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13th October 1911 : Day at Ai-Petri part ¼
Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna arriving by motor in Ai-Petri
1911 Diary of Tsar Nicholas II“13th October. Thursday.
Woke up to a thick fog. At 10 o'clock went with Olga, Tatiana and Maria on a motor to Ai-Petri. Before reaching the Farm, left the area of fog and further up, the whole day stayed radiant and warm. At Ai-Petri, we met with Yusupov and his guests and went to his deer paddock to the left of the Bakchisaray high road. Mounted horses and rode 4 versts through a beautiful beech forest to a steep cliff, from where there is a striking view of the Kokoz Valley and three hillsides. Returned to the tent and sat down to have breakfast at 1 ¾. The warmth in the mountains and the air were intoxicating. Returned home at 5 o'clock delighted with the day […]”
1911 Diary of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna“13th October. Thursday.
In the morning at 10 o'clock with Papa, we three drove by motor through Ai-Petri to the new estate of Pr. Yusupov. Everyone rode on horseback and looked at the view of the mountains, beautiful […] Had breakfast in his Egyptian tent and were home at five. Heavy fog in Livadia and Yalta all day long. Had dinner with Mama and Papa. Rode a gray horse "Dulber” […] “
Photos from:
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna’s 1910-1912 Album/ Pages 21+21b - photos 304, 305, 309, 310, 311, 317
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27th July 1910 : Afternoon at the Sobstvennaya dacha in Peterhof
Photo 1-2 : The Grand Duchesses with officers from the Standart in Peterhof
Photo 3 : Tsar Nicholas II on a horse and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna
Photo 4 : Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna and an officer. The Sobstvennaya dacha can be seen in the background.
Photo 5 : Paul Voronov, Messing (?), Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna
Photo 6 : Tsar Nicholas II and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna
Photo 7 : Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna
Photo 8 : Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna and Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin in front of the Sobstvennaya dacha.
1910 Diary of Tsar Nicholas II“27th July. Tuesday.
[…] After breakfast rode on a new Bukhara horse. By the sea at the Sobstvennaya dacha, met Alix with the children and a cavalcade of Standart officers. Went for a ride around Sergievka and drank tea on the premises of the Sob[stvennaya] dacha. Messed around afterwards. Got back at 6 ¼. […]”
Photos from:
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna’s 1910-1912 Album/ Page 13b - photos 228, 230, 231
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna’s 1909-1912 Album/ Page 11b - photos 178, 181
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna’s 1910-1912 Album/ Page 4b - photos 58, 63
Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna’s 1908-1912 Album/ Page 73b - photo 1166
To see what the Sobstvennaya dacha used to look like and what it looks like now from the outside go to the article HERE. For rare photographs of the old interior : HEREandHERE.
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Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna and Andrey Eremeevich Derevenko in Tsarskoe Selo, January - March 1910.
Photos from:
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna’s 1908-1910 Album / pages 31b + 32b, photos 601, 605 & 614
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