Person:Olga Nikolaevna Romanova (1)

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Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova; ; – 17 July 1918) was the eldest child of the last Tsar of the Russian Empire, Emperor Nicholas II, and of Empress Alexandra of Russia.

During her lifetime, Olga's future marriage was the subject of great speculation within Russia. Matches were rumored with Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Crown Prince Carol of Romania, Edward, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Britain's George V, and with Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia. Olga herself wanted to marry a Russian and remain in her home country. During World War I, she nursed wounded soldiers in a military hospital until her own nerves gave out and, thereafter, oversaw administrative duties at the hospital.

Olga's murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church. In the 1990s, her remains were identified through DNA testing and were buried in a funeral ceremony at Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg along with those of her parents and two of her sisters.

Video Tribute

Cover to Diary of Olga Romanov: Royal Witness to the Russian Revolution by Helen Azar

Olga Nikolajewna Romanowa with Signature (1918)

Library of Congress Photo of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

Imperial Print of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

Childhood Art Print of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna by artist Friedrich August von Kaulbach

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia by artist G. Alexander

Library of Congress Photo of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

   "Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Olga Nikolaevna Romanova) (Russian: Великая Княжна Ольга Николаевна; IPA: [vʲɪˈlʲikəjə knʲɪˈʐna ɐˈlʲɡa nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvnə] ( listen) (Velikaya Knyazhna Ol'ga Nikolaevna); November 15 (16th after 1900) [O.S. November 3] 1895 – July 17, 1918) was the eldest daughter of the last autocratic ruler of the Russian Empire, Emperor Nicholas II, and of Empress Alexandra of Russia. Because Russia continued to use the Julian calendar in 1900 and later, her birthday ended up being celebrated on November 16 new style starting in 1900."

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Diaries and Letters - Grand Duchess Olga Nicholaievna, in The Home of the Last Tsar - Romanov and Russian History.

   Olga Nicholaevna Romanova, eldest daughter of the last Tsar of Russia.
   "A day I will remember for ever," Nicky wrote in his diary under the heading of November 3, 1895. " . . . at exactly 9 o'clock [p.m.] a baby's cry was heard and we all breathed a sigh of relief! With a prayer we named the daughter sent to us by God 'Olga'!"

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Grand Duchesses, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, in Romanov Palace.

   "During her time in the Ipatiev house, Olga became very withdrawn from everyone and became even thinner. Her short life of 22 years ended in the early hours of the morning of 17th July 1918, when the entire family and other residents of the household including Dr.Botkin and Anna Demidova(Lady in waiting to the empress) were murdered by the Bolsheviks in the cellar of the Ipatiev house, bring the lives of every in the household to an abrupt end."

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} HIH The Grand Duchess Olga, in Unofficial Royalty: The Last Romanovs
   Retrieved 7 July 2015.

   Full Name: Olga Nikolaevna Romanova
   Title: Her Imperial Highness The Grand Duchess Olga
   Born: November 15, 1895 at The Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
   Died: July 17, 1918 at the Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg
   Parents: Tsar Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine

5. ↑ wp:Tsarskoye Selo, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
   Retrieved 8 July 2015.

   "Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: Ца́рское Село́; IPA: [ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo] ( listen); "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of Saint Petersburg. It is now part of the town of Pushkin and of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments. During the Soviet times it was known as Detskoye Selo."

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, in Find A Grave: St. Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
   Memorial# 6611102, Jul 16, 2002.

   Birth: Nov. 15, 1895, Pushkin, St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
   Death: Jul. 17, 1918, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation
   Burial: St. Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation

7. ↑ Drama at Ipatiev House, in Romanov-Memorial.
8. ↑ Published Engraving of Baptism of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895)