Christmas greetings from Grand Duchess Olga to another Olga
December 26, 2021
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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna as a nurse in WWI – postcard from the author’s personal collection
She was a model in Paris, but did she work for Chanel?
December 12, 2021
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I recently attended the Chanel exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. Despite whatever opinion you might have of Coco Chanel, her designs were both elegant and timeless. And they were beautifully made. But as I walked around the exhibition, I remembered that my great-aunt Ella, my maternal grandmother’s sister
They said, “Go West young man” and he listened
November 28, 2021
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Once upon a time – let’s say seventy years ago – there was a handsome young man and a beautiful young woman. They had only been married for around four months and were beginning to build a life together in a big city. They were not wealthy but they were
Remembering Grand Duchess Olga on what would have been her birthday
November 14, 2021
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I was reminded by the Facebook post in the group “In the Steps of the Romanovs” that Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, eldest daughter of the Tsar Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, was born on 15th November. The Facebook post is linked to Helen Azar’s video about GD Olga’s
Round and Round the Circular Family Tree
November 7, 2021
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Every now and again I dive into the large plastic tub which holds the many letters my father kept. Most of them were written by his two sisters but there is also a rather large stack of letters from my cousin Wolf Lackschewitz, who I have written about previously. Wolf,
The Mystery of the Manuscript – who was Olga H?
October 24, 2021
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I guess there are many family historians who find strange photographs or documents in the papers they have inherited. I definitely have many photographs which have no details recorded on them and I cannot place, such as the photos in this post from last week. But, amongst the many paper
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