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Title: Kseniia Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia papers,
Date (inclusive): 1865-1960
Collection number: 80011
Creator:
Kseniia Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia
Extent:
16 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 cubic foot box, 1 envelope
(7.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, printed matter, and photographs, relating to events in Russia before, during, and after the Russian
Revolution, and to Russian Imperial family matters. Includes letters of Nicholas II and his mother, Mariia Feodorovna.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Russian
and French.
Boxes 14-18 are open for research.
Boxes 1-11 and Envelope A may not be used without written permission of depositors.
Boxes 12-13 are closed. Use copies available in Boxes 1-11.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Kseniia Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired in 1980. Increment of additional materials acquired in 2002.
Also available on microfilm (13 reels).
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
| 1875, March 25/April 7 | Born to Mariia Feodorovna Princess Dagmara of Denmark and Alexander III, Emperor of Russia |
| 1894, April 1/14 | Married Aleksandr Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia (Sandro) |
| 1895, July 3/16 | Gave birth to Irina Aleksandrovna, Princess of Russia |
| 1897, January 12/25 | Gave birth to Andrei Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia |
| 1898, December 11/24 | Gave birth to Fedor Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia |
| 1900, January 4/17 | Gave birth to Nikita Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia |
| 1901, August 2/15 | Gave birth to Dimitrii Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia |
| 1902, November 11/24 | Gave birth to Rostislav Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia |
| 1907, June 24/July 7 | Gave birth to Vasilii Aleksandrovich, Prince of Russia |
| 1917 March 25 | Traveled with her children to Ai-Todor, the estate in the Crimea that belonged to her husband Aleksandr Mikhailovich (the latter, Kseniia's mother Mariia Feodorovna, and her sister Olga with her husband had left for Ai-Todor on the 23rd). They were kept there under house arrest |
| 1918 February | Transferred, along with the family members mentioned above as well as her son-in-law Felix Yusupov and her granddaughter, to Dulber, the fortress-like estate also in the Crimea belonging to Grand Duke Petr Nikolaevich. (The latter and his brother, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, their wives, and Peter's children, had gone to Duil'ber after the fall of the monarchy.) |
| 1919 April | Sailed from Yalta (along with several members of her family, her mother Mariia Feodorovna, and other relatives) on the HMS Marlborough, sent by her cousin George V, King of England (the Allied fleet had arrived in the Crimea at the end of 1918) |
| 1919 May | Arrived in England |
| 1919-1928 | Made frequent visits to her mother in Denmark, until the death of Mariia Feodorovna in 1928 |
| 1919-1936 | Lived in Frogmore Cottage, Windsor Palace |
| 1936-1960 | Lived in Wilderness House, Hampton Court, again as a guest of the British royal family |
| 1960 | Died |
The papers of Kseniia Aleksandrovna were deposited in the Hoover Institution by her family in 1980, under the supervision
of her son the late Vasili Romanoff, who served as honorary curator of the Hoover Institution Archives Imperial Russian Collection.
Of particular interest are her diaries, covering the period from January 1916 to March 1919, the day before she left the Crimea
for England. Also significant is the correspondence between her and her brother, Emperor Nicholas II, and between him and
their mother, Empress Mariia Feodorovna. Those original diaries and letters, in Boxes 12-13, may be viewed under supervision
only, but use copies are available in Boxes 6-8.
Other diaries of note are those of Mariia Feodorovna (in Box 9) and of Kseniia's brother, Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich
(in Box 11), as well as a diary presumed to have been kept for the crown prince Aleksei by his French and English tutors (in
Box 8).
The bulk of the collection relates to Mariia Feodorovna, consisting of extensive correspondence with her daughter Kseniia
(Boxes 1-6) and with others (Boxes 8-9), and of condolence letters upon her death in 1928 (Boxes 9-10).
The increment consists mainly of correspondence with family members in the United States and Europe, and various royal figures
from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Correspondence includes handwritten
(mostly unidentified) letters on political, social, religious, educational, and economic conditions in Russia. The increment
also contains a number of remarkable prints depicting members of the royal family.
Written permission from one of the depositors should be secured before use of Boxes 1-11 and Envelope A. Incremental materials,
boxes 14-18 are open for use.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Romanov, House of.
Russia.
Russia--Court and courtiers.
Russia--History--Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
Soviet Union.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.
Mariia Feodorovna, Empress, consort of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1847-1928.