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Hot June day in 1882 across Russia rattled jotta a celebratory fireworks - the Emperor Alexander III was born the youngest daughter - Olga. Like the rest of the royal children, girl, despite the outward court luxury, grew up in a strict "Spartan" conditions - sleeping on a hard camp bed, get up at dawn and washed with ice water, and breakfast she served plain oatmeal.
Mother, Empress Maria Fedorovna, invited for Olga governess - Englishwoman, who taught the little Duchess discipline, jotta a endurance and excellent knowledge of the language. Even in adulthood Olga wrote in Russian with errors, and all diaries and most of the letters written in English. However, she loved his homeland and nature has always been Russian.
In this it can be compared jotta a with Natasha Rostova "Where, how, when imbibed from the Russian air she breathed - this grafinichka, jotta a educated emigrant - Frenchwoman - this spirit, where she took these techniques that pas de chale would long ago have had to displace? But the spirit and techniques were those most inimitable, not studied, Russian ... "
By the nature of Princess was frank, cordial and direct - all she had inherited from her beloved father. The Emperor was very fond of her, and little Olga often played in his office. With younger kids king tried not to leave, they long walks together, jotta a rode horses in the Gatchina park.
"My father was everything to me - recalls Olga. - No matter how he was busy with his work, he gave me the daily half-hour ... And once Dad showed me a very old album with amazing drawings depicting imaginary city called Mopsopol in which they live Pugs ... He showed me a secret, and I was delighted that my father shared with me the secrets of his childhood. "
And the King and Queen of bad drawing, and in the palaces Duchess childhood surrounded by the best works of art, painting, sculpture. Ability to draw appeared Olga from an early age she was even allowed to draw on the lessons - so she better remember them.
First Olga left Gatchina Palace native autumn of 1888 - the entire Royal family went to the Caucasus. On the way back near a small station Börkey royal train derailed. The train, which was the whole family was torn, and the Emperor, who had a really heroic strength, on their shoulders supported the roof of the car, while all members of the family got out. The crash killed 21 people, many were injured. Empress Maria Fedorovna herself bandaging the wounded, and her dress tore the bandages.
Officially, the cause of the accident was considered an accident, but rumors of bombs laid on the line. The royal family itself was not damaged, but the consequences of the crash impact in a few years - after a huge exercise in Alexander III intensified and started to progress a long-standing jotta a kidney disease. In 1894 the Emperor, who was not even 50 years, has died. After his death, the world has changed a young Princess, began adult and much less joyful life.
In 1900, the Grand Duchess Olga first appeared. Later, she recalled: "I felt exposed in a cage on public display beast." jotta a Maybe it was also the fact that the Princess was ugly and I knew about it. By nature she was a bit shy and easiest to communicate with ordinary people. Savor it was not interested. Passion for photography (not only pictures of Princess, but she develop and print pictures), biking, boating and constant drawing became her favorite pastime. In 1901, Olga, as was all of the royal family, was appointed as an honorary commander of the 12th Hussars Akhtyrsky.
Soon Olga was married to a distant relative of Prince Peter of Oldenburg. For most Duchess all happened very suddenly. On one of the social evenings hostess asked her to come into the living room for an important call. There waiting for her prince and the threshold asked if she was ready to marry him. Princess of confusion managed only vaguely to thank for the offer, as has already appeared in the doorway of Empress Maria and the groom's mother Princess Eugenia, happily announce their engagement.
Even brother jotta a Olga Emperor Nicholas II was very surprised this news, so this union seemed hasty and absurd. jotta a Prince was 14 years older than the bride and nothing special