Russian Royal Princess escaping on the HMS Marlborough

A number of surviving members of the Russian royal family escaped the country at the end of World War I (after the Revolution) from Yalta, Crimea (still under White Russian control) on HMS Marlborough in April 1919. Amusing the Russian Refugee in the travelling basket. This is likely to be Princess Sophia Dolgorouky (later Sofka Skipwith). Her Uncle Prince Sergei Dolgoruky was Master of the Household to the Dowager Tsaritsa and escaped with entourage on the Marlborough

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