Unlike most of the royal couples, they were lucky: they loved each other indeed
Nicolas II
Alexandra
Their wedding ceremony was truly magnificent
Two more daughters— Tatiana and Maria. They are still praying for a son...
Their first child Olga
But she came first—Anastasia, the fourth daughter—and since then they were called OTMA
— Olga, Maria, Tatiana, Anastasia
— the four angels of Mother Russia.
OTMA and "Alix", their mother
1914
...and the whole family
Anastasia and Alexis...
In March 1917, after Nicolas' abdication, the family moved from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo where they lived under arrest till the end of the summer. In August the family was exiled to Siberia.
One of the last photos of the elder sisters
The Russian emperor and his children in Tobolsk
The Ipaties house in Ekaterinburg. This is where the family was murdered in July 1918.
By this staircase they were taken to the basement where the execution took place.
The Church on the Spilled Blood built in the place of the Ipatiev house.
A strange "defect" was found in the picture taken during the consecration ceremony...
The icon of the Saint Royal Martyrs
