Rare Last Photos Of The Romanovs

Visiting Soldiers

This photograph was taken sometime during the first World War. Often, the Romanov sisters would visit the soldiers, probably as an attempt to boost morale. During the war, the sisters even worked as nurses. One of the nurses that worked alongside Olga was named Valentina Chebotareva. In Valentina’s diary, she claimed that the love of Olga’s life was a wounded soldier she cared for named Dmitri Chakh-Bagov. Olga would allegedly be extremely excited when she would speak to him on the telephone or receive a letter from the hospital. Dmitri also allegedly adored Olga. He even apparently claimed to be willing to kill Rasputin for her if she wished.