books0977: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia reading in…



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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia reading in a formal portrait (1906).

Grand Duchess Maria (1899-1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse). Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.