Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (О́льга Алекса́ндровна Рома́нова; Olga Alexandrovna Romanova) (13 June [O.S. 1 June] 1882 – 24 November 1960) was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. Her older brother was Tsar Nicholas II. She was not close to her mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna.[1] She was warmer towards her father, and they shared secrets and enjoyed time together. In 1901, she married Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg.[2] They separated in 1916. Olga married commoner Nikolai Kulikovsky, whom she had loved from 1903. After the Romanov family were destroyed in the Russian Revolution of 1917, she ran away to the Crimea with her mother, husband, and children, where they lived in great danger. Her brother and his family, including Olga's niece Grand Duchess Anastasia, were murdered by communists. After she escaped from Russia in 1919, Olga was often visited by people who claimed to be her dead relatives. She met Anna Anderson, the best-known Anastasia impostor, in a famous visit to Berlin Germany in 1925. She died when she was 78. Olga was the last surviving child of Alexander III of Russia and Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia. She was the last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia
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| Born | 13 June 1882 [O.S. June 1] Peterhof Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 November 1960 (aged 78) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Spouse | Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (m. 1901; annulled 1916) Nikolai Kulikovsky (m. 1916; died 1958) |
| Issue | Tikhon Nikolaevich (1917–1993) Guri Nikolaevich (1919–1984) |
| House | Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov |
| Father | Alexander III of Russia |
| Mother | Dagmar of Denmark |
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna Of Russia Media
Olga (centre front) with her father, Alexander III, 1888. Back row (left to right), her siblings and mother: Grand Duke Michael, Empress Marie, Grand Duke Nicholas (later Nicholas II), Grand Duchess Xenia and Grand Duke George.
Front row from left: Olga, King Chulalongkorn of Siam, Dowager Empress Marie, Tsar Nicholas II and Crown Prince Vajiravudh during the king's visit to Russia in 1897
The Baryatinsky mansion, Saint Petersburg, in 2009
Russian imperial family, 1914. Left to right: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Maria, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Tsarevitch Alexei, Grand Duchess Tatiana
Olga's niece, Anastasia, was killed in 1918, but her remains were not discovered until many years after Olga's death. Many impostors claimed to be Anastasia.
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References
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- Klier, John; Mingay, Helen (1995). The Quest for Anastasia. London: Smith Gryphon. ISBN 1-85685-085-4
- Kulikovsky-Romanoff, Olga (Undated) "The Unfading Light of Charity: Grand Duchess Olga As a Philanthropist And Painter" Archived 2018-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Historical Magazine, Gatchina Through The Centuries, retrieved 6 March 2010
- Kurth, Peter (1983) Anastasia: The Life of Anna Anderson|. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-02951-7
- Massie, Robert K. (1995). The Romanovs: The Final Chapter. Random House. ISBN 0-099-60121-4
- Phenix, Patricia (1999). Olga Romanov: Russia's Last Grand Duchess. Viking/Penguin. ISBN 0-14028-086-3
- von Nidda, Roland Krug (1958) Commentary in I, Anastasia: An autobiography with notes by Roland Krug von Nidda translated from the German by Oliver Coburn. London: Michael Joseph.
- Vorres, Ian (2001) [1964]. The Last Grand Duchess. Toronto: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55263-302-0