More unidentified family photos – men in uniform early 1900s?
This week I thought I would continue to write about unidentified photos – this time from the maternal side of my family. But perhaps someone
Writing about my family, history and moments in time.
The frustrations of old unidentified family photographs
Is there anything more frustrating than inheriting a lot of family photographs which are not identifiable? I almost think it is worse to have photographs
The private letters from the Empress frequently inform us about history
I have often written about letters and my passion for reading other people’s thoughts and descriptions of their lives. I have already written a post
Recollecting the young Tsarevitch who meant the world to Pavel Voronov
(Update of a previous post) The Tsarevitch Alexei probably knew my grandfather better than I did. In fact, I feel as if I hardly knew
From Glory to Sorrow, her life had many Challenges
Cleopatra Konstantinovna Martynov, neé Countess Kleinmichel, faced many challenges in life. She was the eldest sister of my grandmother, Olga Voronov. Cleopatra was born on
An ancient motif; the swastika – lucky charm of Empress Alexandra
It is apparently common knowledge that Empress Alexandra of Russia believed the swastika to be lucky. However, I didn’t know that until I began to
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