[48] After a rough crossing, the ship docked at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Dowager Empress insisted on having Olga at her beck and call and found Olga's young sons too boisterous. [29], After a brief stay with the Danish consul, the family were shipped to a refugee camp on the island of Bykada in the Dardanelles Strait near Istanbul, Turkey, where the Kulikovsky family shared three rooms with eleven other adults. . The new government retired Kulikovsky from the army with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Princess Elena Georgievna Romanovskaya, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (1892 1971) [7] Physical activities such as equestrianism were taught at an early age, and the children became expert riders. [40] She especially took a liking to the youngest of Nicholas's daughters, her god-daughter Anastasia, whom she called Shvipsik ("little one"). The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Four days later, Michael and Johnson were sent to Perm, a thousand miles to the east. Princess Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905 1981). once my father showed me a very old album full of most exciting pen and ink sketches of an imaginary city called Mopsopolis, inhabited by Mopses [pug dogs]. Through the intervention of neutral Norway, Helen was allowed to leave Russia in December 1918 and joined her children in Sweden. He was named after Guri Panaev, who had been killed serving in Olga's Akhtyrsky regiment. Nikolai Savvich Tikhonravov (Russian: ; 15 October 1832 - 9 December 1893) was a Russian philologist and historian of Russian literature.. Born in the Meshchovsky Uyezd of Kaluga Governorate to a doctor's family, he received secondary education at the Moscow's Third Gymnasium and, while still an 18-year old Pedagogical Institute student . 1917 - 1993. ": Olga quoted in Vorres, p. 174, Klier and Mingay, p. 102; Massie, p. 174; Phenix, p. 155. Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna* (1876 1940), born Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, wife of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich who was killed by the Bolsheviks in January 1919, Maria was visiting London, England when World War I began in 1914 and had been unable to return to Russia. Because of what was happening in Russia, they stayed in France. Prince Gavril Konstantinovich and his wife later Princess Romanovskaya-Strelninskaya, Prince Gavril Konstantinovich (1887 1955), son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (a grandson of Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia), and a brother of Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, and Prince Igor Konstantinovich who were all killed by the Bolsheviks in July 1918 Failed to report flower. Ekaterina had left Russia shortly after the assassination of her husband Alexander II in 1888, Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya, Countess von Merenberg, Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya, Countess von Merenberg (1874 1925), daughter of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia and his morganatic second wife Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, Princess Yurievskaya, Olga was the wife of Count Georg Nikolaus von Merenberg and was living in Prussia, now part of Germany. The Akhtyrsky Hussars, famous for their victory over Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Kulm in 1813, wore a distinctive brown dolman. cemeteries found in Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada will be saved to your photo volunteer list. [109] Her home was also a magnet for Romanov impostors, whom Olga and her family considered a menace. Guri, was born on 23 April 1919. After Nicholas II was deposed in early 1917, many members of the Romanov dynasty, including Nicholas and his immediate family, were held under house arrest. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna* (1876 1936), Kirills wife and first cousin, born Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh, daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (son of Queen Victoria) and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (daughter of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia), Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna (1907 1951) Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Maria's siblings usually called her Marie or Mashka. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Ten weeks later she feigned illness and was transferred to a nursing home from which she managed to escape. [27] The couple initially lived with her in-laws Alexander Petrovich and Eugnie Maximilianovna of Oldenburg. [53] Mimka suffered a stroke that left her disabled, and Olga nursed her until Mimka's death in 1954. Nurses rarely worked so close to the frontline and consequently, she was awarded the Order of St. George by General Mannerheim, who later became President of Finland. They joined her mother, the Dowager Empress, in Denmark. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Their marriage of 15 years remained unconsummated, and Peter at first refused Olga's request for a divorce. [10] But Olga, her father, and the youngest of her brothers, Michael, had a close relationship. Read more about them by using the links on their names. Of course, one had to make allowances for a very long illness All the same, my niece's features could not possibly have altered out of all recognition. [23] At the age of 19, on 9 August[O.S. Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich* (1866 1933), son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich (son of Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia), husband of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Alexander III, Emperor of All Russia and sister of Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia. [37], Marie died on 13 October 1928, and the Kulikovskys moved out of Hvidre. Eventually, Olga and her daughters settled in France. All photos are from Wikipedia unless otherwise indicated. ": Sworn testimony of Grand Duchess Olga, Staatsarchiv Hamburg, File 1991 74 0 297/57 Volume 7, pp. Oops, we were unable to send the email. I could listen much better when I was drawing corn or wild flowers.[121]. At formal functions, Olga was expected to accompany her mother alone.[68]. Among these were members of her extended family, including first cousin once removed Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, in 1954,[107] and second cousin Louis Mountbatten, and his wife Edwina, in August 1959. Possibly, she was pressured to do so by Kulikovsky and Dowager Empress Marie. [60] The Grand Duchess died two years later, and was interred next to her husband in York Cemetery, Toronto.[61]. With Peter's permission, Kulikovsky moved into the 200-room residence in Sergievskaya Street, Saint Petersburg, that Peter shared with Olga. They then traveled to Kyiv which was under German occupation and on to Odessa where they boarded the British destroyer HMS Nereide which took them to Constantinople. 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 . Brother of Tikhon Nicholaevich Kulikovsky. My sister Olga felt sorry for that poor woman. [12] In 1916, after visiting her in Kiev, the Tsar officially annulled her marriage to Duke Peter, and she married Kulikovsky on 16 November 1916, in the Kievo-Vasilievskaya Church on Triokhsviatitelskaya (Three Saints Street) in Kiev. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? [19], By 1900, Olga, aged 18, was being escorted to the theatre and opera by a distant cousin, Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, a member of the Russian branch of the House of Oldenburg. Olga and the Dowager Empress were showered with glass splinters from a smashed window, but remained unharmed. His wife and three children were living with him in England. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna (1865 1927), born Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, widow of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (a grandson of Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia), and mother of Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, and Prince Igor Konstantinovich who were all killed by the Bolsheviks in July 1918, Prince George Konstantinovich (1903 1938) Some of the proceeds were donated to the charities she supported. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. [31] The Grand Duchess complied, and the family arrived in Copenhagen on Good Friday 1920. Olga continued to press the Tsar to allow her divorce. "[80] The telegram was never produced by Anderson's supporters, and it has never been found among any of the papers relating to the case. The family left Russia in 1919 and settled in Denmark, where he joined the Royal Danish Guards and married a Danish woman. The Kulikovskys escaped to the Crimea where their first son, Tikhon, was born. In February 1918, most of the imperial family at Ay-Todor was moved to another estate at Djulber, where Grand Dukes Nicholas and Peter were already under house arrest. The following month they were freed by the Germans who had occupied the area after signing the Treaty of Brest Litovsk. She met Anna Anderson, the best-known impostor, in Berlin in 1925. [13] Only the officiating priest, Olga's mother the Dowager Empress Marie, Olga's brother-in-law Grand Duke Alexander, two fellow nurses from the hospital in Kiev and four officers of the Akhtyrsky regiment, of which Olga was honorary colonel, attended. [108] In June 1959, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (a first cousin twice removed and a first cousin once removed, respectively) visited Toronto and invited the Grand Duchess for lunch on board the royal yacht Britannia. [85], The Dowager Empress died on 13 October 1928 at Hvidre. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? [42] After the surrender of Germany in 1945, the Soviet Union wrote to the Danish government accusing the Grand Duchess of conspiracy against the Soviet authorities. Oops, something didn't work. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Nicholas, Alexandra, and their children were originally held at their official residence, the Alexander Palace, but the Provisional government under Alexander Kerensky relocated them to Tobolsk, Siberia. Quite a number of them lived long lives. [91] Tikhon was imprisoned for a further month in 1943 after being arrested on charges of espionage. [3], He joined the Blue Cuirassier regiment of the imperial Russian cavalry shortly before 1903. "[31] At the hospital she learned basic medical treatment and proper care from the local doctor. This account has been disabled. In 1903, he was noticed by Grand Duchess Olga during a military review, and they became close friends. As the White Army was pushed back and the Red Army approached, the family set out on what would be their last journey through Russia. The Romanovs under house arrest at Ai-Todor in the Crimea in 1918. His grandfather was a general during the Napoleonic Wars, and his family owned two large estates in Ukraine. Guri Nikolaevich was born in 1919, to Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky and Olga von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (born av Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov). [94] She in turn asked Prince Axel of Denmark to help them, but her request was refused. [14] Their two-week honeymoon was spent in a farmhouse in Podgorny that had belonged to family friends of the Kulikovskys. [124] The Russian Relief Programme, which was founded by Tikhon and his third wife Olga in honour of the Grand Duchess,[125] exhibited a selection of her work at the residence of the Russian ambassador in Washington in 2001, in Moscow in 2002, in Ekaterinburg in 2004, in Saint Petersburg and Moscow in 2005, in Tyumen and Surgut in 2006, at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and Saint Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg in 2007,[126] and at the Vladimir Arsenyev Museum in Vladivostok in 2013. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. One of Empress Maria Feodorovnas personal bodyguards, Timofei Ksenofontovich Yatchik took Olga, Nikolai, and their son Tikhon to his hometown Novominskaya where Olga gave birth to her second child Guri in a rented farmhouse. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [76] Within a month she had made up her mind. Count Michael Mikhailovich de Torby (1898 1959), Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich (right) with his children (from left to right), Nadejda, Michael, and Anastasia. The following month Olga married cavalry officer Nikolai Kulikovsky, with whom she had fallen in love several years before. Food shortages, communication restrictions, and transport closures followed. Guri had one brother: Tikon Nikolaevich. Her brusqueness warred against it. ": Letter from Olga to Princess Irene, quoted in Klier and Mingay, p. 149, Xenia to Michael Thornton, quoted in a letter from Thornton to Patricia Phenix, 10 January 1998, quoted in Phenix, pp. On the floor: Prince Vasili, Prince Rostislav, and Prince Dmitri (Grand Duchess Xenias sons). [14] On 13 November 1894, he died at the age of 49. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich and Empress Maria Feodorovna aboard the British battleship HMS Marlborough, Empress Marie Feodorovna* (1847 1928), born Princess Dagmar of Denmark, widow of Alexander III, Emperor of All Russia, mother of Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia who was killed along with his family by the Bolsheviks in 1918, mother of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich who was killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna* (1875 1960), daughter of Alexander III, Emperor of All Russia, wife of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (above), sister of Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia who was killed along with his family by the Bolsheviks in 1918, sister of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich who was killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Princess Irina Alexandrovna Yusupova and Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupova. We were all apprehensive about the wisdom of her going, but only because we feared it would be used for propaganda purposes by the claimant's supporters. Unofficial Royalty 2012, revised 2022, A gathering of members of the Romanov family in Livadia, Crimea, Russia, 1891. [11] The war went badly for the Russian imperial forces, and the Central Powers, led by Germany, advanced into Russia. Olga ran the household with the help of her elderly, faithful lady's maid Emilia Tenso ("Mimka"), who had come along with her from Russia. This is a carousel with slides. During the First World War, Olga served as an army nurse and was awarded a medal for personal gallantry. . The Bolsheviks had installed light projectors around the lake which they used to find people attempting to escape. He was named after Guri Panaev, who had been killed serving in Olga's Akhtyrsky regiment. [20] He was 14 years her senior and known for his passion for literature and gambling. [65] After a brief stay with the consul, the family was shipped to a refugee camp on the island of Bykada in the Dardanelles Strait near Istanbul, Turkey, where Olga, her husband and children shared three rooms with eleven other adults. GREAT NEWS! You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Crawford and Crawford, p. 52; Phenix, p. 73; Vorres, pp. Eventually, they settled permanently in Saint-Briac, France, in the mid-1920s. Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin* (1860 1922), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich (son of Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia), wife of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Anastasia was living in France. Drag images here or select from your computer for Capt Tihon Nickolaevich Romanoff Kulikovsky memorial. Learn more about managing a memorial . She finally succeeded with the help of writer Maxim Gorky, who lobbied Vladimir Lenin, the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia, on Gavrils behalf. Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna (1909 1967). [5] An official investigation found that the crash was an accident,[6] but it was widely and falsely believed that two bombs had been planted on the line. His wife Antonina was tireless in her efforts to obtain Gavrils release. Although Olgas mother Empress Maria Feodorovna, her sister Xenia, Xenias five youngest sons along with Xenias daughter Irina and her husband Prince Felix Yusupov left Russia forever aboard the British battleship HMS Marlborough in 1919, Olga and her husband Nikolai refused to leave Russia. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. [105] Mimka suffered a stroke that left her disabled, and Olga nursed her until Mimka's death on 24 January 1954. [112] She was not informed[113] or was not aware[114] that her elder sister, Xenia, died in London that month. Olga's father Prince Andrei was Tsar Nicholas II's eldest nephew. As Olga's sons, Tikhon and Guri, served as officers in the Danish Army, they were interned as prisoners of war, but their imprisonment in a Copenhagen hotel lasted less than two months. He was named after Tikhon of Zadonsk, the Saint venerated near the Grand Duchess's estate at Olgino. [21] Peter asked for Olga's hand in marriage the following year, a proposal that took the Grand Duchess completely by surprise: "I was so taken aback that all I could say was 'thank you'," she later explained. 1865 Unofficial Royalty links are noted with an asterisk*. Guri Nikolaevich Kulikovsky (1919 1984). Record information. All content copyright Unofficial Royalty 2023, Unofficial Royalty: Russian Titles and Patronymics, Unofficial Royalty: Tsardom of Russia/Russian Empire Index, Unofficial Royalty: Romanovs Killed During the Russian Revolution, Unofficial Royalty Current Monarchies Websites, Royal News Recap for Saturday, April 29, 2023 and Sunday, April 30, 2023, History of the Coronation of English and British Queen Consorts, History of the Coronation of English and British Monarchs. Of the visit Olga later said: My beloved Anastasia was fifteen when I saw her for the last time in the summer of 1916. Following the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917, Kirill and his family left Russia. . Olga escaped revolutionary Russia with her second husband and their two sons in February 1920. by Susan Flantzer You can always change this later in your Account settings.
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