Language Lesson

Did you know? The Romanov family’s language was not Russian.

Tsar Nicholas spoke Russian, but no one else in his immediate family did. Alexandra was German. As a family, they spoke English.

Many primary historical documents about the Romanovs are accessible to the English speaker/reader (without a Russian translator) because Nicholas and Alexandra wrote in English.

Left to right: Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Maria, Nicholas II, Alexandra, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Tsarevich Alexei, Grand Duc...