http://www.retronaut.co/2011/06/the-romanov-family-albums/ The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Sat, 19 Nov 2024 04:13:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.retronaut.co/2011/06/the-romanov-family-albums/#comment-83334 Nanda Tue, 18 Oct 2024 09:33:30 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16545#comment-83334 I've always been fascinated by the Romanovs and their lives.. I’ve always been fascinated by the Romanovs and their lives..

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/06/the-romanov-family-albums/#comment-63266 Jinx Fri, 16 Sep 2024 05:04:54 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16545#comment-63266 Wow, that Rasputin was a good photographer! Given that he was "always around", it's amazing that there aren't more pics of the Mad Monk. I know of only 4. Wow, that Rasputin was a good photographer! Given that he was “always around”, it’s amazing that there aren’t more pics of the Mad Monk. I know of only 4.

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/06/the-romanov-family-albums/#comment-49983 George Mon, 27 Jun 2024 17:45:22 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16545#comment-49983 Alice: The Imperial Family truly did live in a bubble. During the Great War, the Tsar was at the front and had no idea at all what was going on in Petrograd or anywhere else in the Empire. The Tsarina spent most of her days in the palace or volunteering in military hospitals. And the children just went about their lessons and didn't understand anything happening outside the palace gates. Alice: The Imperial Family truly did live in a bubble. During the Great War, the Tsar was at the front and had no idea at all what was going on in Petrograd or anywhere else in the Empire. The Tsarina spent most of her days in the palace or volunteering in military hospitals. And the children just went about their lessons and didn’t understand anything happening outside the palace gates.

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/06/the-romanov-family-albums/#comment-48369 Jacqui Sat, 18 Jun 2024 22:35:38 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16545#comment-48369 Alice: The children just lived. They did what all children do - live in the world into to which they are born. Alice: The children just lived. They did what all children do – live in the world into to which they are born.

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/06/the-romanov-family-albums/#comment-47844 Sardonic_Sob Mon, 13 Jun 2024 16:04:28 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16545#comment-47844 Alice: You live in a country with Internet access and apparently have sufficient leisure to browse obscure websites and make moral judgments on people who have been dead for a hundred years. Does the knowledge of those who go to bed hungry and cold in the rest of the world disturb your slumber overmuch? Alice: You live in a country with Internet access and apparently have sufficient leisure to browse obscure websites and make moral judgments on people who have been dead for a hundred years. Does the knowledge of those who go to bed hungry and cold in the rest of the world disturb your slumber overmuch?

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/06/the-romanov-family-albums/#comment-47791 Alice Mon, 13 Jun 2024 02:34:24 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=16545#comment-47791 When you see people living it up like that, while their people starved, you can only assume that they either didn't give a toss, or they lived in a bubble. I'd like to think that they lived in a bubble, totally out of touch with the real world. Otherwise, how could they sleep at night? When you see people living it up like that, while their people starved, you can only assume that they either didn’t give a toss, or they lived in a bubble. I’d like to think that they lived in a bubble, totally out of touch with the real world. Otherwise, how could they sleep at night?

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