You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs

You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs

Jennifer Conerly - November 14, 2017

You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Emperor Nicholas II shoveling snow in the park at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, where he and the royal family were interned, 1917. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Photographed 1917, copyrighted 1921. Library of Congress.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia in the schoolroom. Unknown photographer, 1909. Romanov Family Album 4, Page 34, Image no. 4. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Tsarina Alexandra and her daughter Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna gathering wild flowers. Unknown photographer, ca. 1915. Romanov Family Album 3, page 58, image no. 5. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Tsar Nicholas II at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, after his abdication in 1917. Published by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Grand Duchesses Maria and Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia playing with kittens. Unknown photographer, ca. 1908. Romanov Family Album 6, page 37, image no. 8. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Grand Duchess Anastasia and Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia at Livadia Palace. Romanov Family Album 4, page 15, image no. 3. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Emperor Nicholas II working in the kitchen garden at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia. Behind him is the officer of the guard. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Photographed 1917, copyrighted in 1921. Library of Congress.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Tsar Nicholas II with his four daughters aboard the Imperial yacht Polar Star. Unknown photographer, ca. 1913. Romanov family album 2, page 16, image no. 4. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Tsarevich Alexei of Russia and a nurse. Unknown photographer, ca. 1916. Romanov Family album 3, inside back cover, image no. 4. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
The Russian royal children resting after working in the garden at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia. Left to right: Olga, Alexei, Anastasia, and Tatiana. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Photographed in 1917, Copyrighted in 1921. Library of Congress.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Alexei and Nicholas II. Unknown photographer, ca. 1910. Romanov Family album 4, page 13, image no. 3. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Nicholas II rows his son Alexei on a boat in a park at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia. Unknown photographer, 1913. Romanov Family Album 7, page 25, image no. 9. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Nicholas II and an unidentified man sawing wood during the captivity at Tobolsk, Siberia. Unknown photographer, winter 1917-1918. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
The imperial family in a park at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia. Unknown photographer, 1910. Romanov Family Album 2, page 47, image no. 1. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.
You Won’t Believe these Rare Photographs Showing the Last Days of the Romanovs
Grand Duchesses Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia playing on a swing. Unknown photographer, 1908. Romanov Collection, General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Wikimedia Commons.

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