#Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov

[kootyl]

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov giving off a nice smile.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

BORN ON THIS DAY:

Alexei Nikolaevich (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1904 – 17 July 1918) was the last Tsesarevich (heir apparent to the throne of the Russian Empire).

He was the youngest child and only son of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

He was born with haemophilia — inherited from his mother Alexandra, an X chromosome hereditary condition that typically affects males, which she had acquired through the line of her maternal grandmother, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

It was known as the "Royal Disease" because so many descendants of the intermarried European royal families had it (or carried it, in the case of females).

In 2009, genetic analysis determined that Alexei had hemophilia B.

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The Imperial Family in the Livadia Palace by Daria Buravtseva

"In my work ... I set the task of showing a long-gone era, and people whose fate personifies the tragedy of the Russian Empire. One day I was traveling the Crimea and visiting palaces, wandering through museum halls filled with Crimean air and scorching sun. At that moment, a long-gone era appeared before me as if it were yesterday.

I wanted to show the Romanovs not as the royal seven, but as living happy people. I had a desire to show that history is multifaceted and consists not only of tragic moments but is also full of happy moments in the lives of historical figures."

[krasivaa]

A hilarious photo showing Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia climbing a hill made of snow, while her sister, Olga Nikolaevna is pushing her from the back. Her brother, Tsarevich Alexei, looks at the camera while one of his friends is pulling Nastya by the hand. Their father, Tsar Nicholas II, is looking from the side.

p.s. if anyone knows who the boy is pls write in the comments or dm me (@otmaaromanovas maybe you do tho?)

[roses-of-the-romanovs]

The Romanov siblings aboard the Standart.

(last gif by @teatimeatwinterpalace)

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Vintage tinted postcard with the family of Nicholas II and Prince Boris of Bulgaria.

[otmaaromanovas]

Finally in high quality - waiting for the train, May 1916

Pictured: Alexei Nikolaevich, Nicholas II, Olga Nikolaevna, Anastasia Nikolaevna (behind Olga), and perhaps Alexei’s dyadka, Klimenty Grigorievich Nagorny on the left in sailor uniform.

The photograph has been shared before, but only at 100x100 pixels (tiny!!!) As always, this good quality scan is from Ilia, lastromanovs on Flickr, спасибо! A note from Ilia about the potentially new Olga in uniform photo, he has asked the author about the origin/provenance of the photograph and is awaiting reply :)

[allthingsromanov]

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna taking a photo of herself at the Alexander Palace, 1913.

[kootyl]

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov.

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ミ★ ~ OTMAA through the years ~ ★ シ

Part three, Early Childhood ; Age 3yo - 8yo

Olga: Nov. 1898 - Nov. 1903

Tatiana: June 1900 - June 1905

Maria: June 1902 - June 1907

Anastasia: June 1904 - June 1909

Alexei: August 1907 - August 1912

~ ★ ~

[thestarik]

The Romanov children with their Aunt Xenia and her children at the Cottage Palace in Alexandria Park, 1908.

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Royal cousins Nicholas II. and George V. with their Heirs, 1909

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Members of the House of Romanov, the last reigning Dynasty of Russia.

From the first Romanov Russian Tsar Michael I (reigned 1613-1645) until the last Emperor Nicholas II (reigned 1894-1917). Including the 18 members of the house executed from 1918 until 1919; Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich (13 June 1918). Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchesses Olga Nikolaevna, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Maria Nikolaevna, Anastasia Nikolaevna, and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich (17 July 1918). Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, Prince Igor Konstantinovich, and Prince Vladimir Paley (18 July 1918). Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, Grand Duke Dmitri Konstantinovich, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich, and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich (28 January 1919).

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It has now been 106 years since the Romanov murders.

"And death came, but death refused to separate those whom life had so closely bound together, and it took them all seven, united in one faith and one love. ...

" ... it is impossible that those of whom I have spoken should have suffered their martyrdom in vain. I know not when it will be, nor how; but one day or other, without any doubt, when brutality has bled itself to death in the excess of its fury, humanity will draw from the memory of their sufferings an invincible force for moral reparation.

"Whatever revolt may rankle in the heart, and however just vengeance may be, to hope for an expiation in blood would be an insult to their memory.

"The Czar and Czarina died believing themselves martyrs to their country: they have died martyrs to humanity. Their real greatness is not to be measured by the prestige of their Imperial dignity, but by the wonderful moral heights to which they gradually attained. They have become a force, an ideal; and in the very outrage they have suffered we find a touching testimony to that wonderful serenity of soul against which violence and passion can avail nothing and which triumphs unto death."

–Pierre Gilliard, Thirteen Years at the Russian Court

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Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra and Tsarevich Alexei (being carried by the Cossack Alexei Petrovich Pilipenko) leaving the Iverskaya Chapel in Moscow; c. 1913.