Nicholas II & Family

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This picture taken in 1910 shows Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra on board the yacht Standart   
http://www.alamy.com/stoc...amily-album-32278198.html

That photo of Alexandra is "famous" of sorts because it's one of the few where she's actually seen smiling.

   
If only Tsarina Alexandra and Nicholas II had been in St. Petersburg more often at royal society functions. If only she could have smiled more like this.

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Tsarina Alexandra's social projects included establishing workhouses for the poor, creches for working mothers, a school for training nurses at Tsarkoe Selo and another for housemaids.

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Tsarevich Alexis with his drum   
http://alamy.com/tsar-nic...-1918-image214707324.html

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In November 1914 King Christian X of Denmark attempted to initiate talks between Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

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Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich in 1914   
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/539376492849393825

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Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich with his mother and and sister Grand Duchess Xenia circa 1916   
http://www.alamy.com/empr...rovna-image262730344.html

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Tsarevich Nicholas celebrated his 16th birthday on May 18, 1884. A coming of age ceremony was held at the Winter Palace.

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Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna resided in an apartment above a beauty salon at 716 Gerrard Street East in Toronto.

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Imperial gifts given during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6dQXRTLvvk

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Reception of Tsar Nicholas II and the French ambassador in St. Petersburg, Russia in February  1903   
http://www.alamy.com/stoc...nicholas-ii-53845844.html

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At the age of nineteen, Tsarevich Nicholas joined a regiment of the Russian Army and also served in the horse artillery.