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What were the Romanov sisters really like? Find out about their home life, what was expected of them, and how each girl's personality differed.
In a guest article, award-winning historian, Helen Rappaport, discussses her book, Four Sisters, a reappraisal of the lives of the four Romanov daughters executed along with their parents and brother by Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution of 1917 - 1918.
She was the only one of her sisters educated by Simeon Polotsky, who also taught Tsar Alexis' heirs Tsarevich Alexei and Tsarevich Feodor. [3] After the death of her brother Tsar Feodor III on 27 April 1682, Sophia unexpectedly entered Russian politics, trying to prevent her young half-brother, the 9-year old Peter Alekseyevich from bypassing ...
Sep 21, 2017 · Nicholas and Alexandra had four daughters—Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia—and one son, Alexei. The Romanov Family Tree: Real Descendants and Wannabes. Czar Nicholas II’s immediate family...
In 2007, a second, smaller grave which contained the remains of two of the Romanov children, missing from the larger grave, was discovered by amateur archaeologists; [17] [13] they were confirmed to be the remains of Alexei and a sister—either Anastasia or Maria—by DNA analysis.
In Four Sisters acclaimed biographer Helen Rappaport offers readers the most authoritative account yet of the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Drawing on their own letters and diaries, she paints a vivid picture of their lives in the dying days of the Romanov dynasty.
What was life really like for the Romanov sisters before their assassination by the Bolsheviks? Helen Rappaport takes us beyond the romanticized stories.
