Archive of the Great Duchess Kseniya Alexandrovna
from 12 July 2013 to 4 August 2013
Diary notes of the 1917-1919s and photographs.
Peter and Paul Fortress, exhibition hall of Ioannovsky Ravelin
The exhibition, organized by the State Museum of the History of St Petersburg and The Saint Basil the Great Charitable Foundation, is held in terms of the festive program dedicated to the 400 anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty.
The Great Duchess Kseniya Alexandrovna (1875-1960) was the elder daughter of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna, and sister to Emperor Nicholas II. On 11 April 1919 Ksenia Alexandrovna and Maria Feodorovna left Russia on board of English cruiser “Marlboro”, departing from Crimean harbor Dulber.
The exhibition at the Peter and Paul Fortress features documents from the archive of the Great Duchess Kseniya Alexandrovna: diary notes of the 1917-1919s and photographs, being unique historical evidence of those times full of dreadful events which impacted Russia and the Romanov Family. This is a story about war, revolution and life in immigration.
Admission: Full – 50 rubles, Student – 30 rubles.
