#olga and pavel

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HAPPY 128TH BIRTHDAY TO GRAND DUCHESS OLGA NIKOLAEVNA ROMANOVA OF RUSSIA!! 🧡🤍

Dear Olishka,

I WISH YOU A HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you are in a better place now. I believe you are somewhere where your pure heart no longer experiences pain. We will meet someday; if it's God's will. You're forever in our hearts (you and Pavel 🤭). Here is an cute edit I made dedicated using CapCut to the first love of yours, S. (as you mentioned him in your diaries) 🤎 Send my greetings to everyone up there ;) (Anastasia we talked about it!!!)

Yours with my whole heart and soul,

Didi (and every obsessed fan 😩).

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Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana and Marie Romanov in 1911 with Pavel Voronov.

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Olga Obumova by © Pavel Golik

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pavel konstantinovich by olga bragida

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Grand Duchess Anastasia “Shvybzik” Nikolaevna funnily being pushed off of a chair while her elder sister Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna watches on, Finland 1909-1910 🤍🤣✨

People in the background for whom I can identify: Anna Vyrubova, Nikolai Pavlovich Sablin, Pavel Voronov

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Somewhere there's a hauntingly beautiful symphony where Pavel Kushnir belongs.

Rest in peace 🕊️

Kushnir was born in Tambov, central Russia, where his father Mikhail was a pianist and educator, and his mother a music school teacher. He started playing piano at the age of two and, at just 17, gave a remarkable two-and-a-half-hour concert featuring the 24 preludes and fugues by composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Later that year, he was admitted to the Moscow Conservatory, where classmate Julia Wertman says he cultivated a “dissident image”, often wearing a shabby coat and black clothes, with a half-litre bottle of vodka sticking out of a pocket. Asked in a 2005 interview what composition he would never perform, he replied: "The Russian national anthem."

Arrested for 4 social media posts objecting to the war in Ukraine. Died from a hunger strike in protest. 💜

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Soviet Electro Electronica 1984 Rhythmic Gymnastics

Various – Ритмическая Гимнастика = Aerobic Exercises - Safari

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Photographs: 1. Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich; 2. Pavel's first wife: Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna (Nee Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark); 3. Pavel's morganatic wife: Olga Valerianovna, Princess Paley (nee Olga Valerianovna Karnovich).

Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich (1860 - 1919) and his children

Grand Duke Pavel was the youngest son of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna. As a child and even as an adult, he had very frail health (but that did not prevent him from being very successful with the ladies and a great dancer.) Politically, Pavel would play his most important role toward the end of the Romanov dynasty, when he largely acted as a liaison between Empress Alexandra and Emperor Nicholas II and the rest of the Romanov family. It was Grand Duke Paul who informed the Empress of the abdication.

Pavel was married twice and had five children. His first wife was Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna (nee Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark.) He had two children with her, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (the younger) and Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich (Alexandra died giving birth to him.) Several years later, Pavel married Olga Valerianovna Karnovich morganatically and was exiled from Russia by the Emperor; the couple had a comfortable exile since Paul had money out of Russia. Olga would be made Princess Paley when the couple was allowed to return to Russia. By the time they returned to Russia, they had three children: Vladimir, Irina, and Natalia.

Grand Duke Pavel's five children were remarkably good-looking. One of his daughters, Natalia, became a model and actress in the United States. It is a shame that they had to live through such horrible times; none of them seem to find lasting stability in the area of relationships throughout their lives. But this post is just about what a good example of the general good looks of the Romanov family Pavel's children were.

Following are some photographs of Pavel's beautiful offspring:

Photographs: Pavel and Olga's children: 1. Prince Vladimir Pavlovich Paley; 2. Princesses Natalia and Irina Pavlovna Paley; 3. Prince Vladimir with his two little sisters; 4. Prince Vladimir; 5. Princess Irina Pavlovna; 6. Princess Natalia Pavlovna

Photographs: Pavel and Alexandra's children: 1. Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Younger; 2. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna; 3. Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich

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Olga's three loves and her codenames/nicknames for them:

Alexander Shvedov - "AKSHV", 1913

"Sunday. 10 February. ... I sat with AKSHV the whole time and fell deeply in love with him..."

Pavel Voronov - "S.", 1913

"Monday. 9 October.  ..unbearable not to see S. for so long..."

Dmitri Shakhv-Bagov - "Mitya", 1915-1916

"Wednesday. 30 December. ...Mitya had a physical [checkup], later he came back and almost the entire time we sat together, played checkers and did just plain nothing. He is so good, Lord knows…."

Sources:

The Diary of Olga Romanov : Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution, Helen Azar

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Olga, Voronov, Tatiana, Anastasia, and Drenteln in 1912

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Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanov with Pavel Voronov and Rodionov. 1912.

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OLGA ROMANOV AND PAVEL VORONOV

1913 was the Tercentennial of the Romanov family’s dynastic rule, and the eldest Grand Duchess Olga Romanov was coming of age (she turned 18 in early November). The Grand Duchess’s life was full of romance, pageantry and fun. One of her two love interests during that year was a young handsome officer from the imperial yacht: Pavel Alekseyevich Voronov.

In her diary entries Olga seemed incredibly happy to spend time with him, but by the end of the year she faced heartbreak: Pavel got engaged to another Olga – a Romanov family friend Olga Kleinmichel. The Grand Duchess only dares write about it in her diary in a special code she had devised.  Below are Olga’s numerous diary entries about Pavel, whom she later called “S.” [for “Sunshine”?],  along with their photographs together.

Diaries

“Monday. 10 June…  Did not do anything special, walked around the deck, sat in the cabin with Pavl. Al.  …  After tea played with Pavl. Al. and [other] friends….. Balalaikas were playing during dinner. After that [I] held watch with Pavl. Al. on deck… ”

“Thursday. 20 June…  There were boating exercises. Papa kayaked. Cutter-gig escort (Pavl. Al.)….   After dinner T and I went to the control room. Dear Pavl. Al. was writing in the log journal. We sat together until 10 o’cl. … ”

“Friday. 21 June…   [I] read and then sat on the afterdeck with Pavl. Al. for a long while. It was so nice…  After tea I read on deck with T.  Pavl. Al. came at 7 o’cl, and we sat together until 7 1/2. ..  It was very funny to watch A talk to Pavl. Al. through the half port on afterdeck. Until 11 ½ [we] sat there with him… ” 

"Saturday. 29 June…  [We] went ashore at 2 o’cl. 15 min. as usual. Played 7 sets with Pavl. Al.  Won only 1 set, because T and Rodionov played well, but I stank…  Vsenoshnaya was held on afterdeck… Dear Pavl. Al. is on watch duty, it was so nice. Papa played kosti. I stared at Pavl. Al. from the half-port. Beautiful evening.”

“Friday. 12 July. Peterhof…   Pavl. Al. was on watch duty from 8 o’clock…   [I] sat in the control room with Pavl. Al., the sisters, Ippolit and Rodionov until our arrival in Kronshtadt at 3 o’cl. It was awfully sad. I stood with him the entire time the gangway was extended.  [We] left the yacht at about 4 o’clock. [It] was so awfully hard to part with the beloved Standart, the officers and the beloved [Pavel? – last word is crossed out, probably by Olga]. May the Lord keep him… So sad to be without them…  ”

“Thursday. 12 December…  We played dobchinsky-bobchinsky and ‘suitcase’ with T., Zborovsky and S. [Voronov was now “S.”. Written in code : “I love him terribly much, and it was so hard, I was angry and almost did not speak to him”]…  ”

“Wednesday. 18 December…  Lonesome without all the friends, the yacht, and of course S. … “

“Tsarskoe Selo. Thursday. 19 December…   I am not as lonesome but still want to see S. at times.”

“Friday. 20 December…  My S. arrived today. May the Lord save him and help him.” 

“Saturday. 21 December…  I found out that S. [Written in code: “My S. is marrying Olga Kleinmichel. May the Lord send him happiness, to my beloved S. So hard. So sad. May he be happy”].”

When she wanted to write something private, Olga used a special code she devised – this is an example of this code in her diary. She used this code most often at the end of 1913, when she learned that Pavel Voronov (her “beloved S.”) got engaged to be married to Olga Kleinmichel.

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pavel konstantinovich by olga bragida

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Did any of the Romanov sisters (Olga,Tatiana,Maria,Anastasia) had a boyfriend at that time?

Im pretty sure the girls growing up. And being teenagers they wanted to have fun (getting drunks or sex)

In my opinion it was very hard cuz their mother Alexandra she was hella STRICT and religious

hi anon! The short answer to this is no they never got the chance to have boyfriends.

The long answer is: OTMA had a lot of little girl crushes on officers and wounded soldiers but they knew that they could never get married because of the difference in rank (Grand Duchess vs. officer)

I will list them all here :)

Olga:

Pavel Voronov (officer on the Standart)

2. Alexander Shvedov aka “AKSHV” (officer)

3. Dmitri Shakh-Bagov aka “Mitya” (wounded soldier)

Tatiana:

Nikolai Rodionov (officer on the Standart)

2. Dmitri Malama (wounded soldier)

Maria: Nikolai Demitrievich Demenkov aka “Kolya” (officer)

Anastasia: Georgiy Taube

And it’s not like Alix was super strict about their crushes! Both her and the girls knew extremely well that they could never end up together.

I hoped this helped and thank you for asking!!!

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Valentin Serov (1865 - 1911)

I will allow Valentin Serov's entry to this blog for several reasons: He was a genius painter, Russian, a favorite painter of the Romanovs, and also very handsome. Furthermore, he considered his best model ever a little dog owned by Felix Yousupov (and had the honesty to say it; he meant it too.) This dog was not Felix's famous "Punch" but a pug named "Gyugus."

Russian painter Valentin Serov (19 January 1865 – 5 December 1911)

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