Aleksei Photos III

[EmmyLee]

I was looking at some photos of corridors in Livadia on http://livadia.russian-women.net and none of the doors are painted white. Maybe they were when the Romanovs lived, but I'm thinking they probably weren't. So I'm leaning towards the caption being wrong, as Sarushka suggested.

[nena]

One site labels that the nun is Klaudia M. Bitner.

[matushka]

Am I right to presume those pictures are of 1915, as Alexei doesn't wear his St-Georges medal?

[nena]

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.

[KarinK]

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.

I read in a book that a WWI photo of Alexei with Joy was published as a postcard, I've never seen a scan but I believe it must have been one of these. Interesting to hear about the signature!

[nena]

....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

Nice photo I have found - Alexei with Derevenko (and probably his sons or local boys), Massandra, Crimea, Yalta, May of 1912:


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Matushka, how about these -- he is wearing his medal(s).

Possibility 1: these were taken in the same park but in 1916, probably in spring, before leaving to Stavka in May:



Possibility 2:   Those with medals were taken in 1915 before he got  St. George's medal , since it is labeled as '1915' in Empress' album:



What do you guys think? Were both sessions (with the medals and without them)in the park taken in 1915 or in 1916? If the medal is not St. George's, most probably those were taken in 1915, as often labeled to be.

[spoofs]

Yes, I have the postcard of Alexei with Joy - it is actually one of the photos that has just been posted (with Alexei standing and Joy at his heels).

[matushka]

I would say, Nena, it is 1915. Alexei looks smaller in comparison with pictures of 1916 (near the Dnepr in July or August, for example). Then, I am convinced there is the St George medal among these. Perhaps Daniel Briere or Ann/Kalafrana could help us with this matter?

[nena]

If he wears St. George's medal, then those (with medals) were taken in 1916, since he received St. George's medal on October 25th, 1915.

What am I trying to say?

IMO, this session (no medals) was taken in Tsarskoe Selo in 1915:




But this session (with medals) could have been taken either in 1915 or 1916:

[Antonina]

From the same book... I'm not sure if all of them are new, sorry!
With Tegleva:

With Gibbs:


With Petrov:

[Antonina]

With Vasiliev:

According to the caption. Standing left to right: footman Zhuravski, valet Chemodurov, Vasiliev, Petrov, Gilliard, Gibbs. Second line: V.N. Derevenko, Elizaveta Ersberg, Alexandra Tegleva, Alexei, Maria Gustavna Tutelberg, Kolya Derevenko and botsman Derevenko's sons Alexei, Alrxandr, Sergei. Tsarskoe Selo 1916.

[Antonina]

Mogilev, 1916


Alexander Palace, 1914

[KarinK]

Thank you so much for these photos, Antonina! Especially the group photo, it has many people I'd never seen identified before.

[Maria Sisi]

I have to guess Alexandra wasn't present during this moment 

[Maria Sisi]

It's really cute seeing all the sailors smiling/laughing and holding the sheet with Alexei in the middle.



I'm not sure but I think Nicholas could be the man at the top next to the woman in white.