Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas II, painted by Serov

Empress Alexandra

The Tsarevich Alexis

Nicholas’s family: (LEFT TO RIGHT) Michael, Empress Marie, Nicholas, Xenia, George. Seated: Tsar Alexander III holding Olga

Mathilde Kschessinska

The Grand Tour: Nicholas, a Maharajah, Prince George of Greece

Alix at seventeen before her first ball.

Mrs. Orchard, Alix (seated), Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Nicholas II and the Prince of Wales, later King George V, at Cowes, 1909

Alexandra and her daughters arriving aboard the Imperial yacht Standart

Pierre Gilliard and Alexis

Nicholas and Alexandra aboard the Standart

Picnicking on the coast of Finland: Alexandra, Anna Vyrubova, and Olga, the Empress’s eldest daughter

Derevenko and Alexis

The Empress

The Tsar

Nicholas with his officers

Nicholas with Alexis, just before setting out on an all-day march to test the Russian private soldier’s uniform and equipment

Alexandra in her mauve boudoir

With Alexis

Nagorny pulling Alexis (third from left) and his friends

Derevenko and Alexis (third from right)

Livadia: Pierre Gilliard with Olga and Tatiana

At Spala: Alexandra

After Spala: Alexis.

The Tsarevich’s left leg is bent and a metal brace is attached to his shoe

Gregory Rasputin

In a hospital: (from left) Olga (partly hidden), Tatiana (foreground), Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexis inspecting a Cossack regiment during the war

The Tsar with Grand Duke Nicholas

Anastasia

Marie, Tatiana, and Olga (seated)

Nicholas, Alexis, and Tatiana, 1916

The Empress

Imprisoned at Tsarskoe Selo, 1917