The Romanov Four Sisters | Part 1: Before the Storm

The Romanov sisters were the most photographed princesses of their day, yet the world knew very little of the four girls in the official portraits. The daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra have often been considered nothing more than the pretty backdrop to the larger and more dramatic story of their parents and tragic hemophiliac brother Alexey. Despite what portraits depict and behind the dutiful image existed four very vibrant and fascinating and most of all, distinct, personalities. A two-part series focusing on Tsar Nicholas II’s four daughters - Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia - combining interviews with leading historians, stunning archive footage, and dramatic reconstruction to reveal the real girls behind the fairy-tale images. This is a remake of a video produced and published by BBC in 2014, entitled “Russia’s Lost Princesses“. This new version features colorized pictures by Olga Shirnina (Klimbim), newsreel footage, and a selection of photographs from the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF). · · ─── ·•· ─── · · VIDEO CHAPTERS · · ─── ·•· ─── · · 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:12 Empress Alexandra: The Victorian upbringing 00:04:37 Nicholas & Alexandra 00:07:53 Alexandra’s difficulties at the Russian Court 00:10:30 Tsarskoe Selo: The upbringing of the four sisters 00:14:45 OTMA: The characters of the Romanov sisters 00:16:21 Tsarevich Alexei: The drama of hemophilia 00:21:45 Rasputin and the Imperial family 00:25:21 The Romanovs visit the Isle of Wight - 1909 Cowes Sailing Regatta (Britain) 00:29:51 Alexandra’s illnesses 00:30:56 The relationship between Rasputin and the four sisters · · ─────── ·•· ─────── · · This video is produced as part of the project for the book “The Romanov Royal Martyrs”, which is an impressive 512-page book, featuring nearly 200 black & white photographs, and a 56-page photo insert of more than 80 high-quality images, colorized by the acclaimed Russian artist Olga Shirnina (Klimbim) and appearing here in print for the first time. · · ─────── ·•· ─────── · · 📖 EXPLORE the book: 🌎 ORDER the book: 🎵 THEME SONG: · · ─────── ·•· ─────── · · Follow us on: ▶ YOUTUBE: ▶ FACEBOOK: ▶ INSTAGRAM: The music in this video includes the following tracks by Kevin MacLeod, which are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. - Laid Back Guitars - Source: - Gnarled Situation - Source: - Good Night - Gone Beyond - Source: - Ecossaise in E-flat - Source: - Grave Blow - Source: