The infant Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia with her mother, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, 1890. 

The infant Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia with her mother, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, 1890. 

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her son Nikolai and daughter Olga, ca. 1868.

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her son Nikolai and daughter Olga, ca. 1868.

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia with her daughter Olga, ca. 1867.

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia with her daughter Olga, ca. 1867.

Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna in costume for a ball, Russia, 1903.

Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna in costume for a ball, Russia, 1903.

Russian poet and playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1914.

Russian poet and playwright Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1914.

The six children of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, ca. 1900.

The six children of Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, ca. 1900.

Grand Duke Constantin Constantinovich and his family, September 1911.

Grand Duke Constantin Constantinovich and his family, September 1911.

Tsarist boots marching down the Odessa Steps in the movie “The Battleship Potemkin” (1926).

Tsarist boots marching down the Odessa Steps in the movie “The Battleship Potemkin” (1926).

From left to right, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia Nikolaevna in 1906.

From left to right, Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia Nikolaevna in 1906.