Friday, April 4, 2008

Savchenko P. Russian girl. (part 2)

II

Only in the world and has a radiant
childish, thoughtful look!

A. A Fete

When started to teach the Great Princess Olga, and what was the program of training - pinpoint on the remaining difficult memories.

First her teacher was Mrs. EA Schneider, goflektrisa Gosudaryni. Then, a senior teacher, the other appointed mentors, and teacher of Russian language was PV Petrov.

"Children of Their Majesties - pointed AA Taneeva - were ardent patriots, and they love Russia and Russian; talked among themselves only in Russian." At the surviving letters Great Knyazhny seen a clear round, good handwriting.

Foreign languages taught: English - mr Gibbs and mr Zhilyar French, German - Mrs. Schneider, in German Knyazhny not spoken.

Since the end of September 1905 in a special classroom lessons began on the French language, who taught the noblest of Grand Princess P. Zhilyar subsequently Naslednika-Tsesarevicha caregiver.

He retained such memories of the first lesson: "I have held on the second floor in a small room with a very modest situation in the English taste. Door door, and joined the Empress, holding his hand for two daughters, Olga and Tatiana.

He had said a few kind words, it took place at the table and made me sit mark against it; children fit on both sides. The senior from Great Knyazhon, Olga, a decade-old girl, very muscular, with the eyes, complete evil crestfallen, with a slightly raised spout, regarded me with the expression, which seemed to be a desire from the first minute to find a weakness - but this Child feel clean and truthfully, which immediately attracted to him sympathy ... "Sisters breathing freshness and health - he wrote later - they were extremely good and natural. Elder, the Great Princess Olga, was clever and rassuditelna. "

Continuing classes with their student, P. Zhilyar made such an observation:

"One was that reveals the details of caring for the accuracy of the Empress made in the care of their daughter, and also demonstrates the care that she wanted to inspire them to their mentor, requiring them to order, which is the first condition of courtesy. I always found at the entrance of books and notebooks carefully arranged on the table in front of each of my students. I am never forced to wait a single minute. "

As Oxy students Knyazhny dreamed of years, on the other милой free life, or skerries visits to the Crimea.

Well they became aware that the departure is just around the corner, and great joy in their young votsaryalas friendly company started dreams, cooking, and come the day of departure.

Sovereign once wrote: "Vstali good clear morning. At 10.30 went to the upward at the jetty and then ... pereseli to "Polyarnaya Zvezda" and left with the anchor. Children are very much pleased and encouraged struggling with officers and sailor. "

Upon arrival at the yacht ( "Standard dear" or "Polyarnaya Zvezda") is generally to all children Avgusteyshim appointed elder of the sailors, non-commissioned officers, which was given the responsibility to monitor and protect children from the coincidences could be on the upper deck. These children are particularly hooked Seaman; they also learned to swim.

Back in Peterhof, and quite early, the children began to swim. One June 6 Gosudar wrote: "Day balovalis with children in the sea, and they barahtalis and cavorting in the water, then bathed in the sea at 141 / 4 degrees.". A swim in shherah studied. Great letter remained Princess Olga of terrible days Tsarskoye Selo in 1917, which among other things, read: "And what must bathe store? Here's envy! And you know, swim, I never learned, and taught me while Seaman, which went in swimming, but that does not prevent me bathe and so cheerfully. "

But except for bathing in these visits were a lot of joyous: skating on the boats, trips ashore on the island, where it was possible to tamper, mushroom. And how many interesting things on yachts and ships and their accompanying: rowing and sailing boats race, fireworks on the islands, rafting flag ceremony. Breakfast and lunch usually Tsarist spacious dining room, for a large table, which invited many naval officers, and Grand Knyazhnam as housewife, had, to their great embarrassment usual, be among the guests. Observing them during such visits wing-Adjutant Fabrycky said: "The Grand Princess described at the time were lovely girls, humbly and simply brought up, dealt with all laskovostyu and courteous, and often with strict affection. They all love and spoil his Naslednika strongly. "

With sadness usually leave children yacht, and gray with yellow parks, they seemed nepriyutnym magnificent Peterhof.

It is worth mentioning here is very interested in the Great Knyazhon trip abroad in 1910, Naugeym in Hamburg, where they incognito with Sovereign has appeared on the streets of these towns, came to the shops, lived outside the usual Russian court etiquette.

The Greater diversity and immense happiness after the northern winter were for children and the royal visit to the Crimea. Especially memorable for the Great Princess Olga was a visit Livadia autumn 1911.

At the yacht "Standart" come to Yalta - motley crowd, flags, southern sun; more vineyards in the wheelchair came to Livadia, and here waited excellent news: white, built in the Italian style of the new palace. Rooms Great Knyazhon, Naslednika, their nannies, and a large white dining hall occupied the top floor, where especially tempting rasstilalos sea. AA Taneeva remembers:

"In this autumn Olga Nikolayevna turned sixteen years, the period for the Great Knyazhon adulthood. She has received from parents of different things and a diamond necklace. All Grand Princess in the sixteen years were pearl and diamond necklace, but Gosudarynya did not want to spend so much Dvora Ministry of money right away to buy them at the Grand Knyazhnam, and invented a way that twice a year, birthdays and name, received one diamond and one pearls. Thus at the Great Princess Olga formed two necklaces for thirty-two stone collected for her small children.

Night ball has been one of the most beautiful balls when Dvor. Danced at the bottom of a large dining room. In the huge glass doors open wide, looked southern aromatic night. All were invited Great Lords with their families, officers of the local garrison and friends living in Yalta. Great Princess Olga, the first time in a long dress of soft pink cloth, with blond hair, beautiful prichesannaya, joyful and fresh, like flower, was the centre of global attention. She was appointed chief 3 - go Elisavetgradskogo hussar regiment, was particularly pleased. After Carnival was dinner for small round tables.

Began life Sovereign adult daughters.

Outwardly it was linked to the parade, showy lives of our brilliant Dvora-emergence with Sovereign at the festivities, the court balls, in the theater, with Gosudaryney - to charity bazaars, visit to Russia.

Many remember the slender, elegant figure eldest daughter Sovereign, joyfully decorated royal exits.

But all this external, brilliant, ceremonial, apparent that for random, superficial observer, for the crowd, was a complete image of the Great Princess and made it such a resemblance to her sisters, do not blend with any genuine modest and simple life Great Princess Olga, neither with the true failure of internal peace girl who has been able to develop, and often show their deep identity, the girl, who had their thoughts and ideas and their roads are namechalis surface, and a deep perception of life.

In recent years, before the war, when the Great Princess of eighteen years, it could speak about the current nature of a young, full irresistible charm and beauty, and many, knowing her in those years, fully and fairly strikingly tune strictly outline clear its complex inner world . Involuntarily its paint still on the background of all friendly, always together former Avgusteyshih sisters.

P. Zhilyar with umilennymi remembers his feelings schoolgirls in those years:

"The Grand Princess were marvelous its freshness and health. It is difficult to find four sisters, so different in character and, at the same time, so closely knit friendship. The latter is not hampered their personal autonomy and, despite the difference Yagshymurat, unite their living coupling.

Overall, trudnoopredelimaya beauty of these four sisters at their great simplicity, naturalness, freshness and innate goodness.

Elder, Olga, had a very lively mind. She had a lot of judgement and at the same time immediacy. She was very self-possessed and fast and funny resourcefulness in the responses.

Initially, I was not easy with it, but after the first clashes between us have been very sincere and cordial relations. She hurriedly with remarkable speed and skill to give lessons original turnover.

I remember, by the way, on one of our first lessons of grammar, when I explained it to conjugation, and the use of auxiliary verbs, she suddenly interrupted me exclamation: "Oh, I understood: auxiliary verbs - a maid verbs, only one accident verb" to have "subservient to himself!" She learned a lot of outside reading ":

Next to this characterization read another, this totally other person in a totally different environment, but also about eighteen Great Princess Olga Nikolaevna, and you surprise them almost verbatim coincidence.

"The Grand Princess - recalls AA songs, starting with a general background friendly sisters - rose simple, tender, educated girls are in no showing of its position in the treatment of others.

And Maria Olga Nikolayevna were like father and the Seven were of a purely Russian guy. Olga was remarkably clever and capable, and has been teaching it for a joke, why is it sometimes Olya.

Characterized She had a strong will and incorruptible honesty and straightforwardness, what is it like for a mother. These excellent quality it has been since childhood, but a child Olga was often stubborn, disobedient and very elders; later she was able to contain themselves. She was loving blonde hair, big blue eyes and the color of a person Brave, a little proper nose to nose pohodivshy Sovereign. "

Two questions arise in the interest unwittingly further outlining the nature of the Great Princess: first - its individual differences in comparison with the internal world of its beloved sister, almost weather, it came in the same conditions, the Great Princess Tatiana, a question still bequeathed Pushkin Yes even in this game tune names, as in purely Russian family Larinyh - the eternal issue of the two main female characters - Martha and Mary, the second - her relationship to the Sovereign and Gosudaryne, that is, to those basic influences, among which created her character.

The first question P. Zhilyar responsible way: "Tatyana N., by nature rather cautious, has been less than frank and neposredstvenna than older sister It was also less darovita but compensated this deficiency rovnostyu great consistency and character. It was very beautiful, although not have the beauty of Olga Nikolayevna. With its natural beauty and the ability to keep it in society overshadowed sister, which has its less specific and once stushevyvalas. Both sisters loved each other gently. "

Here, as in uvertyure, sounded the first notes of the melody Tatyaninskogo nature, which then everything will be painted brighter inner life of the Great Princess Olga. Come soon for her years of difficult life tests, and fully disclosed her inner world.

So in the land of fallen grain

Spring fire revived.

Then clearer, it will be visible features of evangelical Mary and Tatiana Pushkin.

to be continued.....


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