Imp. Family/Romanov's Family's Pets Links List

[LisaDavidson]

More information.

The archive link is broken.  I do not know where this particular quote sunyluv found can be located at this time.

Does not sound like it, though I read that the family had their own zoo and there were all kind of animals including parrots and guine pigs in the house--though I can not verify the source;
Here is the paragraph from archives (http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/anna3.html)
:
"The Emperor and Empress and all the children were passionately fond of pets, especially dogs. The Emperor's inseparable companion for many years was a splendid English collie named Iman, and when in the natural course of time this dog died the Emperor was inconsolable. After that he had a fine kennel of collies but he never made a special pet of any dog. The favorite dog of the Empress was a small, shaggy terrier from Scotland. This dog's name was Eira, and, to tell the truth, I did not like the little animal at all. His disagreeable habit of darting from under chairs and snapping at people's heels was a trial to my nerves. Nevertheless the Empress doted on him, carried him under her arm even to the dinner table, and amused herself greatly talking to and playing with the dour little creature. When he fell ill and had to be mercifully killed she wept in real grief and pity. Alexei's pets were two, a silky little spaniel named Joy and a beautiful big gray cat, the gift of General Voyeikov. It was the only cat in the household and it was a privileged animal, even being allowed to sleep on Alexei's bed. There were two other dogs, Tatiana's French bull and a little King Charlie which I contributed to the menagerie. Both of these dogs went with the family to Siberia, and Jimmie, the King Charles spaniel, was found shot to death in that dreadful deserted house in Ekaterinburg."

Anyone know about Alexis "big grey cat"?

Apparently, Gen. Voyeikov was unware that  there were two other cats, a striped cat called Vaska, which belonged to Olga,  and Maria's Siamese.

AGRBear

The source of the quote is Anna Virubova. I do not have my books with me to be able to determine which book this is from.

Anna V was certainly aware of the composition of pets kept by the family, but undoubtedly this, including the number of cats, changed from time to time. Obviously, since we know there was more than one cat in total, either she was in error about the number of cats or was referring to the count at a specific point in time.

[AGRBear]

The photo was found in Tukker-ragacco's collection on Alexis found at:
http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j231/Alexei-7/
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[AGRBear]

The photo was found in Tukker-ragacco's collection on Alexis found at:  
http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j231/Alexei-7/


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[AGRBear]

 The photo was found in Tukker-ragacco's collection on Alexis found at:  
http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j231/Alexei-7/



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Alexei, Tatiana and her French Bull Dog Ortino

[Romanov_fan]

It's a pity there isn't more known about Marie's Saimese cat. Is that picture with Alexei the only known picture of it? I don't recall that I have ever seen another, despite the many pictures of the Imperial Family with their pets.

[AGRBear]

Any suggestions where I can find other photos?

AGRBear

[Natalya]

I have a photo of the two Grand Duchesses Olga A & Xenia with two of Xenia's children, Irina & Andrei.  When I first got this photo, I thought it was a Poodle seated in front of Irina.  But I now think it might be an Irish Water Spaniel, very similar to a Poodle.  Does anyone have any knowledge of which of those pictured here actually owned the dog, the dogs name or anything else about it?  Thanks!

[Romanov_fan]

I don't know anything about the dog, but it certainly has interesting looks, doesn't it? I have never seen or heard of it before, but is a unique dog.

[AGRBear]

We lost some of the recent posts due to the forum's crash.

AND,  we've lost link connection after the change over from the old forum to the new.

SOOOOooooo,  we need to up date the links.

Those of you who have private URLs,  could you please repost them.

I'll see what I can do to find the new links which are, now, part of this forum.

Thanks.

AGRBear

[AGRBear]

Updates:

>Nicholas II
1. & 2. Nicholas's two dogs - Varon (collie) and Iman:
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/imperialpets2.html

[AGRBear]

Updated link:

Horse Tombs of the Tsars:
http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php/topic,4909.0.html

http://www.asergeev.com/pictures/archives/compress/2000/157/32.htm

http://eng.tzar.ru/alexander_park/alex_landscape/stables

http://groups.msn.com/ImperialDynastyTheROMANOVARCHIVES/thetsarhorses.msnw

[AGRBear]

Portrait of Nicholas II on Horseback (1908) by Alexander Makovsky (1869-1915)


It`s a great portrait of the Tsar with a beautiful horse.

[AGRBear]

New link for thread about Olga and her cat Vaska:

http://forum.alexanderpalace.org/index.php/topic,1209.0.html

[AGRBear]

Now, that`s what I call an Imperial pet!    

Alexei had a small baby elephant which was kept on the grounds of the Imperial park at the Alexandre Palace.

Alexei's elephant, a gift from the king of Siam.

[Romanov_fan]

Thanks for the updates! I would love to know more about that Siamese cat, but wonder if I shall ever find that info.