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[romanovsmurdermystery]

On the photograph: Nicolas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarskoe Selo, summer 1917

[...] In June and July 1917,  Alexandra Feodorovna made several more appearances, all recorded in her husband’s diary and not a word in hers – on the 2nd of June: ‘In the afternoon, Alix was present during our working at yesterday's place’;  on the 14th of June: ‘In the morning I walked with all the children in the park. The weather was great. At 12 o'clock went to the prayer service. In the afternoon, Alix came out with us’; On the 21st of June: ‘During the working in the park, Alix was present in her chair’; and finally, the 23rd of July: ‘During the day we worked on a narrow path, cut down and sawed two spruce trees. Alix was sitting there in the forest.’

From the above it appears that the activities of Nicolas II and others outside did not interest Alexandra Feodorovna much. At least, she did not wish to be directly associated with them. It seems that her intentional withdrawal manifested the dislike and disagreement with her changed status, - she was not the wife of the Emperor anymore, but the wife of the abdicated Emperor who was under home arrest and to add to this was doing the activities of a simple ‘peasant’. Hence, her resistance. [...] - Seraphima Bogomolova

Read more in Part One: 'Like Kings and Queens, Like Princes and Princesses'

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[soulirisaimedia]

Luke Edward Allen, one of the main characters of the book 'Puzzled', at the market in Nice, Cote D'Azure, choosing mandarines - an image created by Dalle3 based on the text of the book 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova

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[seraphimanickolaevnabogomolova]

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[seraphima-bogomolova-blog]

Pine Trees

Crossing the clearing, she enters the pine forest. The snow-laden branches of the evergreen trees extend their paws to her. She shakes them. The white 'capes' slipping off reveal the green bunches of their needles. 

'A Tricky Game' book by Seraphima Bogomolova

#atrickygame #book #seraphima bogomolova #pine trees #forest

[romanovsmurdermystery]

On the photographs: on the left - Alexandra Feodorovna wearing Crown jewels; on the right - a list of the personal jewels given by Alexandra Feodorovna in June 1917 to the Vault Department of the Cabinet, in Saint Petersburg.

Translation of the list presented on the photograph:

A list of jewels belonging to the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 1917. On the top of the list a text written in the handwriting of Marshal P.K. Benckendorff: ‘The list given to me by the Chamberlain Zannotti in June 1917 in Tsarskoe Selo. P. Be[nckendorff]. These items had been passed to the Vault Department of the Cabinet. Receipts at M.F. Geringer, B.’

Her Majesty’s Personal Jewellery in the box N 2

Sapphire and diamond necklace

Sapphire and diamond diadem

Sapphire and diamond bracelet

Big sapphire and diamond brooch

Big brooch with faceted sapphires

Big diamond brooch with a pendant – a big sapphire cabochon

Ruby and diamond necklace

Ruby and diamond broch

Big diamond brooch in the form of a rose

Emerald and diamond necklace

Emerald and diamond diadem

Emerald and diamond brooches (3)

Emerald and diamond big brooch

Emerald and diamond bracelet

Two diamond brooches

Pearl and diamond necklace

Separate

A fan with sapphires, rubies, and diamonds

A fan with the diamond coat of arms

A fan with an arrow made of diamonds

A fan of feathers with diamonds

Separate

A box with the jewels given by Emir of Bukhara

translated by Seraphima Bogomolova

The above information presented in support of the article: Part One: 'Like Kings and Queens, Like Princes and Princesses'

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[romanovsmurdermystery]

On the photograph: on the left - Alix of Hesse in the ball gown; on the right and below - the shell pink and white silk brocade with the sleeves of shiffon ball gown made in 1894.

The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, holds this charming ball gown from 1894. It was owned and worn by the then Princess Alix of Hesse soon to become the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife to Nicholas II.

The gown was made in Frankfurt, Germany, though the maker’s name is lost to time.

In the two accompanying photographs Princess Alix is shown wearing the dress with a cummerbund style belt which has not survived with the gown.

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[romanovsmurdermystery]

On the photographs: top - Alexandra Feodorovna in her wheel chair outside in the vegetable garden, embroidering, Tsarskoe Selo, April 1917; bottom: Nicolas II with his 'team' working in the vegetable garden in Tsarskoe Selo, spring 1917

'The ‘absence’ of Alexandra Feodorovna

One of the striking observations I made while studying the photographs of the Family for the period of March-July 1917 was the obvious and clear absence of Alexandra Feodorovna on them. Those couple of photographs where she did appear picture her motionless, a sort of frozen. She was not only absent from the photographs and took very little part in the outside activities but she also was absent from her own diary. In the period of March-July 1917, she made just a handful of diary entries on the following dates:

March 1917, Tsarskoe Selo

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 27

April 1917, Tsarskoe Selo

1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 23, 29, 30

May 1917, Tsarskoe Selo

6, 25, 26

June 1917, Tsarskoe Selo

3, 9, 10, 20

July 1917, Tsarskoe Selo

11, 13, 25, 29, 30, 31

The first time Alexandra Feodorovna made an appearance in ‘public’, e.g. went outside and sat in the garden was on the 11 of April. This occasion found a reflection in the diary entry of Nicolas II: ‘In the afternoon, Alix finally went for a walk with us. Nagorny pushed her in a wheel chair. She watched us work with the ice.’ In her own dairy, Alexandra Feodorovna described her appearance as follows: ‘In my wheel chair [was] in the garden with the others who were working with ice.’ [...] - Seraphima Bogomolova

Read more in Part One: 'Like Kings and Queens, Like Princes and Princesses'

#investigation #research #romanovs #nicolas ii #seraphima bogomolova #evidence #murder mystery #photographs #alexandrovsky palace #tsarskoe selo #spring 1917 #Alexandra Feodorovna #vegetable garden #gardening #diaries

[romanovsmurdermystery]

On the photograph from the left to right: the Grand Duchesses Olga Nikolaevna, Tatyana Nikolaevna, Maria Nikolaevna, and Anastasia Nikolaevna. On their right wrists the gold non-removable bracelets are visible. Livadia Palace, 1916

[...] 'However, even though the amount of jewellery on the four daughters was minimal there were some pieces present and are quite visible on each photograph. These pieces are: the gold non-removable bracelets, and three watches – worn by Olga Nikolaevna, Tatyana Nikolaevna, and Anastasia Nikolaevna. The gold non-removable bracelets were worn by the daughters on their right wrists. They are not only visible on the photographs of the Tsarskoe Selo period but also on earlier ones.

The information about the gold bracelets can be found in the diary of Alexandra Feodorovna dated 4 July 1918 (new style date): ‘and a bracelet per child which we had given them as presents.’ As per the same dairy entry, Alexandra Feodorovna herself had two similar bracelets: ‘they only left me the two bracelets from uncle Leo, which are non-removable’. ‘They’ in the last quote refers to the commandant of the Ipatievsky house, Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky (7 June 1878 - 2 August 1938), and his assistant Georgi Petrovich Nikulin (27 December 1894 – 22 September 1965).

In his notes, Yurovsky gives more details about the bracelets in question: ‘Alexandra Feodorovna, however, expressed her displeasure when I was going to remove a gold bracelet from her hand; it was locked and it was not possible to remove it without a special tool. She proclaimed that she had been wearing the bracelet for 20 years and now it was being attempted to be removed. Taking into consideration that similar bracelets were worn by her daughters and that they were not of particular value, I decided to leave them.’ (Notes by Yurovsky Y.M. P.109, 1934)' - Seraphima Bogomolova

Read more in Part One: 'Like Kings and Queens, Like Princes and Princesses'

On the photographs: on the left - Georgi Petrovich Nikulin (27 December 1894 – 22 September 1965), the assistant to commandant of the Ipatievsky house; on the right - Yakov Mikhailovich Yurovsky (7 June 1878 - 2 August 1938), the commandant of the Ipatievsky house.

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[soulirisaimedia]

Yacht of Mohammed Al Murshidi - 'Boreas' - in the bay of Saint Tropez - an image created by Dalle3 based on the text of the book 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova.

#ai #generative ai #screenplays #souliris #screenplaypuzzled #seraphima bogomolova #text to image #artificial intelligence #dalle3 #yacht #bay #Saint Tropez #books #book Puzzled

[soulirisaimedia]

Lina Brig - one of the main characters of the screenplay 'Puzzled' - in her living room reading a book - an AI generated image based on the text of a screenplay 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova.

#ai #screenplays #generative ai #souliris #screenplaypuzzled #seraphima bogomolova #text to image #ai art #bing #artificial intelligence #Christmas #Christmas tree #book #characters #Lina Brig #Dalle3 #fireplace #London

[soulirisaimedia]

Luke Edward Allen and Monsieur Moreau - characters of the screenplay 'Puzzled' - talking in the library in the mansion in Monaco - an AI generated image based on the text of a screenplay 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova.

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[soulirisaimedia]

Luke Edward Allen - one of the main characters of the screenplay 'Puzzled' - walking the streets of Monaco - an AI generated image based on the text of a screenplay 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova.

#ai #screenplays #generative ai #souliris #screenplaypuzzled #seraphima bogomolova #text to image #ai art #bing #artificial intelligence #Luke Edward Allen #characters #walks #Dalle3 #Monaco

[soulirisaimedia]

Nicolas, a friend of Lina Brig, - one of the main characters of the screenplay 'Puzzled' - is examining his present, received from Lina - an AI generated image based on the text of a screenplay 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova.

#ai #screenplays #bing #generative ai #souliris #screenplaypuzzled #seraphima bogomolova #text to image #ai art #artificial intelligence #presents #Christmas #characters #Nicolas #dalle3

[soulirisaimedia]

Luke Edward Allen, one of the main characters of the book "Puzzled', at the bar of the Swiss Hotel in Nice, Cote D'Azure - an image created by Dalle3 based on the text of the book 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova

#ai #generative ai #screenplays #souliris #screenplaypuzzled #seraphima bogomolova #text to image #artificial intelligence #Dalle3 #characters #Luke Edward Allen #Swiss Hotel #books #book Puzzled

[soulirisaimedia]

A motion video - Luke Edward Allen, one of the main characters of the book "Puzzled', at the reception of the Swiss Hotel in Nice, cote D'Azure - the motion video generated by Gen2 using an image created by Dalle3 based on the text of the book 'Puzzled' by Seraphima Bogomolova

#ai #generative ai #screenplays #souliris #screenplaypuzzled #seraphima bogomolova #text to image #artificial intelligence #ai art #Dalle3 #gen2 #characters #Luke Edward Allen #Nice #swiss hotel #books #book Puzzled #Cote D'Azure