The Land of the Firebird

The last Imperial children of Russia, the Grand Duchesses Olga,Tatiana,Maria and Anastasia with their only brother  the Tsarevich, Alexei. In a formal portrait taken in 1911. 

Alexei and Anastasia.

Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Empress Alexandra Feodorovna with their only son and the long awaited heir to the Russian throne the Tsarevich, Alexei.

Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Empress Alexandra Feodorovna with their only son and the long awaited heir to the Russian throne the Tsarevich, Alexei.

Alexei 

Tsarevich Alexei sitting in his camp bed with his beloved spaniel, Joy.

Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, peeking behind a flowery thicket.

My latest coloring of Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich with Nagorny. http://terra4321.deviantart.com/art/Loyalty-549001770

Nicholas and Alexei in the Crimea, 1913

Zoom of Tatiana in her nurse’s uniform with some of the wounded soldiers.

Photo of the Imperial court assembled in the Hermitage theater for the 1903.

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna and her little brother Tsarevich Alexei with a lady-in-waiting

- Anna Vyrubova, Maid of Honour to the Empress (my translation)

by unknown artist, 18th century

I like to think and wonder. Oh, so many things, i enjoy the sun and the beauty of summer as long as i can. Who knows whether one of these days i shall not be prevented from doing it? 

Photo of Alexei taken at the same time as these 1914 photos of OTMA.

Alexei with Aunt Xenia’s sons, Peterhof 1908.