The Romanov Family Analysis

During the year of the Tercentenary in 1913, the Romanov family attended a number of celebrations. On 23 February, Olga and Tatiana attended their first major public ball at the Assembly of Nobles. Because of this, the discussion of the succession of the Russian throne was brought forth. In secret, Mikhail, Nicholas’s brother, married his mistress Natalya Wulfert who was a commoner. He was immediately banished, and his assets were frozen because he would not divorce her or renounce his right to the throne. Afterwards Nicholas, without the approval of the Duma, announced that Olga would act as regent during Alexey’s minority until he came of age if anything would happen to Nicholas.

On the 5 May, the family began a trip from Volga to Moscow in remembrance of the first tsar’s trip in 1613, from his birthplace to Moscow. The family travelled to many holy sites and were greeted by peasants on the riverbanks and the church officials. They also stopped at the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma on 19 May, where Mikhail Romanov had taken refuge during a time of political upheaval in Russia before the boyars had asked him to take up the throne of Russia, to become the tsar. The family then arrived in Moscow on 21 May, mimicking the entry of the Tsar Alexander I in 1812. Throughout the trip, Russia was shown that Nicholas was not an

Here, Olga met her first true love, Lieutenant Pavel Alexeevich Voronov. They spent a tremendous amount of time together, and she could not stand to be apart from him. By 12 July, she was not ready to go home and not see Pavel Voronov. When they returned home, Olga and Tatiana were preparing for their first appearance at an army manoeuvre. They were to review their regiments in uniform on horseback. Olga reviewed her 3rd Elizavetgrad Hussars and Tatiana reviewed the 8th Voznesensk Uhlans. These two were the youngest women colonels in the world at the