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«Oh, they (OTMA) were lovely, and terribly sweet, far more beautiful than their photographs show. I was crackers about Marie, and was determined to marry her. She was absolutely lovely. I keep her photograph in my bedroom- always have.»
Mountbatten: Hero of Our Time by Richard Hough.
«Oh, they (OTMA) were lovely, and terribly sweet, far more beautiful than their photographs show. I was crackers about Marie, and was determined to marry her. She was absolutely lovely. I keep her photograph in my bedroom- always have.»
Mountbatten: Hero of Our Time by Richard Hough.
«She (Maria) was strikingly similar to her father, and her gaze resembled his scary gaze. The daughter bravely endured her father’s gaze. He turned pale, his cheeks trembled, and his eyes became even fiercer, his daughter answered him with the same look. Everything turned pale and trembled around, the ladies-in-waiting and the generals did not dare to breathe from this cannibal duel with their eyes… Nicholas got up, he felt that he has met his match.»
My Past and Thoughts by Alexander Herzen
«I have the honor to be Russian, I am proud of it, I will defend my homeland with my tongue, quill, and sword - as long as I have enough life…»
© Catherine the Great
Portrait of Alexandra Ivanovna Anikeeva
Various Russian and Soviet cavalrymen, 1914-32.
From the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.
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Various Russian and Soviet soldiers, 1914-32.
From the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.
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Grand Duke Alexei received as a gift from chief Spotted Tail an Indian wigwam and a bow and arrows. The Grand Duke took them back to St. Petersburg. At present they are kept at the museum in Tver. In memory of his adventures in the America, the Grand Duke organized every year a special entertainment. The actors arrived to a village of tents in old carriages drawn by heavy horses. On the palaces lake there were “Indian” pirogues. Men with swords and tomahawks danced with women dressed in long old skirts. The performance was supposed to give the attendance an image of the American Old West.
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Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich poses for a photograph during his visit to the United States, 1871.
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