Olga Alexandrovna, also known as Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, was the daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and the younger sister of Emperor Nicholas II. She had an interesting life. She was married to a man believed to be homosexual and never consummated the marriage for 15 years. She had it annulled years later, to marry a cavalry officer named Nikolai Kulikovsky. She was a nurse during World War I. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, she and her family fled to Crimea, and later went to her mother, the Dowager Empress, in Denmark. When her mother died, she and her husband bought a dairy farm and lived a simple life. At the same time, she sold her paintings to contribute to the family’s income. Fearing Stalin’s regime, they moved to Canada and remained there until her death.
