Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova) (In Russian ??????? ?????? ??????? ??????????) Tanya or Tanushka (June 10, 1897 - July 17, 1918) was the second daughter of Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse. She was a younger sister of Grand Duchess Olga of Russia. She was an older sister of Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia.

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Russian - June 10 - 1897 - July 17 - 1918 - Nicholas II of Russia - Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse - Grand Duchess Olga of Russia - Grand Duchess Maria of Russia - Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia - Tsarevich Alexei of Russia

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Tatiana and her older sister Olga, were known in the household as "The Big Pair". Like their younger sisters, they shared a bedroom and were very close to each other.

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Along with her sister Olga, she was assigned a regiment of soldiers, the Vosnesensky (Ascenscion) Hussars and given the rank of honorary colonel. She and her sister would go out and inspect the soldiers regularly.

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Hussar - Colonel - Soldier

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Tatiana was reserved, fashionable and had the posture and attitude of a princess. She was close to her mother. She was arguably the most beautiful of all the sisters and most liked by men. Tatiana was deeply religious and read the Bible frequently. She was also the leader of the children who gave her the nickname "Governess". Tatiana was the one who took charge of everything which did not bother Olga, who was the oldest.

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In 1914, she became a Red Cross nurse with her mother and Olga. She was twenty-one when she was executed with her family on July 17, 1918 at the cellar room of the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg. The execution was carried out by forces of the Bolshevik secret police under Yakov Yurovsky.

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1914 - Red Cross - Nurse - July 17 - 1918 - Ipatiev House - Ekaterinburg - Bolshevik - Yakov Yurovsky

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In 2001, she and her family were canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church.

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2001 - Canonized - Russian Orthodox Church

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