies-deactivated20120 asked: Hey, know any good books on the Romanovs? Russian history is literally the only history I've ever been interested (even more than my own American history). So I wouldn't mind reading one. Thanks!
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Anonymous asked: Would you ever post a photograph of yourself?
