Olga was a chestnut-blonde with bright blue eyes, a broad face and a turned up nose. She was considered less pretty than her sisters Maria and Tatiana, though her appearance improved as she grew older. "As a child she was plain, at fifteen she was beautiful", wrote her mother's friend Lili Dehn. "She was slightly above the medium height, with a fresh complexion, deep blue eyes, quantities of light chestnut hair, and pretty hands and feet."
Full name: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (Later in her life only Olga Nikolaevna)
Nicknames: Olishka, Olenka, Olya
Born: November 15 1895
Died: July 17 1918 (Aged 22)
Religion: Russian-Orthodox
Father: Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Mother: Czarina Alexandra of Russia (Former: Princess Alix of Hesse)
Sisters: Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia
Brother: Alexei
Most close to: Tatiana, Nicholas II and Alexei
From her earliest years she was known for her compassionate heart and desire to help others, but also for her temper, blunt honesty and moodiness.
She was a real bookworm. She enjoyed reading about politics and read newspapers . Olga also reportedly enjoyed choosing from her mother's book selection. When she was caught taking a book before her mother read it, Olga would jokingly tell her mother that Alexandra must wait to read the novel until Olga had determined whether it was an appropriate book for her to read.
Olga reading to her youngest sister Anastasia.
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NonfiksiOlga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia are the daughters of Czar Nicholas II of Russia. In this book you can find some fun (and less fun) facts about their life, pictures and stories from the life at the imperial court.