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EMPEROR NICOLAS II

 

CZAR of RUSSIA

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Tobolsk

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Before the main entrance of the house of the governor at Tobolsk.

The four figures to the West are the Grand Duchesses, daughter of the Czar.

The boyish figure in the centre is the Czarevitch, to his right is the office of the guard.

To the extreme right is the Czar

Photograph shows Czar Nicholas II and family outside the Governor's House

during their internment at Tobolsk, late August 1917 to April 1918.

photographed 1917 or 1918,

Photograph copyrighted in 1921 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Tsarskoe-Selo - Pouchkine

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Photo of the late Czar and his family working in garden

Photograph shows Czar Nicholas II and family gardening at Alexander Palace

during internment at Tsarskoe-Selo, 1917.

photographed 1917

Photograph copyrighted in 1921 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Probably the most interesting photograph taken of the late Czar of Russia and his family

showing that in the last days of their lives, they took to manual labor to relieve the tedious life

they passed in captivity at Tsarskoe-Selo...by the shed holding a parasol is the Czarina.

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The two ladies near her are her daughters, grand-duchesses.

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The man ... left center is [Pierre] Gilliard, the tutor of the Czarovitch.

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The Czar is in the right center with spade in his right hand.

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Tsarskoe-Selo - Pouchkine

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Emperor Nicholas II working in the kitchen garden at Tsarskoe Selo.

Behind him is the officer of the guard

photographed 1917

Photograph copyrighted in 1922 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Tsarskoe-Selo - Pouchkine

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Emperor Nicholas II shovelling snow in the park at Tsarskoe Selo, Russia,

where he and the royal family were interned, 1917

photographed 1917

Photograph copyrighted in 1922 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Tsarskoe-Selo - Pouchkine

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Empress Alexandra in her rolling chair embroiders

while the rest of the royal family is at work in the garden at Tsarkoe Selo, Russia,

1917

photographed 1917

Photograph copyrighted in 1922 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

czar emperor russia nicholas WW1 guerre prisoner

Tsarskoe-Selo - Pouchkine

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Grand Duchess Tatiana, daughter of the Czar, transporting with the aid of a soldier,

lumps of sod on a stretcher.

Photo made at Tsarskoe-Selo

Photograph shows the Grand Duchess Tatiana working outside Alexander Palace,

during internment at Tsarskoe-Selo, 1917.

 

Accompanying caption describes the last days of the Romanovs.

photographed 1917

Photograph copyrighted in 1921 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Tsarskoe-Selo - Pouchkine

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Alexis Nicolaevitch, Czarevitch, heir to the Russian throne,

and his sister, Grand Duchess Tatiana in the Park at Tsarskoe Selo

Photograph shows the prince and princess sitting (with shovels) in the foreground,

Russian soldiers in the background.

photographed 1917

Photograph copyrighted in 1921 by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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