[26] Biographer Patricia Phenix thought Olga may have accepted his proposal to gain independence from her own mother, the Dowager Empress, or to avoid marriage into a foreign court. The entire Romanov family in Crimea was condemned to death by the Yalta revolutionary council, but the executions were delayed by political rivalry between the Yalta and Sevastopol Soviets. Olga Kulikovsky's father, Nikolai Nikolaevich Pupynin was Although more attention is paid to the eighteen Romanovs who were horribly killed during the Russian Revolution, far more Romanovs and their spouses and children, their morganatic spouses and children, and other family members escaped Russia. based on information from your browser. [61] In November 1918, the German forces were informed that their nation had lost the war, and they evacuated homewards. Maria's siblings usually called her Marie or Mashka. Among these were members of her extended family, including first cousin once removed Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, in 1954,[107] and second cousin Louis Mountbatten, and his wife Edwina, in August 1959. . At the downfall of the Romanovs in the Russian Revolution of 1917, she fled with her husband and children to Crimea, where they lived under the threat of assassination. [30] After two weeks, they were evacuated to Belgrade in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. 9495. [13] Only the officiating priest, Olga's mother the Dowager Empress Marie, Olga's brother-in-law Grand Duke Alexander, two fellow nurses from the hospital in Kiev and four officers of the Akhtyrsky regiment, of which Olga was honorary colonel, attended. They were housed in a grace-and-favour apartment at Hampton Court Palace while arrangements were made for their journey to Canada as agricultural immigrants. Information gathered from articles at Unofficial Royalty: Tsardom of Russia/Russian Empire Index, Wikipedia, and the resources cited below. He became increasingly disabled by back pain, and died in 1958 aged 76. Failed to delete flower. At the end of his life he was sleeping on the sofa in the living room of the couple's Cooksville house, to avoid waking his wife. She was kind to her, and because of her kindness of heart, her opinions and motives have been misrepresented. Please try again later. Besides her numerous landscapes and flower pictures that reveal her inherent love for nature, she often also dwells on scenes from simple daily life executed with a sensitive eye for composition, expression and detail. [95], With the end of World War II, Soviet troops occupied the Danish island of Bornholm, and the Soviet Union wrote to the Danish government accusing Olga and a Danish Catholic bishop of conspiracy against the Soviet government. [33], Without a role or rank, Kulikovsky brooded in Denmark, becoming moody and listless. In February 1918, this group was split and the major members, including the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, were placed under detention at the Villa Dulber near Yalta. Father of Private or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. [66] After two weeks, they were evacuated to Belgrade in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes where she was visited by Prince Regent Alexander. Just ahead of revolutionary troops, they escaped to Novorossiysk and took refuge in the residence of the Danish consul, Thomas Schytte, who informed them of the Dowager Empress's safe arrival in Denmark. I could listen much better when I was drawing corn or wild flowers.[121]. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. [18] As a commoner, Kulikovsky was permitted more freedom of movement than the Romanovs, and was occasionally able to leave the estate in a pony-cart, which allowed him to run errands, obtain food, and seek news of the outside. Ex-husband of Agnete Carla Kulikovsky We were all apprehensive about the wisdom of her going, but only because we feared it would be used for propaganda purposes by the claimant's supporters. Olga spent her wedding night alone in tears, while her husband left for a gambling club, returning the next morning. Eventually, they settled permanently in Saint-Briac, France, in the mid-1920s. Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky* (1881 1958), Olgas second husband, Tikhon Nikolaevich Kulikovsky (1917 1993) Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna (1865 1927), born Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, widow of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich (a grandson of Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia), and mother of Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, and Prince Igor Konstantinovich who were all killed by the Bolsheviks in July 1918, Prince George Konstantinovich (1903 1938) Prince Vassily Alexandrovich (1907 1989), The Yusupov family in 1902: Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov (the younger), Prince Nicholas Felixovich Yusupov (died in 1908), Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov (the elder), and Princess Zinaida Yusupova, Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov (1856 1928), born Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, was granted special permission by Alexander III, Emperor of All Russia to use the title Prince Yusupov When economic and social conditions for Russian exiles failed to improve, General Pyotr Krasnov wrote to the Grand Duchess, detailing the wretched conditions affecting Russian immigrants in Denmark. Olga and Peter had separate bedrooms at opposite ends of the building, and the Grand Duchess had her own art studio. At Epiphany 1905, a band of revolutionaries fired live rounds at the Winter Palace from the Peter and Paul Fortress. [82][83] She told her official biographer, "I never received any such telegram. Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada. These Romanovs and family members managed to escape from Russia: Left to right: Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna, Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna, and Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich* (1876 1938), son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (son of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia) Oops, something didn't work. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? During the First World War, Olga served as an army nurse and was awarded a medal for personal gallantry. In late 1918, they escaped to the Caucasus where Leonid's father, Guri, was born in a Cossack village in April 1919. [26] In the Caucasus, Kulikovsky took a job working on a farm as he was unable to secure a military posting in the White Army because the commanding general, Anton Denikin, wished to avoid association with the Romanovs. In 1903, he was noticed by Grand Duchess Olga during a military review, and they became close friends. With the help of a White Army officer, they walked for three days, crossing the frozen Lake Ladoga, the largest lake entirely in Europe. The Kulikovskys were forced into exile, and he became a farmer and businessman in Denmark, where they lived until after World War II. This account has been disabled. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, Olga could not leave Russia until the Danish Embassy intervened. However, Michael and Natashas reunion did not last long. Tikhon Kulikovsky was born on 25 August 1917 at Ai-Todor, Crimea, Russia G. He was the son of Colonel Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kulikovsky and Olga Aleksandrovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia. Olga's father Prince Andrei was Tsar Nicholas II's eldest nephew. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. In April 1903, during a military parade at the Pavlovsk Palace, Grand Duchess Olga, the youngest sister of Nicholas and Michael, saw Kulikovsky and begged Michael to arrange the seating at a casual luncheon so she and Kulikovsky were adjacent. [4] There were 21 fatalities. Count Stefan Tyszkiewicz (1894 1976), Elenas husband, Grand Duke Peter Nicholaievich (1864 1931), son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (son of Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia) brother of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich above. He married Ruth Schwartz in October 1940. [47] Olga supported the appointment of the liberal Pyotr Stolypin as prime minister, and he embarked on a programme of gradual reform, but in 1911 he was assassinated. and Xenias daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter: Princess Irina Alexandrovna Yusupova (1895 1970), daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna [59] On 12 August 1917, her first child and son, Tikhon Nikolaevich was born during their virtual imprisonment. [76] Within a month she had made up her mind. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Tikhon married Livia Kulikovsky. [52] The farm was sold, and Kulikovsky, Olga, and Mimka, moved to a smaller 5-room house at 2130 Camilla Road, Cooksville, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto (now amalgamated into the city of Mississauga). Her estate was sold and Olga purchased Knudsminde, a farm in Ballerup about 15miles (24km) from Copenhagen, with her portion of the proceeds. Natasha was a commoner who had been divorced twice, and one of her former husbands was an officer in the same regiment as Kulikovsky. The Yugoslav Regent Alexander Karageorgevich, later to become King Alexander I, offered them a permanent home there, but Dowager Empress Marie summoned her daughter to Denmark. Through the German-controlled Ukrainian consulate, Natalia and Tata, her 15-year-old daughter from her first marriage, were provided with false passports. . Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich* (1866 1933), son of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich (son of Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia), husband of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Alexander III, Emperor of All Russia and sister of Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia. They were housed in a grace and favour apartment at Hampton Court Palace while arrangements were made for their journey to Canada as agricultural immigrants. Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich (1861 - 1929), son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich (son of Nicholas I, Emperor of All Russia), Michael was living in exile in London, England because of his morganatic marriage to Countess Sophie von Merenberg, later Countess de Torby. In a rented five-room farmhouse there, Olga gave birth to her second son, Guri Nikolaevich, on 23 April 1919. [27] The couple initially lived with her in-laws Alexander Petrovich and Eugnie Maximilianovna of Oldenburg. [16], During the war, internal tensions and economic deprivation in Russia continued to mount and revolutionary sympathies grew. [60] The Grand Duchess died two years later, and was interred next to her husband in York Cemetery, Toronto.[61]. Family members linked to this person will appear here. On 29 October, their return train approached the small town of Borki at speed. Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna and her husband Prince Sergei Mikhailovich Puliatin left Petrograd by train for the German-held south in July 1918. Helen served as a nurse during World War I and then joined her husband in the Urals but she was arrested and was imprisoned in Perm and later Moscow. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Tikhon Kulikovsky (1917-xxxx ) 71265 People 1 Record 2 Sources: Livia Sebestyn found in 201 trees View all. Drag images here or select from your computer for Capt Tihon Nickolaevich Romanoff Kulikovsky memorial. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. [58] They lived at Alexander's estate, Ay-Todor, about 12miles (19km) from Yalta, where they were placed under house arrest by the local forces. Crawford and Crawford, p. 52; Phenix, p. 73; Vorres, pp. Grand Duke Michael, the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II, was the regiment's honorary colonel. [23] At the age of 19, on 9 August[O.S. Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovnas family: Left to Right: Guri Nikolaevich Kulikovsky, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, Tikhon Nikolaevich Kulikovsky, and Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna* (1882 1960), daughter of Alexander III, Emperor of All Russia, sister of Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia who was killed along with his family by the Bolsheviks in 1918, sister of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich who was killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna, Gavrils mother, his two youngest siblings, and the two children of his killed brother Prince Ioann Konstantinovich also escaped. [22] Eventually, in July 1918, after being transferred to Yekaterinburg, Nicholas and his family were killed by their Bolshevik guards. ; Credit Wikipedia. [36] Although Olga felt sympathy for Anderson, if only because she was ill, she eventually denounced her as an impostor. After the celebration the newlyweds left for the Oldenburg palace on the Field of Mars. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. [57], During the war, internal tensions and economic deprivation in Russia continued to mount and revolutionary sympathies grew. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Olga was born on June 13 1882, in Petrodvorets, St Petersburg, Russia. Princess Natalia Bagration of Mukhrani (1914 1984). On June 13, 1918, Michael and his secretary were taken to the woods near Perm and shot. [35] Nevertheless, Oldenburg appointed Kulikovsky as an aide-de-camp, and allowed him to live in the same residence as Oldenburg and the Grand Duchess on Sergievskaya Street. Later in 1919, after her husbands execution had been confirmed, Olga, accompanied by her two daughters, fled Russia, hoping that her son Vladimir was still alive. After a brief stay in the Amalienborg Palace, the Kulikovskys moved to Holte, near Klampenborg,[35] where a Danish millionaire, Gorm Rasmussen, engaged Kulikovsky to manage his stables. Prince Nikita Alexandrovich (1900 1974) But Mrs. Anderson's manner would have put anyone off. She is the daughter of Tikhon Kulikovsky and Livia Sebesteyn. This is a great lie! Brother of Guri Nikolaevich Kulikovsky. [10] But Olga, her father, and the youngest of her brothers, Michael, had a close relationship. ": Sworn testimony of Grand Duchess Olga, Staatsarchiv Hamburg, File 1991 74 0 297/57 Volume 7, pp. Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Yurievskaya (1878 1959), daughter of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia and his morganatic second wife Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, Princess Yurievskaya. When other Romanovs were leaving Russia, including her son Kirill and his family, Maria Pavlovna spent 1917 1918 with her son Boris, her son Andrei, and his mistress Mathilde Feliksovna Kschessinskaya along with her Mathildes son Vladimir in the war-torn Caucasus. [29] (The palace, a gift from Tsar Nicholas II to his sister, now houses the Saint Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry.) [43] With the end of the war, Soviet troops occupied the easternmost part of Denmark, and Olga grew fearful of an assassination or kidnap attempt. Son of Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsk and Olga Aleksandrovna Romanov, Grand Duchess of Russia [38], From 1904 to 1906 Duke Peter had an appointment to a military post in Tsarskoye Selo, a complex of palaces just south of Saint Petersburg. When Tihon Nikolaievich Kulikovski was born on 25 August 1917, in Crimea, Russia, his father, Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky, was 35 and his mother, Grand Duchess Olga Aleksandrovna Romanova of Russia, was 35. The Bolsheviks had installed light projectors around the lake which they used to find people attempting to escape. Princess Ekaterina Ioannovna (1915 2007), Princess Ekaterina Ioannovna and Prince Vsevolod Ioannovich with their great grandfather King Nicholas I of Montenegro. Olga was raised at the Gatchina Palace outside Saint Petersburg. Tikhon Nikolaevich (1917-1993) Guri Nikolaevich (1919-1984) Where is Grand Duchess Olga buried? Even though the Russian Civil War was raging, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna held out hope that her own eldest son Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich would one day be Emperor of All Russia. He left Russia with his son Andrei and Andreis wife on the British ship HMS Forsythe in December 1918 to attend the Paris Peace Conference as the representative of the Romanov family, seeking support in western Europe for the White Army. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: ; 13 June[O.S. [92] Other Russian migrs, keen to fight against the Soviets, enlisted in the German forces. English Following the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917, Kirill and his family left Russia. Of the visit Olga later said: My beloved Anastasia was fifteen when I saw her for the last time in the summer of 1916. [40] From 1906 to 1914, Olga took her nieces to parties and engagements in Saint Petersburg, without their parents, every weekend throughout the winter. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. once my father showed me a very old album full of most exciting pen and ink sketches of an imaginary city called Mopsopolis, inhabited by Mopses [pug dogs]. From there they moved to Austrian occupied Odessa and at the invitation of Queen Marie of Romania traveled to Romania in November 1918. Guri Nikolaevich Kulikovsky-Romanoff (1919-xxxx ) 364 People 5 Records 11 Sources: [73] Nevertheless, Olga remained sympathetic towards Anderson, perhaps because she thought that she was ill rather than deliberately deceitful. She met Anna Anderson, the best-known impostor, in Berlin in 1925. and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevichs wife: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaievna (1868 1935), born Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, wife of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, sister of Grand Duchess Militza Nicholaievna below. Countess Natalia Sergeievna Brasova* (1880 1952), morganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich who was killed by the Bolsheviks in June 1918 (son of Alexander III, Emperor of All Russia and brother of Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia) After going through several periods of house arrests, Michael was arrested on March 7, 1918, along with his British secretary Nicholas Johnson, and imprisoned at the Bolshevik headquarters in St. Petersburg. Letter from Olga to Colonel Anatoly Mordvinov, 4 December 1925, "I can swear to God that I did not receive before or during my visit to Berlin, either a telegram or a letter from my sister Xenia advising that I should not acknowledge the stranger. Toggle navigation Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. They lived with the Dowager Empress, at first at the Amalienborg Palace and then at the royal estate of Hvidre, where Olga acted as her mother's secretary and companion. Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna (1909 1967). We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. After his death his son, Nicholas became Tsar. Ekaterina had left Russia shortly after the assassination of her husband Alexander II in 1888, Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya, Countess von Merenberg, Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya, Countess von Merenberg (1874 1925), daughter of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia and his morganatic second wife Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, Princess Yurievskaya, Olga was the wife of Count Georg Nikolaus von Merenberg and was living in Prussia, now part of Germany. Learn more about merges. At the time of the abdication of Nicholas II, these Romanov morganatic wives and children from morganatic marriages were living in other countries: Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, Princess Yurievskaya, Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgorukova, Princess Yurievskaya* (1847 1922), morganatic second wife and widow of Alexander II, Emperor of All Russia, was living in France. Together, the three frequently went on hikes in the Gatchina forests, where the Tsar taught Olga and Michael woodsmanship. [35] The farm-estate became a center for the Russian monarchist and anti-Bolshevik community in Denmark. Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby* (1896 1963), married George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, Nadejda was an aunt by marriage of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh [4] The Grand Duchess was already married to Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg, who was covertly believed by his friends and family to be homosexual. "[31] At the hospital she learned basic medical treatment and proper care from the local doctor. [47] On 2June 1948, Kulikovsky, Olga, Tikhon and his Danish-born wife Agnete, Guri and his Danish-born wife Ruth, Guri and Ruth's two children, Xenia and Leonid, and Olga's companion and former maid Emilia Tenso ("Mimka") departed Liverpool on board the Empress of Canada. Geni requires JavaScript! 155156; Zeepvat, p. 152, Mr. J. S. P. 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[88] Olga maintained a high level of correspondence with the Russian migr community and former members of the imperial army. They traveled through Kyiv and Odessa, and finally into Romania at the invitation of Queen Marie of Romania in 1919. Immersed in work as he was, he always spared that daily half-hour. He died when she was 12, and her brother Nicholas became emperor. Failed to delete memorial. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [123] According to her daughter-in-law, Olga preferred to exhibit in Denmark to avoid the commercialism of the North American market. Guri passed away in 1984, at age 65. The woman keeps away from the one relative who would have been the first to recognize her, understand her desperate plight, and sympathize with her. [52] Kulikovsky volunteered for service with the Hussars, who were stationed on the frontlines in Southwestern Russia. In search of safety, the Dowager Empress, Grand Duke Alexander, and Grand Duchess Olga travelled to Crimea by special train, where they were joined by Olga's sister (Alexander's wife) Grand Duchess Xenia. [31] The Grand Duchess complied, and the family arrived in Copenhagen on Good Friday 1920. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. [42] As Olga grew close to her brother's family, her relationship with her other surviving brother, Michael, deteriorated. Between March 1913 and July 1918, eight members of her family were murdered: . In July 1918, Gavril was imprisoned in Petrograd (St. Petersburg). This article is the intellectual property of Unofficial Royalty and is NOT TO BE COPIED, EDITED, OR POSTED IN ANY FORM ON ANOTHER WEBSITE under any circumstances.