Olga Photographs IV

[Rodney_G.]

Would the boys be Ludwig and Georg Donatus,Olga's Hessian cousins?

[miki_nastya]

Yes they are Ludwig and Georg Donatus of Hesse

[Sanochka]

Thank you, Rodney G. and Miki Nastya, for clarifying.  It's nice to know for certain who the two boys are.

[Ally Kumari]

Irina Alexandrovna, Margaret of Denmark and Olga Nikolaevna



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[Ally Kumari]

Same source, same day With Tatiana included.

[clockworkgirl21]

Olga holding...Maria?

Close up of Olga

Standart

With Aleksey

With Tatiana in Finland

[nena]

With Aleksey

Great photos, Clock! I think that Wishnyakova and Derevenko are in the photo too.

[clockworkgirl21]

I recognized Derevenko, but who is Wishnyakova? Obviously the woman, but was she a lady in waiting or something?

[Ally Kumari]

Olga holding...Maria?

I believe it´s Anastasia. Olga´s look matches the 1901 formal photos.

[Ally Kumari]

1896 rare formal

[nena]

I recognized Derevenko, but who is Wishnyakova? Obviously the woman, but was she a lady in waiting or something?

Maria Wishnyakova was Alexei's nanny. She was accused for being in a relationship with Rasputin.

[Joanna]

Empress Alexandra has been vilified for dismissing M. Vishnyakova. The reality was the opposite. I reveal it in my forthcoming book on the Winter Palace.

Joanna

[Ally Kumari]

[Sanochka]

What a fantastic photo!  I've NEVER seen this one before.  It's so hauntingly candid, I can't stop looking at it.  I love the Empire chair - so prominent in the photo.  And the coats Olga & Tatiana are wearing; are they not those we see in the famous 1916 film clip of the four grand duchesses gathered around their father with a horde of officers at Stavka?

[edubs31]

New to me as well...thanks for posting Ally!

And speaking of candid I find the empty chair an oddly symbolic metaphor as well. The confused Tsar, the resigned Empress and concerned looking daughters with no one in command of their dwindling empire.