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Servants, Friends and Retainers / Re: Prince Volkonsky

« on: May 20, 2016, 12:51:24 PM »

Thank you. If he was an architect and married a second time to Asya (or to Analena, I am not sure)  and lived in Buenos Aires, then this must be my Godfather. But my mother said that he died in Rome.  I would expect that he is buried there.  I believe he had a brother Alexander and sister Maria (name ?) and another brother. Do you know where are his three sons ?  Thank you, Daria

Sorry, I was wrong, I meant Wladimir Alexandrovitch (born 1908-died 1980 Montefiore). He had 2 brothers: Daniil and Nikita and sister Maria. Wladimir was married twice. His 1st wife - Analena, an Italian Countess (1910-1961)

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Servants, Friends and Retainers / Re: Prince Volkonsky

« on: May 20, 2016, 12:06:07 PM »

Hello, I am coming to this conversation on Wolkonsky family rather late, so please forgive me,  but I would like to ask a question about my Godfather and relative, Prince Vladimir Wolkonsky, who was an architect and died in Rome some time in the 1970's most likely.  I was a child when he and his wife Asya (born in France) visited us from Buenos Aires.  My mother knew him, but she has passed on, and I am left with little information but a beautiful photo of him with Asya and a distant memory of visiting him in New York City, where he lived for a while, and also a trip to Jordanville to the monastery.  Does anyone know the date of his death and where his brothers and sister's families reside ?  I believe his mother passed away somewhere near Spring Valley, New York.  Any information is very much appreciated.  

I think you speak about Prince Wladimir Dmitrievitch (1898-1976), who was buried in Paris (St-Gen. de Bois). He had 3 sons.

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Marie Feodorovna / Re: Marie Fedorovna as a Danish Princess and young Tsesarevna

« on: May 01, 2016, 12:35:36 PM »

This link just popped up on my Tumblr dashboard saying it was Maria Fyodorovna in her childhood

http://www.bibelotslondon.co.uk/shop/4586332944/empress-maria-feodorovna-dagmar-of-denmark-photo-as-a-young-girl-in-enamel-frame/9778090

Any idea if this is reliable website? I have never seen a photo of little Dagmar, so I have no idea whether this really is or isn´t her.

Does not resemble Dagmar at all

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Italian Royal Families / Re: Identification photos etc.

« on: November 23, 2015, 12:18:43 PM »

IMHO looks like Kaiserin Augusta Viktoria of Prussia or her sister Louise Sophie.

I'd say Augusta Viktoria.

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The Imperial Family / Re: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolayevna, and her descendants

« on: November 01, 2015, 11:34:37 AM »

Rare photo of Daria Opochinina (1844-1870), 1st wife of Duke Eugen of Leuchtenberg

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna / Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV

« on: October 28, 2015, 12:03:47 PM »

I would like to know the identity of the person sitting in front with the black pointed beard. My Great Grandfather Peter Alexandrovich Basilevsky was an aide de camp to GD Sergei when he was Governor of Moscow and this gentleman resembles him. Thanks.

Petr

Yes, that man does resemble P.A. Basilevsky but he never was an officer of the Preobrazhenskiy regiment but the Hussar regiment as I remember and he retired long before the years in the picture (end of 1890s).

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna / Re: Grand Duchess Elizaveta - discussion and pictures PART IV

« on: October 26, 2015, 01:45:17 PM »

Ally:

Is there any identification of GD Serge's Staff members appearing in the photograph?

Petr

there is no identification. Actually they are officers of the Preobrazhenskiy regiment, not Grand Duke's stuff members. I can identify some of them if you need.

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The Imperial Family / Re: identification

« on: October 15, 2015, 07:09:25 AM »

The lady in blue looks like Gdss Olga Feodorovna of Russia and the other one looks like Eugenie of Oldenburg, nee Eugenie Maxilianovna of Leuchtenberg :-D

Right.

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The Yussupovs / Re: Photos of Felix Yusupov

« on: October 01, 2015, 12:41:18 AM »

Kira,

please post images via photobucket. com service, for example. Many other services don't work at our Forums. Also you can read the topics about how to post pictures. And you always can send your pictures to a Mod, who post them here. I am ready to help, just send a P.m.

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Rulers Prior to Nicholas II / MOVED: Did the repression of Alexander II make the collapse of the Empire unavoidable?

« on: September 12, 2015, 03:35:52 PM »

This topic has been moved to Imperial Russian History.

http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php?topic=18264.0

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The Imperial Family / Re: The Vladimirovitchi - discussion and pictures, Part 2

« on: July 18, 2015, 09:20:14 AM »

In the upper photo, Kirill is wearing a black armband, so someone must have recently died - could it be his father or perhaps Alexei Alexandrovich?

Ann

The year is 1911-1913 , so unlikely father or uncle.

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Other Palaces / Re: Abbas Tumani - residence of GD Georgiy Alexandrovitch

« on: June 12, 2015, 12:48:03 PM »

I found this blog with many photos (Google Translate) https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=nl&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://indigogeorgia.tourister.ru/blog/2698&usg=ALkJrhjW7XrsnwyH5A4L6lUpAy3Kv55Tug

Can anyone help me with this:  Long discussions were, what better place to stay the Crown Prince, and then offered Davos, while the most famous resort for pulmonary patients, it is well-maintained, and other European resorts.  But the sad experience of being the Grand Duke in Algeria led to the fact that all the Abastumani was preferred.


What happened when and to whom in Algeria?

GD Georgiy lived winters of 1891 and 1892 in Algeria as the doctors thought that would be the best place for him because of his illness. But the Algeria climate appeared not to be good for Georgiy and he was sent to the Caucausus.

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The Hohenzollern / Re: Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,nee Windisch-Graetz

« on: May 19, 2015, 02:26:12 PM »

One more photo of Princess Maria Antonia:

Sorry, Marc, that's not her. There is a slight resemblance, but that's not Maria Antonia.

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The Imperial Family / Re: Grand Duke Konstantin (KR) and his family- discussion and pictures, Part II

« on: April 27, 2015, 08:44:51 AM »

ah, alright. Thanks for the information. Did you just recognize the instrument correctly or can I read this information somewhere? I find it hard to get information on KR's children.

Some info on Prince Igor's hobbies one can find in the correspondence of his relatives - father, mother, siblings - recently published in Russian. Right now I don't remember exactly anything on his hobbies...In that photo he plays balalaika - I recognize by the fingerboard.

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The Imperial Family / Re: Grand Duke Konstantin (KR) and his family- discussion and pictures, Part II

« on: April 26, 2015, 11:15:31 AM »

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/7a/e9/6d/7ae96d4d520f2789de5c3928d02d4e32.jpg Igor K. looks like he played the mandolin.

He plays balalaika.