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(s) of the Week: Bike for an heir

 

Photo of the Week: Sibling bonding

Olga tows Alexei and Joy on a sled in Tobolsk.

 

Pokémon Blue Playthrough part 11: Mew!

Pokémon Blue Playthrough part 10: Abra Safari

Photo of the Week: Passchendaele to Bakhmut, 105 years apart

 

Bakhmut 2022

Passchendaele 1917, for comparison

Photo of the Week: Olga chopping wood

 

Pokémon Blue Playthrough part 9: The Set-Up

Photo(s) of the Week: Last Known Image

The following are the last known photos of Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia and Tsarevich Alexei, taken aboard the steamship Rus in May 1918 as it ferried them from Tobolsk to Tyumen.

Alexei and Olga aboard the Rus

Olga (left foreground with back to camera), Tatiana (just over Olga's shoulder), and Anastasia (center)