Empress Alexandra and Grand Duchess Tatiana in Finland: 1913. 

Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra and their daughters aboard the Standart: 1908. 

Empress Alexandra and Grand Duchess Tatiana greeting an official aboard the Standart: 1908. 

The Imperial Family outside the Winter Palace: July 1914. 

Empress Alexandra and Grand Duchess Anastasia aboard the Standart: 1907.

cranberrystreet:

I always forget Anna was a nurse.

She wasn’t a very good one. She was grumpy and rough and the soldiers didn’t like her. 

Empress Alexandra, Grand Duchess Olga, and Nicholas II in Moscow for Grand Duchess Olga’s First Confession: 1903.

The Imperial Family at the windows of their train: 1913.

bulletproofjewels:

This is the gorgeous new statue of Alexandra and Nicholas unveiled in Saint Petersburg yesterday. It is located along the Obvodny Canal near the Warsaw Railway Station.

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This is wonderful! I’m so happy they built this! I hope someone leaves a big, beautiful bunch of lilacs for the empress!

From left: Princess Gendroitz, Anna Vyrubova, a wounded soldier, Empress Alexandra, and Grand Duchess Olga: 1915.