Crown Jewels: The Romanov Children

The Romanov children were extraordinary in their ordinariness. Despite being born in one of the highest and most enviable positions in the world, and having access to all possible worldly goods, they lived and were brought up like ordinary children. Even more amazingly, despite being surrounded by a court environment made up of the entirely secular and godless aristocracy, the children grew up to be Godfearing and endowed with all manner of Christian virtue. Text by Matushka Natalia Sheniloff: This video is produced as part of the project for the book The Romanov Royal Martyrs, which is an impressive 512page book, featuring nearly 200 black white photographs, and a 56page photo insert of more than 80 highquality images, colorized by the acclaimed Russian artist Olga Shirnina (Klimbim) and appearing here in print for the firs