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Having Fun! / The singing voices of OTMA

« on: January 27, 2010, 02:09:20 PM »

How good were OTMA at singing? I have searched numerous websites and it tells you about their reading, painting, sewing etc, but never about their singing. So if anyone knows how good/bad Olga, Tatiana, Maria and/or Anastasia were at singing then please post! Or maybe even some of their favourite songs if you know of any!
Emily

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Olga Nicholaievna / The works of Olga Nikolaevna

« on: January 27, 2010, 12:23:55 PM »

You are filled with anguish,
For the suffering of others,
And no-one's grief has ever passed you by,
You are relentless,
Only towards yourselves,
Forever cold and pitiless,
But if only you would learn to look upon,
Your own sadness from a distance,
Just with a loving soul,
Oh, how you would pity yourselves!
How sadly you would weep!

To my beloved Mama, Olga, April 1918

I simply ADORE this! It really reflects how Olga was feeling at the time, as it was only three months before their execution. Does anyone have anyone more of Olga's poems or stories? Did Olga even write stories?

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Tatiana Nicholaievna / Tatiana a greenthumb?

« on: January 26, 2010, 09:39:43 AM »

Hi, I'm just here to post this random piece that I read on some Romanov website (That I have forgotten the name of  ):
Tatiana Nikolaevna was an exceptionally good gardener. She thought gardening a peaceful way to pass the time. When asked about this Alexandra Feodorovna simply said that she hoped Tatiana would not get too dirty and that she was to be washed and back indoors in time for dinner.
Is this true? It doesn't really seem like Tatiana...for some reason it reminds me of Maria...
Emily

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Having Fun! / Mislabeled Images...

« on: January 23, 2010, 10:45:57 AM »

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qUFDMUpk9jE/ShsW_rCfS_I/AAAAAAAATbU/LjQjAZXhgRw/s1600-h/romanov65.jpg
See this picture (above link)? On the website I took it from it says:
The elegant Romanov family was assassinated within minutes of this photo being taken

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Having Fun! / Hey has anyone tried this GD quiz?

« on: November 02, 2009, 02:39:07 PM »

Hey has anyone tried this quiz? Just type 'glint gold org grand duchess you' into google and it comes up with a 'Which Grand Duchess are you?' quiz! By the way, I scored as Anastasia, please post your comments and results here!