Anna Nikolayevna Romanova

Anna Nikolayevna Romanova- Romanova

Known details as reported to the Petrograd office of the Okhrana (Yes yes, "The Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order" but seriously who actually calls it that?)



As with most in Russia, the origins of Mrs Romanova are unclear. She was born in Petrograd into a well off family. That much is known. She has offered little detail of her earlier life, however. During the war her elder sisters and mother volunteered as nurses, however she was initially considered too young. After the October revolution her family were imprisoned by the bolsheviks, presumably for political reasons. She had previously stated that her family were close to the imperial household. Though in what capacity she has never said. Like many in Russia most written records relating to her have likely been lost during the civil war.

Whatever the case, during their captivity the family was sent from Petrograd into internal exile. Eventually Anna found herself in Yekaterinburg. It appears that her family was murdered however she survived. The officer in charge of this grisly duty, one Yakov Yurovsky, apparently sought to test the loyalty of one of his platoon commanders by having him kill her. It seems Yurovsky was right to be suspicious. Both were able to escape, killing two red army soldiers in the process and; commandeering a truck they had been taken into the woods in; they were able to find Kolchack's army. Using the bodies of the two red soldiers as proof of genuine intentions, they were allowed to join the Siberian Army.

Anna volunteered as a nurse and served well in that capacity. With a reputation for kindness, competence, and the occasional mischief to entertain her patients. She followed Kolchack's Army throughout the civil war. One of her final duties was tending to casualties of the last fighting in Moscow at the end of the war. By the end of the civil war her service had eliminated any suspicions of her there may have been. For those who found the bodies of two bolshevik soldiers inconclusive evidence (quite a few people as it turns out). Soon after she married the former bolshevik turned white Pavel Romanov. Not surprising given he had saved her life and betrayed his cause to do it. Both settled near Ekaterinburg in the months after the war. Why there of all places? It seems Anna's family were murdered in the city. Though where their remains might be buried (if they were at all) no one knows.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Anna is in her mid thirties, is in good physical condition overall, has no known health conditions or diseases, though she is frequently pregnant, and likes to complain about it. Though, as her husband likes to say "It's your own fault as much as mine. If it can be called a fault."

Identifying Characteristics

She has two scars on her head, a small one just above the right eye where she was evidently hit by something. The other is on the side of her head and takes the form of a graze, though her hair usually hides it.

Mental characteristics

Sexuality

She has 6 weans with another on the way, what do you think?

Education

Evidently well educated though where is not clear, she has never stated what school she went to and given the damage Petrograd suffered during the revolution and civil war it is likely any record of attendance has been destroyed. This is a frequent occurrence.

Employment

Mrs Romanova has never had any formal employment as far as can be told. Her first, and only "job" was as a nurse during the Russian Civil War serving with Admiral Kolchak's Siberian Army. After the war it seems she was able to recover some of her family's wealth as she married red army soldier turned white officer (and personal savior) Pavel Romanov (no relation) and settled in a village ne Yekaterinburg where her husband started a variety of ventures in agriculture, forestry, and mining. Since then she has worked as a housewife caring for and educating her children, as well as taking a hand in running the estate she and her husband have built up.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Her life prior to 1918 is largely unknown, even details of her birth family are not presently known to this office. However she has proven to be resilient, rebuilding her life from the ruins of murder and war as best she could. She is a good and capable nurse, as proven during the civil war, though by far her proudest and greatest success is as a mother to her children.

Mental Trauma

Her previous life was shattered by the civil war. By far the worst loss was when her entire family was murdered in minutes by the Bolsheviks one night in the summer of 1918. She should have died as well, but survived, how is not clear and she refuses to give more information. She is thus avoids certain areas of Yekaterinbug, probably associated with her family's imprisonment, and refuses to move away from the area. Perhaps she suspect, or rather hopes, that she might find the remains of her family one day.
She also worked as a nurse during the civil war, one can only imagine the horrors she saw there. Though what effect they had on here cannot be said. We were all changed by those years.

Intellectual Characteristics

Mrs Romanova has a knack for organisation, and identifying the needs and priorities of others. Both traits she displayed as a nurse during the war, and have proven useful in helping her husband manage their estate while raising several children of her own.

Taboos

Don't mention communists in her presence unless to insult them, but not to harshly or she'll tell you off for your language

Relationships

Anna Nikolayevna Romanova

Wife (Vital)

Towards Pavel Pavlovich Romanov: Paul Paulson Romanov.

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Frank

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Pavel Pavlovich Romanov: Paul Paulson Romanov.

Husband (Vital)

Towards Anna Nikolayevna Romanova

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Frank

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History

Formal introductions only after both parties have come very close to killing each other more than once in a night would not seem to be the most promising of starts to a relationship. Yet it seems that this unorthodox beginning worked well for this couple. Exact details are unclear but it seems that on the night her family was murdered Mrs Anna Romanova (nee Romanova) was, by accident, left alive and avoided being discovered until her body had been thrown onto a truck with the rest of her family and driven out to the woods to be cremated and buried. There discovered, instead of killing her, "Comrade Platoon Leader" Pavel Romanov instead killed the one of the two red army soldiers with him, a superior officer, and in turn had his life saved when Anna shot the other. Both then went to the front lines of Kolchak's siberian army to defect. Though they could hardly go back. It seems they formed quite a bond that night as both joined the Siberian Army, he as a soldier and later officer, and she as a nurse. They could often be found in one another's company when time and fortune allowed it. If being repeatedly wounded may be called a fortune, though if it meant spending time with the charming nurse corporal Romanova, neither seemed to mind.
They married shortly after the end of the war in June 1920, and settled down in Kopyatki, a village near Yekaterinburg, to make a living and start a family; though it seems they got to work on the family first, with their eldest child born in April 1921; and have been there ever since.

Nicknames & Petnames

Pavel, sometimes addresses his wife as "princess" or "duchess", while Anna in kind responds with "comrade" or "captain"; or "love"

Relationship Reasoning

Saving someone's life several times in one night can lead to them forming a high opinion of you. When the person in question is a kind, mischievous, beautiful young lady; what young man will not find himself attracted to her.

Commonalities & Shared Interests

Both husband and wife dote on their children, that said they do not appear to spoil them, though they are certainly well fed as this officer can attest to. Anna is also highly religious, a trait she says came from her father and it seems has successful inculcated this in her husband too. Although he remains cynical in many other areas.

Shared Secrets

It's a secret, though I'm sure you can guess it CJMPD 08/05/2022, back to studying now

Shared Acquaintances

Several, they are married afterall, the most prominent though are of course, Paul's employees in his various interests near home, most of whom they met and served with during the civil war. In the city itself Anna's friend (and former comrade in nursing) Ekaterina/Catherine/Cat (somebody pick one please) owns and runs a flowershop that Paul and Anna seem responsible for keeping in business.

Legal Status

Married

Age: c.35
Born: c.1900 precise date unknown St. Petersburg (now Petrograd)
Family: Married since 7th 1920 to Pavel Pavelvich Romanov. 5 children.
Children: Nicholas 15; Alexandra 13; Maria 11; Alex 9; Olga and Tatiana 5 (twins).
No other known relatives; birth family was murdered by the Bolsheviks during the civil war prior to July 1918.

Current Status

Mother and houswife

Current Location

Koptyaki

Age

35

Circumstances of Birth

Uncertain

Birthplace

St. Petersburg/Petrograd

Spouses

Pavel Pavlovich Romanov: Paul Paulson Romanov. (Husband)

Siblings

Belief/Deity

Russian Orthodox

Known Languages

Russian of course, also evidently speaks French and English as she has taught both these languages to her children.