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Here I am sitting on
Mama's lap. Olya and Tanya are sitting next to us. This picture was taken
for us by a famous St. Petersburg photographer by the name of W. Jasvoin.
On our Aunt Irene's copy, Mama wrote: "Alix with her little girlies, 1900." |
This picture of Tanya,
Me, and Olya was turned into a postcard. Isn't that a strange thought? |
Here I am with Papa, when I
was a very little girl! |
Finally! A photo with
ALL of us sisters! Tanya, Nastya, Olya, and Me. |
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Olga and Tanyana have
capsized poor little me like a tortoise! Lucky for them, I was still small
in 1903! When I got older, I became the biggest and - next to Tanya - the
tallest! |
With my older sisters. |
Here's one of the whole
family! Tanya, Me, and Nastya kneel, while Mama sits holding Baby, and Papa
and Olya stand. |
Here is a picture of
all of Mama's girlies, dressed alike. My sisters and I have posed for many
pictures in pretty dresses like these. |
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Here I am with both of my
parents, in 1904. |
At play with Nastya,
Alexei, and Tanyana. |
Nastya, Olya, and Me
at Peterhof in 1905...barefoot and kerchiefed! |
Olya, Tanya, Me, and
Nastya are getting ready to go sea-bathing at Peterhof in 1905. |
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Me with a book in 1906. I liked
learning as a child, but didn't have a large span of attention. This was
all posed anyway. |
For many years our family
had a beautiful steam-powered yacht called the Standart, which was
built for Papa in Denmark. It was quite big, and Cousin Willy used to joke
about wanting one just like it. |
Here are all of us arranged
in birth order. Baby is still wearing skirts (hee hee!). |
Nastya and I in another
shot from the famous 1906 photographic session at Peterhof. |
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Olishka hugs me on the Standart in 1907. |
During a ceremony at the Catherine. |
Tanya and I play with
some pretty kittens on the decks of the standart in 1908. |
Tanya, "The Governess,"
makes sure that Nastya and I don't kill ourselves on this odd swing.
Finland. |
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Tanya, Alyosha, Olishka,
Me, and Nastya in the park at Tsarskoe Selo, 1908. We've been taking turns
pulling eachother on this wooden sled. |
Here are Olya, Mama,
Me, and Tanya dressed for late autumn, 1908, at Tsarskoe Selo. I love the
poofs on our hats. |
Me, Olya, Mama, Tanya,
and Nastya wearing our white summer linens. |
We children on the decks
of the Standart. Baby is now old enough to wear short pants! |
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My sisters and I are
posing around Mama's favorite chair, in her Mauve Room. Aunt Irene is trying
to get us to be serious, but I can't seem to help giggling! |
Still posing in the
Mauve Room. We're starting to get it right. |
Here I am in court dress, looking
a little confused. |
Nastya, Tanya, and
Me with Mama in her Mauve Room. |
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Nastya and I rest on a grassy
hillside. We'd picked flowers! |
Nastya and I looking tired.
Judging by our sour expressions and the nightclothes, I think this was in
the morning. |
Olya, Papa, me, Mama, and Tanya
in slickers...a wet day aboard the imperial yacht! |
Me, on Mama's settees. |
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On the deck of Standart
with Papa. |
Riding... |
Nastya, Alexei, Mama,
and Me picnicking on the Baltic Coast. |
With my older sisters...and
flirting! |
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OTMA with our cameras
on the beach. Our family loved to take pictures and organize photographs
in albums. |
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