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Diary of Olga Romanov : Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution by Helen Azar (2015, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherWestholme Publishing
ISBN-101594162298
ISBN-139781594162299
eBay Product ID (ePID)208698924
Product Key Features
Number of Pages212 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDiary of Olga Romanov : Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution
SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Personal Memoirs
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
AuthorHelen Azar
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight13 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"A must-read for buffs of late tsarist and Romanov family history." -- Library Journal "In a historical first, Helen Azar has translated the diaries, collating select passages and interspersing them with letters and memoir excerpts to give us a never-before-seen picture of the young grand duchess, great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and dear friend of Rasputin's." -- Maclean's Magazine
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal947.083092
SynopsisThe First English Translation of the Wartime Diaries of the Eldest Daughter of Nicholas II, the Last Tsar of Russia, with Additional Documents of the Period In August 1914, Russia entered World War I, and with it, the imperial family of Tsar Nicholas II was thrust into a conflict they would not survive. His eldest child, Olga Nikolaevna, great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, had begun a diary in 1905 when she was ten years old and kept writing her thoughts and impressions of day-to-day life as a grand duchess until abruptly ending her entries when her father abdicated his throne in March 1917. Held at the State Archives of the Russian Federation in Moscow, Olga's diaries during the wartime period have never been translated into English until this volume. At the outset of the war, Olga and her sister Tatiana worked as nurses in a military hospital along with their mother, Tsarina Alexandra. Olga's younger sisters, Maria and Anastasia, visited the infirmaries to help raise the morale of the wounded and sick soldiers. The strain was indeed great, as Olga records her impressions of tending to the officers who had been injured and maimed in the fighting on the Russian front. Concerns about her sickly brother, Aleksei, abound, as well those for her father, who is seen attempting to manage the ongoing war. Gregori Rasputin appears in entries, too, in an affectionate manner as one would expect of a family friend. While the diaries reflect the interests of a young woman, her tone grows increasingly serious as the Russian army suffers setbacks, Rasputin is ultimately murdered, and a popular movement against her family begins to grow. At the point Olga ends her writing in 1917, the author continues the story by translating letters and impressions from family intimates, such as Anna Vyrubova, as well as the diary kept by Nicholas II himself. Finally, once the imperial family has been put under house arrest by the revolutionaries, we follow events through observations by Alexander Kerensky, head of the initial Provisional Government, these too in English translation for the first time. Olga would offer no further personal writings, as she and the rest of her family were crowded into the basement of a house in the Urals and shot to death in July 1918. The Diary of Olga Romanov: Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution , translated and introduced by scientist and librarian Helen Azar, and supplemented with additional primary source material, is a remarkable document of a young woman who did not choose to be part of a royal family and never exploited her own position, but lost her life simply because of what her family represented., The First English Translation of the Wartime Diaries of the Eldest Daughter of Nicholas II, the Last Tsar of Russia, with Additional Documents of the Period In August 1914, Russia entered World War I, and with it, the imperial family of Tsar Nicholas II was thrust into a conflict they would not survive. His eldest child, Olga Nikolaevna, great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, had begun a diary in 1905 when she was ten years old and kept writing her thoughts and impressions of day-to-day life as a grand duchess until abruptly ending her entries when her father abdicated his throne in March 1917. Held at the State Archives of the Russian Federation in Moscow, Olga's diaries during the wartime period have never been translated into English until this volume. At the point Olga ends her writing in 1917, the author continues the story by translating letters and impressions from family intimates, such as Anna Vyrubova, as well as the diary kept by Nicholas II himself. Finally, once the imperial family has been put under house arrest by the revolutionaries, we follow events through observations by Alexander Kerensky, head of the initial Provisional Government, these too in English translation for the first time. The Diary of Olga Romanov: Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution is a remarkable document of a young woman who did not choose to be part of a royal family and never exploited her own position, but lost her life simply because of what her family represented.
LC Classification NumberDK254.O4
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- 22 Aug, 2024
Great read!
Good,attention getting book.Great insight on the Romanov family and their daily trials and activities before the abdication of the Tsar and the subsequent execution of the family.Olga conveys her feelings well,yet I wish she hadn't stopped writing in early 1917-she could have so much more to say.Overall a good value for followers of the last Tsar and his family and Russian history.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
