Tsarina Alexandra and Tsarevich Alexei in a stateroom aboard the Imperial Yacht Standart, circa 1911.
Alexei was born with haemophilia, which his parents tried treating with the methods of faith healer Grigori Rasputin.
Alexei was born with haemophilia, which his parents tried treating with the methods of faith healer Grigori Rasputin.
"(...) When he was 7, he stole a bicycle and rode it around the palace. Shocked, Nicholas ordered every guard to pursue and capture him.
At a children's party, Alexei began jumping from table to table. When his sailor-nanny Derevenko tried to stop him, Alexei shouted, "All grown-ups have to go!"
Alexei's favorite pet was a spaniel named Joy (the sole survivor of the massacre).
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