Testimony of a guard: "It is a shame to admit it, but all of us were guilty as to those unfortunates. We made fun of the defenseless girls. We would keep on continually offending those young girls, and watched their every move."

The Romanov sisters were the most photographed princesses of their day, yet the world knew very little of the four girls in the official portraits. The daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra have often been considered nothing more than the pretty backdrop to the larger and more dramatic story of their parents and tragic hemophiliac brother Alexey. Despite what portraits depict and behind the dutiful image existed four very vibrant and fascinating and most of all, distinct, personalities.

A two-part series focusing on Tsar Nicholas II's four daughters - Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia - combining interviews with leading historians, stunning archive footage, and dramatic reconstruction to reveal the real girls behind the fairy-tale images.

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VIDEO CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:21 Olga & Tatiana at marriage age
2:14 Crown Prince Carol of Romania: A royal match for Olga
3:35 World War 1
4:20 Grand Duchesses' war-work as Red Cross nurses
7:17 Slanders against Alexandra and Rasputin
8:30 The girls and their favorite officers
10:20 Olga falls in love with a Georgian officer
12:32 Alexandra accused of treason
14:20 The murder of Rasputin
18:24 The Romanov children sick with measles
20:14 Under house arrest at the Alexander Palace
22:52 Exile to Siberia Tobolsk
31:55 Nicholas, Alexandra, and Maria to Ekaterinburg
38:09 The horrifying last days in Ekaterinburg

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This video is produced as part of the project for the book "The Romanov Royal Martyrs”, which is an impressive 512-page book, featuring nearly 200 black & white photographs, and a 56-page photo insert of more than 80 high-quality images, colorized by the acclaimed Russian artist Olga Shirnina (Klimbim) and appearing here in print for the first time.

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