Helen Azar

The wartime diaries of Nicholas II's eldest daughter chronicle the duchess's life from 1905 until her father's abdication of the throne in 1917, in a work supplemented by excerpts from her father's diary and the memoirs of family friends.

Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution

The Diary of Olga Romanov

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna was the third daughter and middle child of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and 1913 was the tercentennial year of her family's dynastic rule-the last full year before the outbreak of World War I. In her journal, Maria documents the ceremony and celebrations of this important date in Imperial Russian history, while at the same time showing herself to have been a remarkably ordinary young girl who happened to be the daughter of the most powerful man in the world. Maria's journal records the daily routines of the Imperial family, from the mundane to the magnificent, allowing the reader a peek into the lost and distant world of the last Romanovs.

Complete Tercentennial Journal of the Third Daughter of the Last Tsar

1913 Diary of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna

George Hawkins

In Maria Romanov: Third Daughter of the Last Tsar, Diaries and Letters, 1908-1918, by translator and researcher Helen Azar with George Hawkins, Mashka's voice is heard again through her intimate writings, presented for the first time in English. The Grand Duchess was much more than a pretty princess wearing white dresses in hundreds of faded sepia photographs; Maria's surviving diaries and letters offer a fascinating insight into the private life of a loving family--from festivals and faith, to Rasputin and the coming Revolution; it is clear why this middle child ultimately became a pillar of strength and hope for them all. Maria's gentle character belied her incredible courage, which emerged in the darkest hours of her brief life. "The incarnation of modesty elevated by suffering," as Maria was described during the last weeks of her life, she was able to maintain her kindness and optimism, even in the midst of violence and degradation.

Daughter of the Last Tsar, Diaries and Letters, 1913-1918

Maria Romanov

Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna was destined to become the most famous of her siblings - through rumors of her survival of the family's brutal murder on the night of 16-17 July 1918. She has appeared in movies, novels, musicals and plays, and yet among all this the real Anastasia has been lost. Here for the first time, readers can discover the real Anastasia through her own letters and writings - translated into English by Helen Azar and George Hawkins, many for the first time - a surprisingly modern teenager from the dawn of the 20th century who had a sharp sense of humor, was intelligent but sometimes naughty, with a gift for storytelling and a penchant for taking "selfies" on her brownie box. Meet the historical Anastasia who inspired the legend.

The Tsar's Youngest Daughter Speaks Through Her Writings (1907 - 1918)

Anastasia Romanov

They were the two youngest daughters of the world's most powerful man - Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia. Known to their family and friends as "The Little Pair", Grand Duchesses Maria and Anastasia were born into opulence, but led modest lifestyles. They were two normal young women growing up in extraordinary circumstances, ultimately getting caught in the middle of frightening political events that would take their teenage lives. Until this volume, the two girls did not have a chance to tell the story of the last four years of their lives during the first world war and the revolution, - in their very own words.

Letters, Diaries, Postcards

MARIA and ANASTASIA: the Youngest Romanov Grand Duchesses in Their Own Words

She was the eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia - the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna. In 1913, the tricentennial year of her family's dynastic rule, Olga was coming of age - turning 18 in early November, and her life was full of romance, pageantry and fun. This volume comprises diary entries from the full year, which allow the reader a unique glimpse into the daily domestic routines of the Russian imperial family just prior to the outbreak of the First World War.

Complete Annotated 1913 Diary of Olga Romanov, Eldest Daughter of the Last Tsar

Journal of a Russian Grand Duchess

Eva McDonald

This book offers an extraordinary glimpse into the very private world, and the final year of the last Russian imperial family, by telling the already familiar story in their own words.

In Their Own Words

Russia's Last Romanovs

By 1916, Russia had been involved in the First World War for almost two years, and events were about to take a tumultuous turn. Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his throne, and what followed was a struggle that neither he, nor most of his nearest were destined to survive. This volume offers an accurate glimpse into the final two years of the last Imperial Family of Russia: exclusively through their own diary entries and personal correspondence, supplemented by contemporary eyewitness accounts, many of which are published here in English for the first time. The reader will get to know on a deeper level the Grand Duchesses and the Empress, as they work at Tsarskoe Selo infirmaries; witness the imperial family's grief for their murdered "Friend" Grigori Rasputin; experience their arrest after the outbreak of revolution, and follow them into captivity in Siberia - and ultimately the Red Ural - where they meet their tragic end in the cellar of "The House of Special Purpose." This already familiar unique piece of history is individually told by Nicholas, Alexandra and their five children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei. Their collective personal story is a portrayal of a united family bound together by love, hardship and tragedy, taking place during the twilight of an extraordinary bygone era. Richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs, this book is a valuable companion to the G.E.T. Educational Tour: In the Steps of The Romanovs.

: Final Two Years of the Last Russian Imperial Family (1916-1918)

In the Steps of the Romanovs

A collection of rarely seen material written by the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia., held at Beinecke Library at Yale University, State Archives of the Russian Federation (GARF), etc. 30 plus pages of letters, postcards, study notebooks and diary entries. Assembled and edited by Helen Azar, author of "The Diary of Olga Romanov: Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution".

O. T. M. A. in Their Own Written Words

The year 2018 marks a century since the murders of the last imperial family of Russia: Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, four daughters: Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, and son Alexei. This family of seven was brutally killed in July of 1918, but continues to fascinate even a hundred years later. Helen Azar, author of several books based on her original translations of their diaries and letters, brings you "THE ROMANOV FAMILY YEARBOOK" - a unique edition which commemorates them through a collection of personal documents that recount their daily lives, ranging over a decade. This book contains 365 diary entries, letters, and photographs--one for each day of the year-including some previously unpublished material. It is essential reading for Russian imperial history enthusiasts and excellent introduction for those new to the letters and diaries of Russia's last Romanovs.

On This Date in Their Own Words

Romanov Family Yearbook

Mikhail Aleksandrovich (Grand Duke of Russia)

"In Michael Romanov: Brother of the Last Tsar, translator Helen Azar and Romanov historian Nicholas B.A. Nicholson present for the first time in English the annotated 1916-1918 diaries and letters of Grand Duke Michael from the period in which he learns of the murder of Rasputin, attempts to preserve the throne for his brother Nicholas during the February Revolution, and finds himself named Emperor when his brother abdicates not only for himself, but for his son Alexei. Michael's diaries provide rare insight into the fall of the Empire, the rise and fall of the Provisional Government and the brief Russian republic, and the terrifying days of the February and October Revolutions after which Michael finds himself a prisoner who would meet his end in the Siberian city of Perm."--

Helen Azar

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