Olga and Maria in Ekaterinburg

[Olga Bernice]

On a side note. Olga's weight on 23rd of Aug 1917 was 58,7 kg.
Tatiana 63,5 kg
Maria 68,8 kg
Anastasia 59,4 kg
Information from Dnevniki Nikolaya II i Aleksandry Fedorovny: 1917-1918 II

This is going to sound really silly, but if I'm not mistaken, a kg = approx. 2 US pounds?
(i.e. Olga's weight would be approx. 120 lbs, and so on?)

[aleksandr pavlovich]

Relative to Reply #30, and "Olga Bernice":   Even though you are new here, IMO the Forum would encourage your own research.  Such a simple answer can easily be found by checking most any Metric Conversion Chart/Table on "Google" for your own definitive answer.   (In this case of the GD Olga N., you are about a "significant" 9+ pounds off.)   Good luck, and regards,  AP.

[Olga Bernice]

Hi "aleksandr pavlovich"
Thank you very much for your info. Better to nip a mistake in the bud before it fully blooms, isn't it?

Also, in my opinion, you shouldn't lecture me for asking a simple question that clearly relates to the post quoted. But that's just me.

[aleksandr pavlovich]

I appreciate that you clearly understood the point, "Olga Bernice," and am happy to be of help!   Regards,  AP.

[Olga Bernice]

No problem!! Happy you understood my point.

Sunny, how is your novel coming along? It sounds really good. You're not having any more writer's block, are you? 

[Sunny]

Expecially for BlessOTMA, but for everyone interested in:
i've met my brother in law today (he's studying to become a doctor) and he told me he has made research about arsenic injections; he says he's sure it's not good for health at all. He explained that every poison strains everyone's liver and loins; it could kidney failure and serious hepatic problems. I told him about Olga, and he says it's quite certain that the poison has someway "ruined" her skin, and her excessive thinness during captivity could be caused by the injections. I explained him that during captivity she had no injections, as far as we know, but he is adamant: it takes a really long time to human body to completely eliminate a poison, even if injected in small quantities.
So he's quite sure that if Olga looked like an old woman being only 20, it ALSO because of the arsenic. I said ALSO, because, as we already told, she was depressed and hopeless, too, and this played a great part in her health.

[Olga Bernice]

<gags>

Yuck! Did they not test it at all in some type of lab . . . before giving it to a Grand Duchess, of all people? Since your brother - in - law probably knows a lot more than I do about doctoring, then just think -

By the time Olga was 20, she:
-Had arsenic injections that wouldn't wear off for a LONG time,
- Was depressed and hopeless,
-Looked older than she really was,
AND
-Had to live through the downfall of Russia, the Revolution, being a house prisoner, and Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg.

Wow.

[Sunny]

Poor dear Olja - no wonder she wasn't thinking to have a chance in life anymore.

[blessOTMA]

Poor dear Olja - no wonder she wasn't thinking to have a chance in life anymore.

Sunny!! Thank you so much for that...you know they find arsenic in  bodies many years after death... many murder cases have been proven much  later by finding it after a body is brought back for testing . It really does not break down...  Olga could have been made sterile by this "treatment" imo ( again, I'm not an expert!!!) But I believe it can do that ...as your brother in law says, it attacks the loins . Thank you again!!...I think it's safe to say this has to be included when assessing Olga's  heath in the later stages of captivity...we know she had more than one injection...it could have been a course of them! It would certainly help to explain her reported withdrawal from her sisters... and her spending more time with her brother and mother...the two other ill people in the family.  A friend of mine was ill for some time and they said there are two kinds of people in the world. The sick and the well...and they cannot understand each other . And you know something  ....your Romanov obsession has cause your brother in law to research and  learn something he would not have other wise....pretty interesting! =)  But it  all makes sense. She was not as well as she should have been, even with their situation ....that makes Olga's contributions to the family  all during this time even more remarkable!