Tsar nicholas ii

Zar Nicolás II de Rusia

At the turn of 20th century smoking cigarettes did not have the same stigma it does today. Hence the entire Romanov family – including Tsarevich Alexei – smoked! Records of this can be found throughout the imperial family’s letters and diaries, as well as photographs. Below are excerpts from the diary of Grand Duchess Olga… Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SMOKING CIGARETTES

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Tsar Nicholas II

Nicholas II - ill prepared and unprepared to become Tsar. Such a sorrowful photograph of the Tsar - a man out of touch with reality.

His imperial highness Tsar Nicholas II aboard the imperial train.

Tsar Nicholas II in Cossack uniform with one of his Collie dogs (perhaps Iman)

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Emperor Nicholas II sailing down the Dnieper River

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H.I.M. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (1868-1918)

1913.Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia.

Portrait of Tsarevich and Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich (1889), the future Emperor Nicholas II, by the artist Baron Ernst Friedrich von Liphart (1847-1932), Russified as Ernst Karlovich Lipgart. Lipgart painted at least six portraits of Russia’s last monarch, including several ceremonial portraits. This magnificent portrait is currently on display in the Twilight of the Gods…