The Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia with Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaievich of Russia (second from left) in a formal portrait, circa 1906.
May 8, 1913, 12.30 p.m.

"...I am in Tatiana's room. Tatiana and Olga are here... I am sitting and digging in my nose with my left hand. Olga wanted to slap me but I ran away from her swinish hand..." - Extract from a letter written by Anastasia to her father.
Sailor Derevenko in charge of swimming lessons for Grand Duchesses Olga and Anastasia as well as their brother Tsarevich Alexei.
Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana photographed during an art lesson, 1912.
Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna standing on the roof of the Grand Kremlin Palace, their official residence in the city of Moscow.
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"...It was fun to bathe in your bathroom, I enjoyed myself like a pug-dog, and, of course, I did "business" in your "OO". It was not very comfortable and rather cold as the lid was opened but I did not notice it. The water reached my shoulders." - Letter from Maria to her father.
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