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Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses
by Helen Rappaport
August 1, 1918. Russia’s last Imperial Family is sent into Siberian exile, five months after Nicholas II abdicated the throne during the February Revolution.
Eleven months later they would be dead.
Their Palace would serve as tourist attraction for Soviet citizens and the occasional foreign visitor. The Bolsheviks wanted to evoke a sense of class hate and revolutionary fervor with their malignant depiction of Russia’s last Dynasty.
But visitors were also given a glimpse of the lost lives of the Imperial Children. Most biographies deal with their parents and their haemophiliac brother Alexis, rendering the four sisters as minor players. Rappaport aims to remedy that by focusing on the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and op Anastasia, daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra.
Eleven months later they would be dead.
Their Palace would serve as tourist attraction for Soviet citizens and the occasional foreign visitor. The Bolsheviks wanted to evoke a sense of class hate and revolutionary fervor with their malignant depiction of Russia’s last Dynasty.
But visitors were also given a glimpse of the lost lives of the Imperial Children. Most biographies deal with their parents and their haemophiliac brother Alexis, rendering the four sisters as minor players. Rappaport aims to remedy that by focusing on the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and op Anastasia, daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra.