ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA

fēôˌdərŏvˈnə, Rus. fyôˈdərəvnə, 1872–1918, last Russian czarina, consort of Nicholas II; she was a Hessian princess and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Neurotic and superstitious, she was easily dominated by Rasputin, who seemingly was able to check the hemophilia of her son. During World War I, when Nicholas took command (Sept., 1915) of the forces at the front, Alexandra Feodorovna assumed control in St. Petersburg and prevailed upon her husband to replace independent and liberal ministers with those favored by Rasputin. Her great unpopularity was increased by widespread suspicions that she was pro-German. With her husband and children, she was shot by the Bolsheviks.

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books on: Alexandra Feodorovna  - 61 results

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The Fate of the Romanovs
Book by Greg King, Penny Wilson; Wiley, 2003
Subjects: Nicholas--Ii--Emperor Of Russia--1868-1918--Assassination, Nicholas--Ii--Emperor Of Russia--1868-1918--Family, Russia--History--Nicholas Ii, 1894-1917
...Near his bed was a chair in which Alexandra Feodorovna sat. She had on a loose dress of dark...see any jeweled ornaments on either Alexandra Feodorovna or on her daughters. Alexandra Feodorovna attracted attention with her great height...
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An Illistrated History of Russia
Book by Joel Carmichael; Reynal, 1960
...ALEMBERT, JEAN D: 112 , 114 ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA, wife of Nicholas I: 153 , 154 , 155 , 188 ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA, wife of Nicholas II: 216...OF HESSE-DARMSTADT, see Alexandra Feodorovna ALTENBURG: 171 ANGELICO...
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The Catastrophe: Kerensky's Own Story of the Russian Revolution
Book by Alexander F. Kerensky; D. Appleton, 1927
Subjects: Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921
...to an interview I had with Alexandra Feodorovna. Old Madame Naryshkina...conversation in Russian, which Alexandra Feodorovna spoke hesitatingly and with...succeeded in understanding Alexandra Feodorovna or in discovering what her...
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Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time
Book by Joseph Frank, Mary Petrusewicz; Princeton University Press, 2010
Subjects: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor--1821-1881, Novelists, Russian--19th Century--Biography, Russia--Intellectual Life--1801-1917
...sister of Dostoevskys mother, Alexandra Feodorovna, had married into a merchant...person. Like her husband, Marya Feodorovna had assimilated a good bit of...landed gentry. It was Marya Feodorovna, however, who went to the country...
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Letters from the Governor's Wife: A View of Russian Alaska, 1859-1862
Book by Annie Constance Christensen; Aarhus University Press, 2005
Subjects: Alaska--Social Life And Customs--19th Century, Furuhjelm, Anna--1836-1894--Correspondence, Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus--1821-1909, Governors' Spouses--Alaska--Correspondence, Russians--Alaska--Biography, Russians--Alaska--Social Life And Customs--19th Century, Sitka (Alaska)--Biography, Von Schoultz, Ann Cordelia--1813-1862--Correspondence
...21, 4a, 82, a54, 255 Alexandra (1844-1925), queen consort...Great Britain and Ireland ao4 Alexandra Feodorovna, see Alix Alftan, captain...II of Russia and known as Alexandra Feodorovna 11 Amanda, a servant of Annas...
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journal articles on: Alexandra Feodorovna  - 1 result

 
 
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The Dark Forces: Popular Analogies in Russian Politics
Journal article by Alexander Zaslavsky; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 9, 2001
Subjects: Comparative studies, History, Politics, Royalty, Russia
...such as his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Lenin viewed this unofficial...Certainly not the Empress. ... Alexandra Feodorovna is too impulsive, wrong...confessor, and first met Alexandra Feodorovna in summer 1907. Having persuaded...


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magazine articles on: Alexandra Feodorovna  - 3 results

 
 
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The Murders at Ekaterinburg: July 17th 1918
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 58, July 2008
Subjects: Murder--History, Royalty--Crimes against
...Besides the tsar himself there were the tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna (a German grand-daughter of Queen Victoria) and...fire that some of them were wounded in it. Tsarina Alexandra, Olga, Tatiana and Marie all fell dead, as did...
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The Meaningless Artistry of Carl Faberge
Magazine article by Muriel Julius; Contemporary Review, Vol. 264, March 1994
Subjects: Artists, French--Works, Faberge, Carl--Works, Russia--Art
...Egg each Easter morning to his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna and one to his mother, the Dowager Empress. This...coach used in 1896 at the coronation of Nicholas and Alexandra, it is in gold and red enamels, perfectly articulated...
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English Flowermaidens (And Other Transplants) at Bayreuth
Magazine article by David Cormack; Musical Times, Vol. 150, Winter 2009
Subjects: Transplants & implants
...the Grand Duchess Xema and Princess Irene, Princess Harald and Prince Erik of Denmark, visited Queen Alexandra and the Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia to-day and remained to luncheon. Miss Caroline Pringle had the honour of singing before...


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Precious Toys for Kings and Queens
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 28, 2011
...their British counterparts. Maria Feodorovna, the penultimate Russian empress, was a sister of Britains Queen Alexandra, and family gifts soon made the...became king, he and his wife, Queen Alexandra, were such good customers - and...
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All at Sea with Russia's Runaway Royals
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 7, 2011
...the voyage were first and foremost the dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, mother of the Tsar. She was an awkward customer for two...But this time he had no choice. His Danish mother, Queen Alexandra, was the Empress Maries sister. She wanted her rescued without...
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Your Very Own Crown Jewels; TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S 80TH BIRTHDAY, THE DAILY MAIL IS GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO OWN THIS EXQUISITE RANGE OF JEWELLERY INSPIRED BY ITEMS FROM THE QUEEN'S OWN COLLECTION. HERE ANNE DE COURCY TELLS THE FASCINATING STORY BEHIND THEM
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 22, 2006
Subjects: Jewelry--Social aspects
...Mary, who had bought it on the death of the Empress Marie Feodorovna, mother of the last Tsar of Russia. The jewel collection...1858 from 506 diamonds supplied by Queen Victoria. Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary wore all three together but, in our more streamlined...


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encyclopedia articles on: Alexandra Feodorovna  - 7 results

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Alexandra Feodorovna
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA feo d rov n , Rus. fyo d r vn , 1872 1918, last Russian czarina...Nicholas took command (Sept., 1915) of the forces at the front, Alexandra Feodorovna assumed control in St. Petersburg and prevailed upon her husband...
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Maria Feodorovna
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARIA FEODOROVNA mare a fyo d r vn , 1847 1928, czarina of Russia, consort of Alexander...was the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark and the sister of Queen Alexandra of Great Britain. She devoted herself to philanthropic and educational...
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Nicholas II , Czar of Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...son of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna . Road to Revolution Nicholas...married Princess Alix of Hesse ( Alexandra Feodorovna ). Soon after his accession...were filled by the sycophants of Alexandra, who was completely dominated...
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Russian Revolution
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...population created a revolutionary climate by the end of 1916. The sinister influence of Rasputin over Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna , whom Nicholas had left in charge of the government when he took personal command of the armed forces in 1915...
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Romanov
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...III (1881 94), and Nicholas II (1894 1917). The marriage of Nicholas II to Princess Alix of Hesse (Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna ) brought hemophilia into the family; their son, Czarevich Alexis (1904 18), was afflicted with the disease...
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