#shvybzik

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Extremely rare photo of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (sitting on the balcony), Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna (making a funny face), and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (crouching), 1912

Source: Hessian State Archives

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

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

[fashionhistory]

Meet my new kitten, Shvybzik!!

[roses-of-the-romanovs]

Anastasia being as impish as ever 😊

[krasivaa]

Funny Anastasia Nikolaevna edit!!

{ made by me using capcut }

Shvybzik😩🤪💙

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[worldoftheromanovs]

Anastasia to Nicholas II 28th October/10th November - 29th October/11th November 1914

“My precious and good Papa darling!

We just finished dinner. So I am sending you my nice picture. I am sure that you will be very happy. Today I sat with our soldier and helped him read, and it was so pleasant for me. He learned to read and write with us. Two more died yesterday, we even sat with them earlier. This evening Mama is leaving to Pskov with Olga, Tatiana, Olya and Anya. Today it was five degrees of warmth, but there was snow mixed with rain and rather strong wind, but not a gale. Right now Ortipo is running after Tatiana around the room. Mama is expecting Maklakov at 9 o’clock and Malama is coming too, this is very nice. I took this picture in the mirror, and it was hard because my hands shook. How is Nikolai Pavlovich? Well, I made a stain [on the letter] because Olga butted in. I had seven lessons today, and tomorrow four or five. Just came in, ending the little governor. It was very pleasant. Yes sirree! I have not written to Aunt Olga for a long time. Olga is hitting Marie, and Marie is screeching, like a foolish Dragoon, such a big fool. Well Malama just got here, is sitting in a chair with the sisters. Olga asked to send one more big kiss to you. I already washed up and now it’s time to go to bed. Tomorrow I will finish writing to you. Mama asked me to tell you that she spoke with Maklakov and that he has set everything up and that all is well. She sends you a very big kiss and is sorry she cannot write because she has no time. Tatiana sends a big kiss. Greetings, Your Imperial Majesty. Good morning. I am going to tea. Slept well without Mama and the sisters. I now have a Russian lesson and Pyotr Vasilievich is reading ‘Notes from the Hunter’ by Turgenev to us. Very interesting. Maria and I are working, I am using needles, while Maria a hook. Today is is 5 degrees of warmth, all the snow is gone and it is windy. Right now I will have the arithmetic [lesson]. Maria and I went to our soldiers. One of them does not know grammar, so I will bring him a notebook and a pencil. Then we will probably go to the warehouse. Well it started raining, so nasty. Alexei got a letter from you and was terribly happy. We already had breakfast. Now Marie and I will go to our infirmary, they brought Nikolaev there, the former officer of the Svodny Regiment. I wish you all the best. Regards to Nikolai Pavlovich. I send you 1000000 big kisses. Your loyal and faithful loving daughter, 13-year-old God’s Servant Nastasia (Shvybzik). May God keep you! Come back!!! Soon.”

[last-grand-duchess-of-russia]

how have you been, Shvybzik? 💫

Well enough! Yesterday was Alexei's birthday, I sent a letter and a small gift back home for him. I do hope he likes it, but I have also been dreading... *kicks at the ground* I wonder what I shall do after this semester...

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

Happy birthday Shvybzik! 🥺💞

To Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna For Her Birthday

Today is Anastasia’s Day

And we would like for all the love and affection of entire Russia

To reach you through us

What joy it is to bring you wishes

Your best image from our dreams

And modestly sign our names

Underneath these congratulatory verses

Forgetting that just recently

We were in violent battles

We will celebrate this Fifth of June holiday in our hearts

And we will take with us to a new fight

Our hearts full of admiration

Remembering our meetings

In a palace at Tsarskoe Selo

Poem written for Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna on the occasion of her fifteenth birthday by Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev, as translated by Helen Azar. Ensign Gumilev of the 5th Alexandriisky Regiment was a patient at the Grand Palace Infirmary during World War I.  

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

SUPER rare photo of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia playing inside of a hollowed out tree, 1912 😝🤍

Source: Hessian State Archives

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

did otmaa have any pets?

Short answer: yes they did!

Long answer:

Olga’s pets: Vaska (cat)

Tatiana: Ortipo (dog)

Maria: she didn’t have any pets that were specifically her own but I think I read something somewhere that Anastasia said she had pet mice? Please correct me if I’m wrong!

Anastasia: Shvybzik (dog), Jimmy (dog)

Alexei: An Elephant (idk it’s name), Shot (dog), Joy (dog)

The Romanov family also had family pets that belonged to the whole family. Their names were Iman, Voron, Era, and Shilka

These pets are buried at the pet cemetery at the Alexander Palace

More pictures of their pets!

Thank you for asking!!!

[mashkaromanova]

Grand Duchess Maria and Grand Duchess Anastasia holding ‘Shvybzik’, 1915. 

Shvybzik was a Pomeranian who belonged to Nicholas II's family. He is first mentioned in their letters at the beginning of 1915. When I first come across this mention, I was very confused as 'Shvybzik' is also one of Anastasia's frequently used nicknames (contrary to popular belief, Shvybzik does not mean Imp in Russian). 

“I am now sitting near Mama, at her feet lies Shvybzik. [...] The little Shvybzik just made a 'governor' on Mama's carpet, and Anastasia is now training him.”

- Maria to Nicholas II, 5th April 1915 

“Right now there is a big commotion. Ortipo [Tatiana's dog] is scampering around the room, while little Shvybzik is squealing.” 

- Grand Duchess Olga to Nicholas, 11th 

“Shvybzik was there of course. Viktor Erastovich thinks Shvybzik would make a very good diver.”

- Anastasia to Nicholas, 12th April 

“I put Shvybzik on my lap, but he wished to be on the floor. [...] Mama is sending Anastasia to bed, while she is in despair [because she] cannot find Shvybzik who is missing in action, everyone is shouting and calling him but he does not come, the bastard. Finally we found him after 10 minutes, we were all looking for him under the sofas. Finally Mama decided to bark and Shvybzik barked in response, and it turned out that he was sitting under the couch at Mama's, and he was pulled out with a joint effort.”

- Maria to Nicholas, 18th 

“Alexei came to our bedroom, and now he is lying on my bed with Anastasia and Shvybzik. [...] Shvybzik is squealing, probably he wants to see the Governor-General. He has already done that, and Anastasia ran in with the little shovel from the fireplace and picked it up.” 

- 19th 

Shvybzik died in 1915, I have not yet found a specific date but after April mentions of him seem to stop. On the 14th June Anastasia wrote: "I miss dear Shvybzik.”

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oops. hopefully this is better! here's anastasia nikolaevna romanova (caster) from fate/! her application can be found under /app. thanks so much!

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Thanks for the tag!

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This is very late, but have a tag drop with all the characters associated with my muses.

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Diaries and Letters - Letters of Grand Duchess Anastasia

Oct.25, 1914,p.42 "...It's 9.10 a.m. now. We are waiting for Grigory (Rasputin) to come. Olga is sitting idly and digging in her nose. S he is just a "swine"... I am in a great hurry to write as Grigory is coming soon... He has just come..."

Oct.28, 1914, p.44 "...Ortino and Tatiana are running about the room now. Mother is going to receive Maklakov at 9 a.m. and Malama will come, too, which is very pleasant. I took this picture of myself looking at the mirror. It was very hard as my hands were trembling. ...I had 7 classes today and tomorrow I am going to have 4 or 5... I am having a Russian class now and Pyotr Alexeyevich is reading Turguenev's "The Hunter's Notes" to us..."

Jan.30,1915, p.58 "...I taught Ortino to sit up and beg and today I've taught her to give her paw and now she can do it. She is so sweet..."

March 7, 1915,p.61 "...I'm so grateful to you that you allowed us to use your bath. We bathed there yesterday. It was such fun! I was the first to go. There was much water. I was able to swim around the bath and then jumped down from its sides. It was terrific! Then Maria and I played in the water for some time but, unfortunately,I had to get out soon. Ortino was running about all the time and barking. After that Olga and Tatyana bathes and also enjoyed themselves!.. . Mother has already got in her room the flowers which you like. You know those blue flowers which grow in front of Grandmother's windows. They have just opened. Tomorrow is Sunday. It's so good not to have lessons when you can lie about in bed longer than usual... All of us are kissing you including Ortino who is running about here like a mad dog... She is such a dear..."

Apr. 7, 1915, p.64 "...We have just finished dinner. Mother is lying and sisters are sitting nearby. Tatyana is out, of course, as usual. Shvybzik and Ortino are lying in Mother's bed and sleeping. They are such darlings..."

Apr. 8, 1915 "...The sun is so warm today. In front of the house there are some white and yellow little flowers and some little daisies but they are few. We'll have to go and break the ice today with Maria and Nagorny..."

601,1156, Apr. 16, 1915, pp.68,69 "...They bring different dishes to taste for Aleksey and we all and Pyotr Vasilievich come and gobble them. They are so delicious. Terrific!... It's evening now. We've just finished dinner and are sitting with Mother. The dogs are running about the room and barking loudly..."

601,1156, June 14, 1915, p.74 "...We've just had breakfast in the balcony. It was so pleasant. At the service the choir sang "Lord, have mercy upon us!" by Tchaikovsky and we were all thinking about you, Father dear. Yesterday evening we were at Anya's (Vyrubova). Demenkov, Shvedov and Zborovsky were there, too. We were to rehearse the comic item of the programme. We were dying of laughter looking at the actors... Uncle Pavel will, of course, have tea with us. So dull... When we are at home we sit in the balcony all the time and have dinner there, too... Ortino has rushed into the room and is running about looking for you. When she failed to find you she jumped up on Mother's lap... I am sitting now and grating carrots and radishes. Very tasty. At 11 a.m. I go to Aleksey's room and gobble Aleksey's food samples. Almost all teachers also take part in it. I miss dear Shvybzik (Anastasia's dog). I still have the cigarettes you gave me and I smoke them sometimes with pleasure and thank you very much. The lilacs are finishing blossoming already..."

601,1156, June 22,1915, p.78 "...My and Maria's bed is in the middle of the room. It's better to sleep there. We open the window and it becomes very pleasant and comfortable... Sometimes we have classes in Mother's balcony and once we had to go to the garden while they were leading the wire for the lamp there..."

Aug. 26, 1915, p.81 "...I am sitting on the sofa near Aleksey who is having dinner with M. Gilliard and Maria is running about making very much noise. After that we spent some time with Alexey. When we are free we usually do it..."

Sept. 4,1915, p.84 "...In the afternoon we were in our hospital at the concert. There was De La Zari, then 3 people who sang, a young lady who danced, then a young lady who danced and sang. And there was also the little man whom we had seen at Anya's in winter a long time before. He told such funny stories that everybody was dying of laughter."

Sept. 13,1915, p.86 "...It's so disgusting! There lives a mouse in Maria's and my bedroom. I saw it in the morning and at night I heard it make a scratching noise... Now I am sitting in Mother's big room and Anya is reading aloud to Mother..."

601,1156, Sept. 20, 1915,p.90 "...Yesterday was Saturday so I had dinner with Mother and stayed with her up to 10 p.m. and we were making an album..."

Oct. 3, 1915, p.92 "...Tell Aleksey that I play the balalaika as well as the sisters..."

Oct. 8, 1915, p.94 "...It's cold and foggy here, but cosy. They have already put the winter window-frames in all the windows but not here..."

Nov. 1, 1915, p.96 "...Sisters and I went to the Palace's hospital to see the concert there. The Tolstoys and a lot of their acquaintances played the balalaikas. Not bad... Olga is having a rest now and Maria is playing the gramophone. I like it..."

Nov. 6, 1915, p.98 "...Nothing is changing here - classes and nothing else but the hospitals which we visit almost everyday. I was sitting in the W.C. and playing the gramo- phone there. It was much more enjoyable. Maria and I still sleep the way we did in summer and don't want to remove our beds but Mother doesn't like it, I don't know why. I think, it's quite O.K..."

Jan. 5, 1916, p.113 "...Nothing special is happening here. Mother is lying and we usually have breakfast and dinner nearby. But we have tea in the bedroom. We all have pistols now and we like to shoot very much. In the evenings after dinner we go to play in the Corner room where Olga, Maria, Alexey and I hide from each other and then shoot at each other in the darkness, but Alexey is sometimes scared and does not enter the room..."

Jan.11, 1916, pp.114,115 "...I have recovered after the bronchitis already. In the mornings before breakfast I usually lie in bed and write or Sasha reads aloud to me. I have breakfast in the playing-room and after that I lie in bed there. Mother comes before tea-time and stays up to 6 p.m. Aleksey was in a very bellicose mood and did a lot of funny things..."

Feb.15,1916, pp.118,119 "...Yesterday the three of us, "the little ones" so to say, went to Anya's hospital and there was a concert there. It was very nice there. A small 10-year old girl danced a Russian folk dance to concertina's accompaniment. She looked so sweet. I felt a sort of pity for her. De La Zari was there as usual as well as Yu.Morfecy, Sasha Makarov and your friend Lersky. He told such a funny story about a drawing lesson that all tha soldiers cried of laughter. Then he told them a funny story about playing the piano in three different rooms on different floors and how it all sounded for someone who listened. It was also very funny and finally he told them about the Zoo... Olga and Tatiana were in their hospital at that time and also saw a concert there. The Ferzens, the Bezobrazovs, some young ladies and a lot of other people were playing the balalaikas there..."

601,1156, March 5,6, 1916,p.120 "...Maria asked me to tell you that the Tower was very good and that (...) poured rotten water on it which they took from the small pond near the Tower. Sidor was very funny when he gave it orders where and how it was to function. Fyodorov did not forget his duty either and gave orders to everyone..."

March 11, 1916,p.122 "...Aleksey rarely comes to the Tower. We walked a lot there yesterday. They carried lumps of ice up the Tower. One lump was as big as Aleksey and very broad so they could hardly carry it up the ladder. They slipped and fell down. Fyodorov shouted loudly and gave commands standing on top but fortunately they didn't break the lump..."

March 31, 1916,p.125 "...Maria and I are playing musical instruments together now. She is playing the piano and I am playing the balalaika. It sounds good but it's better when we play with Olga..." Apr.4,1916, p.127. "...We don't have classes this week but Alexey does have them because he is naughty when he has nothing to do..."

May 27, 1916, pp.134,135 "...The weather is still nasty, it rains every day, but we still have breakfast and tea in the balcony..."

601,1156, May 31, 1916, p.137 "...I am listening to your and Alexey's letters eagerly at hors-d'oevres and breakfast. Sorry I am using a different colour of ink now but I am writing in Mother's room..."

June 24, 1916, p.146 "...Maria and I have just been lying on the grass in front of the balcony... Yesterday the four of us made a fire and jumped over it. It was wonderful..."

July 3, 1916, p.149 "...Today they will show films to the wounded in the Manege. I am very happy as we all go and Mother, too... Maria and I rock in the hammock sometimes and she overturns me each time and I fall down right on my face..."

July 17, 1916,p.150 "...There'll be christening of Loman's grandson at 2 p.m. and Mother will be there as she is his Godmother and we four will accompany her to make a crowd..."

Aug. 12, 1916, p.156 "...It's 9.30 a.m. now. We've just had tea and now I am writing to you. I'll have a class soon and shall finish the letter there..."

Aug. 16, 1916, p.171 "...In the evenings Olga and Maria and I sometimes ride our bicycles about the rooms at full speed. Olga tries to catch me up or vice versa. We fall down some- times but are still alive. The lessons are over and I am going to have breakfast (she is using a German word for "breakfast" written in Russian) with Mother and sisters though I don't know if they have come back."

Oct. 31, 1916, pp.175,176 "...Yesterday we were at the concert in the Grand Palace. They celebrated the second anniversary of their hospital. It was rather nice there. Your friend Lersky was there. Mother saw him for the first time and liked him... Olga's cat is running about here now. I think she has grown up and looks rather nice..."

Nov. 9, 1916, p.179 "...I am writing to you between the classes as usual. Olga's cat is running about here all the time but now she can be heard as she is wearing a little bell on her neck with a blue ribbon..."

Feb.25,1917, p.188 "...I am sitting in a semi-dark room now with Olga and Tatiana (they are ill with measles)... We have breakfast upstairs in our classroom. Only Mother, Maria and me. Very nice..."