ESCAPE to Canada | Sister of the Tsar

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• LU

  @luciaroslingshaw2112 · 2 days ago

  This was well done. I found her life meaningful, and fortunate that she and her family survived.

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• SN

  @Snake-ms7sj · 2 weeks ago

  I just read the book "Olga the last grand duchess" by Patricia Phenix just last week. Olga was an exceptional woman. She was a very good artist also. I plan to visit her grave in Toronto.

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• BO

  @boudivv · 5 hours ago

  What a wonderful person she was.

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• JA

  @janewier414 · 2 weeks ago

  Please, please come out with more videos. I’ve been fascinated by theRomanovs  for a really long time.

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• HE

  @hermaggiesty · 5 hours ago

  Great documentary. I knew that Olga came to Toronto but did not know anything about her story. I had heard that she wished to be a private person and that the Canadian Government gave her security in her later years.

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• LA

  @laurabancos9214 · 1 day ago (edited)

  The fact that they wrote in English is interesting, given that the Russian nobility and the Imperial court largely spoke French — a legacy of the Napoleonic era and its cultural influence. Olga resembled her father but had the narrow face of her mother, and the Romanovs were widely regarded as an exceptionally handsome family. It may sound extravagant, but diamonds truly were abundant in Russia (still are), mined extensively from the Ural Mountains.<br><br>As for the assassination of the Imperial family at the Ipatiev House in Ekaterinburg, the reality is far darker than the simplified version often repeated today. In my view, the pressures and instructions behind the decision came from powerful banking interests in England and Germany, which also explains why the British government ultimately refused to grant the Romanovs asylum. The Bolshevik Revolution was not, in practice, a purely proletarian uprising. While some opposed the Tsar, much of the population — especially in rural areas — remained loyal to Nicholas II, who was modernizing Russia, though not at the pace certain banksters (we know who they are) desired.<br><br>Nicholas trusted his British cousin deeply. When the German Kaiser sought permission to move troops through Russia, so a railway could be built toward Iraq, Nicholas hesitated and consulted his cousin, who strongly advised him against it, fearing it would give Germany a strategic advantage over Britain - rivals at that time, with Germany outpacing England. &nbsp;From that moment, events began to unravel rapidly.<br><br>A superb analysis of these dynamics appears in Niall Ferguson’s The Pity of War: Explaining World War I, a rigorous historical study that explores the motivations and decisions that shaped the conflict. The second Bolshevik Revolution, in many ways, was a direct consequence of that war.<br><br>To this day, I find King George’s behavior toward his Russian cousins deeply troubling. Yet this did not stop Queen Mary — an avid collector of jewels — from acquiring extraordinary pieces from displaced Russian nobility at a fraction of their value, often in exchange for modest accommodations. In fact, many of the most magnificent jewels in the British royal collection today are of Russian origin. &nbsp;Some Russian nobles protested, but queen Mary told them to either do it or leave England, for what it would have been a sure death. &nbsp;The current war in Ukraine is a big element of the wrong seeds that were sow - Kiev used to be the capital of old Russia, and many Romanovs were born in Kiev, vacationing in Crimea.

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• JO

  @joannelowe1623 · 7 days ago (edited)

  Olga and Xenia looked so much like their father. Such a terribly sad story of survival. &nbsp;One of historys greatest what ifs. No Great War, no Revolution, no Lenin, a stronger Nicky......sigh. I have always loved the Romanovs &nbsp; Thank you &nbsp;🇦🇺

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• KA

  @karenpassolano310 · 3 days ago

  I never understood why the other Royals in Europe, especially England, didn&apos;t help the Romanovs escape. &nbsp;They were all close family since Victoria&apos;s children and grandchildren were installed in practically every Royal Court.

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• GA

  @GabrielaRoqueCastro · 11 days ago (edited)

  Interestingly it seems that Tsar Nicholas&apos;s mother and younger sisters Olga and Xenia along with several other Romanov relatives were much luckier in escaping Russia than Tsar Nicholas II himself and his brother Mikhail Alexandrovich. I&apos;d love to hear about Tsar Nicholas II&apos;s other sister Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna since listening to Olga&apos;s story was interesting and fascinating for me to hear about

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• MI

  @mikailbumpus692 · 2 weeks ago

  Thank you for Sharing this Incredibly Touching and Enduring Story and Tribute to Her Royal Highness Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. This Really moved me, &nbsp;and throughout it, <br>I had several tearful moments. I Love Olga&apos;s Story the most, &nbsp;of any of The Survival Stories of The Royal Romanovs. I&apos;m in Minnesota, and Ive visited Canada since it&apos;s not far away. And I Plan on Visiting Grand Duchess Olga&apos;s Memorial Someday and visiting where She once Lived there. &nbsp;❤️☦️

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• RU

  @rubyvuk3986 · 10 days ago (edited)

  What an interesting story.Never understood why English royals didn&apos;t help car and family to escape from Russia.

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• DU

  @dubbelhenke854 · 6 days ago

  I have Ian Vorres famous book of Grand Duchess Olga. Deeply moving....

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