Photo of the Week: Kosmo-Damianovsky Monastery, May 1914

 

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Photo of the Week: OTMA, 1916

 

Photo of the Week: An OTMA Christmas

 

Photo of the Week: Selfie

Anastasia and Maria taking selfies in 1915

 

Photo of the Week: Hammock

Grand Duchesses Anastasia and Maria, 1907

 

Photo of the Week: OTMA

 

Grand Duchesses Olga, Anastasia, & Maria Nikolaevna. I'm fairly certain Tatiana is sitting/crouching in front of Olga with her back to the camera.

Romanovs Captivity

Photo of the Week: Steps

 

Photo of the Week: Hands on hips

 

Photo of the Week: Center of Focus

 

Photo of the Week: Standart

 

Photo of the Week: Alexandra and OTMA

 

Photo of the Week: Nicholas and OTMAA

 

Photo of the Week: Story Structure in three photos with Maria Nikolaevna

 

Photo(s) of the Week: Flowers

 

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Photo of the Week: On a Rail

Stavka c. 1916

 6 May Friday

Went to Church 4 with Papa and Mama. There were greetings. At breakfast sat with Uncle Kirill and Igor. In the afternoon walked on the rails 5 with Papa. Had tea in the train. Everyone went to see a cinematograph. At dinner sat with Uncle Sergei and Uncle Boris. Returned to the train.

    -    Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, 1916

Photo(s) of the Week: OTMA in costume

 

Photo of the Week: Winter Wonderland

In honor of the blizzard that is supposed to hit Iowa tomorrow, here are some winter time scenes from the Russian Empire.

Photo of the Week: Nightmares

 

Light and shadow, motion blur, and Maria making a weird face combine to make a spooky image

Photo of the Week: Livadia, 1913