Grand Princess Elizaveta Feodorovna as a nun
Grand Princess Elizaveta Feodorova (Grand Duchess Sergei), formerly Princess Elisabeth or Ella or Hesse Darmstadt, dressed as a nun. Following the assassination of her husband, Grand Prince Serge, Ella took the veil and set up her own convent in Moscow to help the needy of the city. Along with other members of the Imperial family, she was murdered by Bolsheviks in a mineshaft near Alapaevsk in 1918
Picture No
10270462
Media ID
45174941
Size
2158px x 3307px
(2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Charlotte Zeepvat Collection
Source
Photograph in the Charlotte Zeepvat Collection
Date
c.1918
