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16 de oct. de 2017 · At the age of 79, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna died at her friends’ apartment on Gerrard Street East, in Toronto. (Paul Gilbert/angelfire.com) On November 24, 1960, after three centuries in power, the Romanov line came to an end above a barber shop in the east end of Toronto. It was there, in a small apartment belonging to a friend, that ...
Olga was the oldest of the five Romanov children and was expected to take care of the others. She often received notes from her mother that asked her to be on her best behavior and set an example for her siblings. Olga was described as sensitive and romantic, and was interested in the arts, such as music and poetry.
The Grand Duchesses Maria, Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, 1903. Maria was born on 26 June 1899. She was the third child and daughter of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra. She weighed 4.5 kg at birth. The birth of a third daughter led to widespread disappointment in Russia.
She was the elder daughter among the six children of the Tsesarevich Alexander and his wife, Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna of Russia (née Princess Dagmar of Denmark). After the assassination of her paternal grandfather Tsar Alexander II of Russia (13 March [ O.S. 1 March] 1881), when Xenia was five years old, her father ascended to the Russian throne as Emperor Alexander III.
God willing, we will visit you again, in our dear Denmark, with all our children, like in the good, old, happy days, which have now, for us, disappeared forever.” Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna married Duke Peter Friedrich Georg of Oldenburg (1901), divorced him (1916) and married Colonel Nikolai Kulikovsky (1916), with whom she had two sons, Tikhon and Gury.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. Olga was Nickolas' youngest sister Her father, the Tsar Alexander III, doted on Olga, his favorite daughter Olga's first marriage was annulled, because it had never been consummated Olga was a talented artist and enjoyed painting flowers most of all As a child, Olga Alexandrovna was charming and adorable.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna now heard troubling news: A council condemned the entire Romanov family living in Crimea to death, including her baby son. Except fate wasn't done with her yet. Suddenly, the political climate shifted again, and German forces took over Crimea. This presented an opportunity Olga had to grab with both hands.
