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Translation and identification, please

  • mainlypostcards
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    Could someone point me in the right direction, please?

    Is this the Russian Royal family (Emperor's family)?
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  • quasar
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    Could someone point me in the right direction, please?

    Is this the Russian Royal family (Emperor's family)?
    • Created on 20 Jan 2012 at 04:55
    • #367959
    Hello,

    My attempt of transcription from Cyrillic results in:

    August?jsia D?ti Ix’ Imperatorskix’ Vysocestv’ Velikago Knjaz?
    Konstantina Konstantinovija i Velikoj Knagin? Elisabety Mavrikievi’

    I'm not sure it is Russian Cyrillic and the question marks indicate signs I can't read, but it seems that Nicolas II of Russia is not mentioned.
    However 'Imperatorskix'' probably means 'emperor', and included are the names 'Konstantin(a)' and 'Elisabeth'.

    Unfortunately, I can't translate the text, but maybe this is a start.

    Best regards,

    Quasar
  • mainlypostcards
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    Hello,

    My attempt of transcription from Cyrillic results in:

    August?jsia D?ti Ix’ Imperatorskix’ Vysocestv’ Velikago Knjaz?
    Konstantina Konstantinovija i Velikoj Knagin? Elisabety Mavrikievi’

    I'm not sure it is Russian Cyrillic and the question marks indicate signs I can't read, but it seems that Nicolas II of Russia is not mentioned.
    However 'Imperatorskix'' probably means 'emperor', and included are the names 'Konstantin(a)' and 'Elisabeth'.

    Unfortunately, I can't translate the text, but maybe this is a start.

    Best regards,

    Quasar
    • Created on 22 Jan 2012 at 04:17
    • #368232
    Thank you, you got a lot further than I did.
    My attempt at the first word resulted in: avgost?ysh?ga. It didn't make any sense and I gave up after that.

    I expect they are members of the Russian Imperial family. There is one seller who has a quantity of "Russian royalty" cards, which all have the same back as my card, but it would be nice if someone could actually definitely confirm/deny it.
  • quasar
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    Thank you, you got a lot further than I did.
    My attempt at the first word resulted in: avgost?ysh?ga. It didn't make any sense and I gave up after that.

    I expect they are members of the Russian Imperial family. There is one seller who has a quantity of "Russian royalty" cards, which all have the same back as my card, but it would be nice if someone could actually definitely confirm/deny it.
    • Created on 22 Jan 2012 at 07:15
    • #368251
    Hello again,

    How about this: Link (http)

    Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich and his wife Elisabeth; they had nine children.

    On your card there are only eight children however. Maybe the last child wasn't born yet, or maybe a child died before the card was made?

    Best regards,

    Quasar
  • mainlypostcards
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    Hello again,

    How about this: Link (http)

    Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich and his wife Elisabeth; they had nine children.

    On your card there are only eight children however. Maybe the last child wasn't born yet, or maybe a child died before the card was made?

    Best regards,

    Quasar
    • Created on 22 Jan 2012 at 07:31
    • #368254
    You're a star, thank you very much.

    This Wikipedia article names their children, but also states that one of them died at the age of 2 months.

    Link (http)
  • alan65
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    You're a star, thank you very much.

    This Wikipedia article names their children, but also states that one of them died at the age of 2 months.

    Link (http)
    • Created on 22 Jan 2012 at 08:24
    • #368260
    I can read--well, 'sound out' -- Cyrillic and can confirm that the last 3 words are Konstantin's wife's name, "Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna".
  • mainlypostcards
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    I can read--well, 'sound out' -- Cyrillic and can confirm that the last 3 words are Konstantin's wife's name, "Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna".
    • Created on 22 Jan 2012 at 10:43
    • #368282
    Thank you.

    The 2 webpages more or less confirm that they are their children in age order, possibly around 1908 to 1910.

    Now I'll have to put a value to the card. No idea where to start! :|

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