Grand Duchess Maria Romanov of Russia: A Revolution & Lilacs
THE photograph above looks to be taken rather recently, despite it being in black-and-white. It shows a young girl on a ship called the Standart —a Russian ship. Her hair is long and beautiful, being described as brown. She wears a lovely, white blouse and a skirt that falls a few inches below her knee. The photograph above is of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. She was the third child and daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his beloved wife, Tsarina Alexandra. She was fourteen or fifteen when this photograph was taken. When she was nineteen years old, she disappeared. Childhood and personality BORN on 26 June 1899 ( Old Style: 14 June 1899 ) at 12:10 p.m. in the Peterhof Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Maria was the third daughter of the Tsar and Tsarina of Russia. The birth of yet another daughter brought about a sense of solemness into the big, atmospheric world that was the Imperial court of Russia. A son ...