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Girlies under the Christmas tree.
My 16th birthday in the Crimea.
Maria and I on Mama's balcony in the Alexander Palace.
Papa and us girlies on the same balcony.
Us children around Father Grigory at Peterhof. Mama's friend, Anya Vyrubova introduced him to Mama to help Aleksey around 1905. Aleksey has hemophilia, and Father Grigory prayed over him and made him better. People became afraid of his influence and killed him in December 1916.
Grandmama and Grandpapa with Papa when he was a toddler.
Tatiana sewing. Mama doesn't like us to sit around and do nothing. We always have to be doing something along the lines of reading, writing, sewing, painting, etc.
Tatiana and I at Peterhof in 1909. Those were our nightclothes.
Anya Vyrubova, Mama's friend. She was recovering from her train accident in 1915.