Olga's Letters

[Ally Kumari]

Thank you fo your reply and th elink.

Though it´s not much use to me since I don´t know anything in French:)

[Alexandre64]

Do not worry there is a link in the translation (simply click on a picture, then click "traduire la description de ce lots"(translating the description of this batch), and you have the English version

[grandduchess_42]

Do not worry there is a link in the translation (simply click on a picture, then click "traduire la description de ce lots"(translating the description of this batch), and you have the English version

very interesting
thanks so much!

i love the letter!
i want more letters

[Georgiy]

I have to say the translation from French is a bit strange - "and you greenhouse in my arms"?? It doesn't make sense. Computer translations can make for some very unusual reading!

[Belochka]

I have to say the translation from French is a bit strange - "and you greenhouse in my arms"?? It doesn't make sense. Computer translations can make for some very unusual reading!

A touch of political correctness it seems ....

Margarita

[Alexandre64]

On February 3, 1918, addressed to Zénaïde Sergïévna Tolstoy, born Bekhteeff

Thank you, Dear Zinotchka, for your beautiful postcards. We have had a longstanding your news. We are all healthy and we walk a lot. The weather was clear, cold, it is very bright. It's unfortunate, but until now we have not received three packages. I embrace you very much, and yours

Olga

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Tobolsk, November 2, 1917, addressed to Peter Sergïévitch Tolstoy (1876-1918),

I send you my warmest thanks for your message and your good memories
O.

[Ally Kumari]

Letter from Olga to her Mama

[nena]

We were today at Grandma's garden..., I can't read rest. Anyone can help? And thank you very much for posting it, Ally!

[Sarushka]

Мы сегодня были у бабушки въ саду и нашли много грибовъ. Ольга.

We were today in Grandma's garden and found many mushrooms. Olga.

[IrinaAlexandrovna]

What a correctly translated.... Good Job Sarushka......and Nena too....

[Olga Maria]

How lovely my Olga is whenever I read new letters from her! My love for her grows much everyday!

[IrinaAlexandrovna]

Same story here.... But all of the Grand Duchesses had bad handwriting.....

[nena]

Really, I think Marina Petrov said here that her handwriting was 'far from perfect'. IMO, it is strange, because she read more then her sablings, but did she write more?

[Sarushka]

IMO, it is strange, because she read more then her sablings, but did she write more?

I'm not sure if we can find out whether Olga wrote more without consulting the archives. All the girls wrote letters and kept diaries. Olga also kept a notebook where she copied down poems she liked, but Tatiana had similar notebooks with religious passages. There are more letters from Olga in Pered Rasstrelom than any of her siblings, but that doesn't necessarily mean she wrote more -- only that more of her letters survived, or more were published. I think the Little Pair sometimes gets overlooked in these types of books because the editors don't perceive the younger children's letters to be as historically interesting as the Big Pair's. However, in Royal Sisters of Mercy there are just as many letters by M&A as there are by O&T.

[nena]

Olga surely began to wrote first, since she was eldest, but it doesn't mean who wrote more, like you said.