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Autograph (letter) by Olga Alexandrovna and photo postcard

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Russian Empire
Period:
1913 year
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Marking:85264
Country:Russian Empire
Dating:1913 year
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A beautiful and quite rare lot, including:



    1. A letter from Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna on the back of a reproduction postcard from a painting by V.I. Petrov "Winter in the park". December 1912 Size 9*13.9 cm. The text of the letter: "Honey Katya, I cordially wish you every success for the upcoming new year 1913. Congratulations on the holiday to you and your whole little family. Come back sometime visit me when you're in town. Loving you Olga."

    1. Photo postcard: Their imp. vys. vel. kn. Ksenia Alexandrovna and Olga Alexandrovna. [St. Petersburg, 1900s]. Size 8.5×13.6 cm.



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History

    • Ksenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960) — Grand Duchess, daughter of Russian Emperor Alexander III, sister of Emperor Nicholas II. Since 1894 married to Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (Sandro), who was her great-uncle and was a friend of her brothers. In 1919, Ksenia Alexandrovna, along with her mother and other relatives, emigrated abroad. At first I lived in Denmark, then, after the death of her mother, moved to England.

    • Olga Alexandrovna (1882-1960) was a Grand Duchess of the Russian Imperial House, the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexander III. The ancestor of the Kulikovsky-Romanov dynasty. An artist. Her first marriage with Prince Peter Alexandrovich Duke of Oldenburg lasted from 1901 to 1915. On November 4, 1916, her second husband was an officer of the Cuirassier Regiment Nikolai Kulikovsky. After the October Revolution , she lived in Denmark, then Canada. During her life, she painted more than 2,000 paintings, the proceeds from the sale of which allowed her to support her family and engage in charity.

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