(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001125.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001125.jpg) is that even alexei? I think it is.
New for me...not sure if there rare so I'm posting here.Great photos, all new for me -- is that Maria Vishnyakova? They were taken ca. 1907/8.
Alexei
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001074.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001074.jpg)
Lynn
New for me...not sure if there rare so I'm posting here.
Alexei
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001074.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001074.jpg)
with?
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1002238.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1002238.jpg)
...[in part]
With his father
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/VelkokneznaMaria/various/th_qra.jpg) (http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/VelkokneznaMaria/various/qra.jpg)
New for me...not sure if there rare so I'm posting here.
Alexei
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001074.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001074.jpg)
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001125.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001125.jpg) is that even alexei? I think it is.
Lynn
New for me...not sure if there rare so I'm posting here.
Alexei
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001074.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001074.jpg)
Same day
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001115.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001115.jpg)
Others...
Alexei and Alexandra
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001241.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001241.jpg)
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1001243.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1001243.jpg)
With Maria (and Nicholas and Olga A.? maybe?)
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/th_1002121.jpg) (http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll95/GD_Lynn/1002121.jpg)
with?
Lynn
Yes, Sarushka, that sounds like a good idea. Many books have mislabled photos of the various Imperial yachts. I might be able to assist you.
He is wearing a cap that says "Standart" in gold Cyrillic lettering.
The Alexander Palace Time Machine is pleased and honored to be able to present our users the first chance to see a previously unknown and unpublished (as far as we can tell) very early photograph now in our collection of Evo Imperalnaye Velishestve Tsetsarevich Naslednik Velikiye Knyaz Alexei Nicholaievich, taken by Bulla in 1906:Alexei on Standart, 1907:
(http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/img/Alexei1906small.jpg)
Apologies for the watermark, but otherwise this image would be for sale on ebay in about twenty minutes.
I´ m going to be the unbelieving Thomas now.... if it really is Alexei, he doesn´t look like himself at all! :) In 1906 Alexei wore girl´s clothes and had curly hair.
Do a little more research! Also, Bulla was the photographer for the Imperial Family, and nobody would have DARED to give any other child a Standardt cap to wear...
Thank you Admin for posting that montage of photos of the darling heir. Yes, they are all Aleksey. My guess is that photos 2 and 4 of the montage were taken the same day?
Does anyone now still think all nine photos are NOT the same child?? Sure looks like it to us, you decide for yourselves:
(http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/img/AlexeiCompare.jpg)
The second image is from Spiridovitch's personal photos, and he notes it taken as 1907. Clearly Alexei is wearing the exact same Standart Officer's cap, is exactly the same size, and no longer has curly hair., and he isn't dressed particularly "Imperial" now is he??..I'd say the evidence is getting much more conclusive (tho Bob thinks its all nonsense as clearly to him, the Bulla photos are Alexei.)
The second image is from Spiridovitch's personal photos, and he notes it taken as 1907. Clearly Alexei is wearing the exact same Standart Officer's cap, is exactly the same size, and no longer has curly hair., and he isn't dressed particularly "Imperial" now is he??..I'd say the evidence is getting much more conclusive (tho Bob thinks its all nonsense as clearly to him, the Bulla photos are Alexei.)
The cap is - I am sorry to say - not at all "exactly the same" as you say. In fact it is much different...
Secondly: in the image with Derevenko the Heir is obviously dressed for a swim - but still in linnen which was rather expensive in those days. The other child wears a sailor suit - all day attire for the Heir - in a rather ceap and shabby look (notice the arms.....they're much too large). The Empress had quite a talent for dressing up her children. You are not seriously believing that the Tsarevich would have worn such ordinary material? Look at all the other photos you have posted yourself for comparison.
Above all: once again the features are much different AND the maid's attire is in the style of the WWIst period - not at all in the 1905/06/07 look. By that time Alexei would have been about 10 years old...
Daniel:
Yes, we are off topic. This should be on Transportation thread. I was talking about the ten boats that hand from the davits on Standart. There is a 1/4" scale model of Standart at the Naval Museum in Petersburg and they know the name of these small boats and launches.
Thank you for the link about the various historical Imperial Yachts. I had not seen that before, although I have seen the book they reference. But many of the photos on that site are not in the book. I was able to translate part of the page so far and look at the plans of the various yachts used by the Imperial family and relatives. That is a good resource site. There are photos and plans I have not seen before.
I did make a model of the Standart and I have the plans the later Marti [converted Standart to Minelayer, sad fate for a noble yacht] and Polar Star. I had the plans of Polar Star sent to me by email from Moscow about ten years ago. Plans for Standart came from Maritime Museum Greenwich, UK in 1983 and Marti plans are from Russian model builders in Petersburg.
Here is the link Daniel provided if anyone is interested: [translate it through Google or other translation site]
http://keu-ocr.narod.ru/Imp_yaht/
I have read somewhere Ileana was looked upon as possible bride for Alexei... Is that true?
I´m not sure....
I´m not sure.... But I don´t think so. Olga refused her elder brother, one of the main reasons was the fact he wasn´t Orthodox. But Ileana could always convert...
With Alex you mean Alexandra or Alexei? And considering that by "she" you meant Olga, I do t think she would prefer anybody unorthodox, which scandinavian royal families were.
Of course they were Orthodox. Romania is an Orthodox country.
With Papa and Mama
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/VelkokneznaMaria/Alexei%20Nikolaevitch/th_img372k.jpg) (http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/VelkokneznaMaria/Alexei%20Nikolaevitch/img372k.jpg)
It is a real picture of the three and I scanned it from "Alexei-son of the last Tsar" by Elisabeth heresch.Ally, is this book in english or Russian or another language?
A lovely photo of little Alexei burger queen!! ;-)
I hope this is new. Alexei circa1909:
Sorry... but... does anyone know what is written below??Ego Imperatorskoe Vysochestvo, Naslednik Tsesarevich i Velikiy Kniaz Aleksei Nikolaevich
Sorry... but... does anyone know what is written below??Ego Imperatorskoe Vysochestvo, Naslednik Tsesarevich i Velikiy Kniaz Aleksei Nikolaevich
Thank you for that version. I had only this one (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x139/nemanjapr/Romanov/Aleksej/1909.jpg) (though full one, but with bad quality). I assume it was taken in 1909 , supposedly at Livadia (?). Or abroad somewhere.
I love this photographs of Alexei =)
(http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy285/otmaprivatealbums/alexeicirca1909.jpg)
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2370/alekseyremovinghishat.jpg
I have fuller and unmarked version somewhere. It will take a while till I find it.
New for me. But it was actually early 1914, where snow still could have been found on the Yaila mountain/Red Stone in Crimea. (Giliard states so) IF visited Crimea in 1913 in autumn, where you can't find snow, due to the warm climate in Crimea. There are several more snapshots from the same event. I think they are available in Marvin's '' Nicholas II -The Last Tsar ''. (from 1974). See : http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/books.html?sku=21
I don't know the date of this one...
I'm leaning towards 1908 or 1909. The Tsesarevich looks more like a 5-6 year old boy in the pic.
Do you think it is Alexei ?
(http://img42.xooimage.com/files/3/9/3/ra8-vk2j-154d9c3.jpg)
Yes, I believe you're right.
(Please don't quote photos if you can avoid it -- it uses up unnecessary bandwidth.)
Thank you for the fuller version, I only got this one (http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x139/nemanjapr/Romanov/Aleksej/Aleksej_cinovnici_oko_1915.jpg) which is cropped but in better quality. Did you scan it perhaps - if you did so, was there a caption about the persons in the photo? And I wanted to know where this photo was taken and when? Circa 1914?
Hi larri,
Can you please post the 1911 close-up of the Tsarevich in full? Thanks.
Alexei 1911
(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/VelkokneznaMaria/Alexei%20Nikolaevitch/th_AlexejRomanovpodruh.jpg) (http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/ff287/VelkokneznaMaria/Alexei%20Nikolaevitch/AlexejRomanovpodruh.jpg)
Hi larri,
Can you please post the 1911 close-up of the Tsarevich in full? Thanks.
Olgasha, is that the full pic that you recently posted?
Olgasha, is that the full pic that you recently posted?
Aleksei with motherI have read this one was taken in Moscow in 1912, before '....doors'. I can't read which one, (Spaskim?) the caption seems missing.
Yes, there is indeed written:'Spassky Gate", so it's on Kremlin.Aleksei with motherI have read this one was taken in Moscow in 1912, before '....doors'. I can't read which one, (Spaskim?) the caption seems missing.
Yes, there is indeed written:'Spassky Gate", so it's on Kremlin.
To me it looks like Crimea 1909. Maybe even in the ruins of Oreanda.
Thank you Katenka!!!!
The cat must be his SIamese pet cat that was given to him. ANd of course Joy. :)
Not that I remember. Żubrówka is a very old brand of vodka but I don't know if that is related to Alexei's cat Zubrovka. :-)
Not that I remember. Żubrówka is a very old brand of vodka but I don't know if that is related to Alexei's cat Zubrovka. :-)
In Russian "Zubr" means a bison
Not that I remember. Żubrówka is a very old brand of vodka but I don't know if that is related to Alexei's cat Zubrovka. :-)
In Russian "Zubr" means a bison
'Żubrówka' - it's written in Polish.
in our language it means both a kind of grass AND a vodka distilled from rye.
It was first made in the region of Poland and Belarus, from the beginning of the 16th century. The name comes of course from 'żubr', which means a wisent - but this word is also used in Russian. The interesting thing is, the wisents live here in Poland only in Białowieża, where the tsars used to spent their free time - and one time Alexander III decided to take some of the wisents to Gatchina, where they lived in the imperial forests :)
Alexei 1908 http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ashanti01/alexeidrums001-1.jpgNot new but bigger and clearer
It seems he's on board the Polar Star.
Thank you Olgasha for your wonderful post.
I can't tell if there's a person looking out the window in the pic because of the curtain.
aw! nice portrait...is it cropped from the 1905 photo session?
1915, maybe? Anastasia looks pretty young too. How old would they have been? Alexei, around 10, most likely, and Anastasia 13?It was taken in late 1914, according to the Russian source.
From Count Grabbe book. You can see the Standart's escort in the back.Indeed...I'm scanning from that one lately. This is one of four smaller photos on that page. I was wondering about that boat in the background . Do you mean it's a torpedo boat? ...and sure it's the Standart, that's the spot everyone comes aboard on ... plus the closed railing etc.
Tatiana, IMO.hmmm ,now I 'm wondering ...and I'm wondering mostly because we have other photos of TN watching AN and the Tsar ice breaking, quite a few ...like at the bridge...and it maybe her time to watch Alexis ...why else would you sit there? Interesting .
(http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy202/blessOTMA/Alexis/CarskoSelo1917.jpg)
Olga was too ill at this period,or just revovering, we don't see her on those "breaking ice" pictures for 1917. On the contrary Tatiana is there on several pictures (at the bridge and other).
Alexei and Nicholas in Riga 1910:It was taken at Tsarskoe Selo in 1910, at the Old Palace.
That's a BEAUTY!! Love the pose and he reminds me of Olga there . New to me ,Thanks!
The shaved young man is supposed to be Alexei... What do you think ?
(http://thumb7.webshots.net/t/55/455/3/6/13/2777306130038578487IokLuy_th.jpg) (http://news.webshots.com/photo/2777306130038578487IokLuy)
Is the woman Alexandra °_° ?But, is this lady really Alexandra?
(http://thumb5.webshots.net/t/96/96/3/34/67/2047334670105461685hYSNcQ_th.jpg) (http://news.webshots.com/photo/2047334670105461685hYSNcQ)
But she just looks like in that picture with anastasia,m where her little daughter has a bandage in her leg. There are also photos with maria in that session. It seems they were taken in a summer evening, probably 1909-1910, alix has already her hair down ready to go to bed, and the two youger girls too, has ruffled hair and wear nightgowns.
But she just looks like in that picture with anastasia,m where her little daughter has a bandage in her leg. There are also photos with maria in that session. It seems they were taken in a summer evening, probably 1909-1910, alix has already her hair down ready to go to bed, and the two youger girls too, has ruffled hair and wear nightgowns.
Great photo. Plainly taken the same time as the two photos I've seen the small pair standing together....where AN has that bandage on her left leg
(http://nsa25.casimages.com/img/2011/05/15/mini_110515113134249926.jpg) (http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=110515113134249926.jpg)
That's Aleksei receiving a mudbath treatment for hemophilia. The photo was taken in Livadia in the early fall of 1913.Thank you. I saw some people laughing while Alexei was in bandages, so I wasn't sure what to make of it.
I'd never seen before:
http://www.antiquephotoworld.com/showpic_sc.php?img=a26000&spec=7&page=3
I'd never seen before:
http://www.antiquephotoworld.com/showpic_sc.php?img=a26000&spec=7&page=3
It is one of several done on apparently the same day with the same outfit. I believe that I remember one in the series shows him saluting. AP.
The thing I find most interesting, is there's the exact year on some of them, and since i've some problems cating Alix&Alexei photos sometimes. this sounds really useful for me ^^
Could you post yours, Sarushka? I haven't this picture and cannot save this one.
(http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy202/blessOTMA/AP%20Postings%202/th_Alexispostcard-1.jpg) (http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy202/blessOTMA/AP%20Postings%202/Alexispostcard-1.jpg)
Would someone translate the top line? I can read the bottom one! lol Thank you!
Thats a great photo Dru, could anyone translate the etxt at the bottom of the page?
(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad357/KarinArt/Romanov/1913AlexeiPetrov_zps348d675f.jpg) (http://s951.photobucket.com/user/KarinArt/media/Romanov/1913AlexeiPetrov_zps348d675f.jpg.html)
With Petrov, 1913.
(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad357/KarinArt/Romanov/1913AlexeiPetrov_zps348d675f.jpg) (http://s951.photobucket.com/user/KarinArt/media/Romanov/1913AlexeiPetrov_zps348d675f.jpg.html)
With Petrov, 1913.
I think this is in the corridor outside Alexei's rooms. Compare with these photos from the similar corridor on the other side of the palace, specifically, the windows above the door.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f55/visga/Places/Alexander%20Palace/Vestibule%20and%20Corridors/th_11c54924.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/visga/media/Places/Alexander%20Palace/Vestibule%20and%20Corridors/11c54924.jpg.html) (http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f55/visga/Places/Alexander%20Palace/Vestibule%20and%20Corridors/th_36490_10201813852974785_784610515_n_zps83b99f58.jpg) (http://s45.photobucket.com/user/visga/media/Places/Alexander%20Palace/Vestibule%20and%20Corridors/36490_10201813852974785_784610515_n_zps83b99f58.jpg.html)
EmmyLee, to clarify, are you saying that the photograph posted by KarinK is of the Alexander Palace? Because it states very clearly under the photograph she posted that it is was taken at the palace at Livadia....
Because it states very clearly under the photograph she posted that it is was taken at the palace at Livadia....
(http://nd06.jxs.cz/187/770/f0ab870711_92333399_o2.png)One site labels that the nun is Klaudia M. Bitner.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1.0-9/10288783_692832930779804_7811279095157591952_n.jpg)(http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x139/nemanjapr/Romanov/Aleksej/2b460be3.jpg)
You are right, due to two reasons: there is even Aleksei's photo from that session (on the ground with Joy) that he signed as '1915'. I can't find it right now.
The same photo appears in Empress' 1915 photo album.
Such great session, I dare to notice.
....there is even Aleksei's photo from that session (on the ground with Joy) that he signed as '1915'. I can't find it right now.I still can't find it. :-D
(http://nd06.jxs.cz/187/770/f0ab870711_92333399_o2.png)One site labels that the nun is Klaudia M. Bitner.
Wait a minute. Any chance that that nun was GD Elizabeth, Ella? She DID appear with her nieces and nephew a few times after taking vows. The twos' ease together suggests this possibility.If that photo was taken at Tobolsk in late 1917, or early 1918, which I believe so, the woman can't be Ella.
Is it safe to presume this was taken after the abdication? If so, it contradicts Vyrubova's story about Derevenko's betrayal — Anna V. was long gone by the time the children were well enough to go outside and help break up the ice.
Is it safe to presume this was taken after the abdication? If so, it contradicts Vyrubova's story about Derevenko's betrayal — Anna V. was long gone by the time the children were well enough to go outside and help break up the ice.
Nicholas II' diary, April 1st, Saturday (Old Style):
'' ...During the day, we began breaking the ice near the bridge; Tatiana, Valya and Nagorny worked..." He mentioned breaking the ice almost the whole April. So the official begining of breaking the ice would be April 1st 1917, since he wrote 'today we began breaking the ice...'. The word 'ice' (Russian: led) is also mentioned on 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th 23rd and 24th April. I found the Tsar's entry on Anna Vyrubova's arrest , it is 21 March and he afterwards mentions breaking the ice for the first time, on April 1st.
The name 'Derevenko' is mentioned only twice, in August and September and is reffered to the surgeon Vladimir Nikolaevich Derevenko and his son Kolya.
Also, we should believe that breaking the ice hadn't begun before April 1st. So, the photo was taken after 21 March (OS).
There was no betrayal. Anna's story is untrue. We discussed this a while ago, I don't remember where. Derevenko stayed with the family until June, i think. Then he was asked to leave because he was lot honest on a price. But he stayed in contact with the teachers and was waiting for the time he could go to Tobolsk. When I will find time I will try to find more precise information.
It would help to have photos handy of the Derevenko children, all of them.From 1908 and ca. 1916:
New for me
http://nik191-1.ucoz.ru/nikolay2/foto12.jpg
Is the second sailor on the picture K. Nagorny?
Yes, I believe so.Agreed.
Also, while searching the photos, I found one rare to me photo of Alexei with Derevenko taken somewhere and sometimes. Still a mystery to me. See:
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x139/nemanjapr/rarrewithDerevenko_zps5284owwy.jpg
She does look worn out, doesn't she?
This photo makes wish I could travel back in time and give Alexandra a hug because God, she looks like she could use one.
Many people say that they look more like cousins than siblings but I disagree. One has only to look at Olga and Maria to see the similarities.Agreed. I also see big similarities between Tatiana and Aleksei as well.
It's remarkable how alike they can lookThe resemblance between them seems to be more noticeable when they grimace as sunlight shines on them. However, I've also seen other photos of them from 1916-1917 where they pose ordinarily yet still, the resemblance is there. I can't give the photos, though (nyay, DVD's at home and I'm living somewhere else :' ( )
Днепр, июль 1916 г.
ГА РФ, ф. 683 оп. 1 д. 125 л. 14 фото 222
Севастополь, 1916 год
ГА РФ, ф. 683 оп. 1 д. 125 л. 5 фото 61
(https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/15482/98255750.f/0_15236d_6523b76f_orig)
best of all, he's *barefoot* (!!).
Any idea what happened to the elephant?
Isn't that Olga in the background?
It's Olga — easier to see in the full-size version here (https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3707/98255750.5b/0_15b671_33ceaa55_orig).And now that we're looking more closely, is that not Derevenko with her (them)?
Алексей Николаевич в Ливадии, 1913 год
Алексей Николаевич в Ливадии, октябрь 1913 г.
ГА РФ, ф. 640 оп. 3 д. 25 л. 36 об. фото 514