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Official portrait of Tsar Nicholas II in uniform. by ~KraljAleksandar

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At the turn of 20th century smoking cigarettes did not have the same stigma it does today. Hence the entire Romanov family – including Tsarevich Alexei – smoked! Records of this can be found throughout the imperial family’s letters and diaries, as well as photographs. Below are excerpts from the diary of Grand Duchess Olga… Read more DIARY OF OLGA ROMANOV: SMOKING CIGARETTES

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“Tsar Nicholas II aboard the imperial train. (No butts can be seen this time, sadly).”

Emperor Nicholas II with the dragon tattoo. The tattoo is a facsimile but it is the approximate shape and probably very similar to the one he had. I have no tattoos but if I were to get one it would probably be this.

MAGDALINA Roberts, the last survivor of those who followed Tsar Nicholas II and Imperial family of Russia into exile at Tobolisk, in Siberia, has…

History's most important and serious figures enjoyed getting the camera out to document goofy faces and stupid antics. We're all freaking children, all of us.

"Summer 1912 Gulf of Finland. Nicholas II was an advocate of hydrotherapy... Although amongst men only no-one wore a swimming costume, the strange thing is that in this prudish period, and in this family so attached to certain conventions, the Tsar ... has allowed himself to have his photograph taken naked, and that one can find this extraordinary document in his daughters' album." ('Nicholas and Alexandra The Family Albums' by Prince Michael of Greece)