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bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 1:27AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Jaschik, Glabovich
I have recently found a family letter which tells that my gg grandmother's cousin was in the Russian army and eventually became a personal bodyguard to Nicholas II of Russia. I have a picture of him in a uniform with a spiked helmet and a sword. His first name was Michael/Mikhail, I'm not sure of his last name. The letter says:

"There were 6 guards, all six-footers, all blond & blue-eyed, according to what Ma said. Perhaps you didn't know of the colorful life he had as an army man - (cavalry). He had a white horse & was in charge of a division - fought in many wars - captured by Turks, etc., was in all the wars of those times, Japanese, etc."

I have tried to find the names of the bodyguards of the Royal family, but the only specific name I have found is Timofei Jaschik, who was the bodyguard to the Czarina. The uniform in the picture definitely points to the right time period & place. Mikhail's last name might have been Glabovich or something similar. If anyone can help please let me know.

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 25 Mar 2009 6:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
Can you write me an email on spastafiev (at) gmail (dot) com?
And we'll see if I can help you.

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 5:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
My ggg grandfather Micheal Kautzman is said to have been the Czar of Russia's childrens bodygaurd until his immigration in 1899. He was a German captian in the Russian army and also the inturpretur for the Czar being as he spoke 5 languages, Russian, German, Turkish, French, English.
THIS MAY BE THE SAME PERSON. HE CHANGED HIS NAME WHEN HE ENTERED THE STATES
he had three sons at the time Harry, Anton, and Kasper, who was four months old. He was also a cobbler and he had to flee for his life. His wife is named Madeline Miller. They had to leave Russia in a hurry, he had just enough time to make a pair of baby shoes for Kasper.
That's all i know. You can help me and i can help you. please email me at zoekatherine@live.com. It's been a family mystery for a long time and i'd like to clear things up.

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 8:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Anuzis
My grandfather, Ignacas Anuzis 1882-1957 served in the Czar's private guard.

He was in the Ochrana Squad and graduated from the Military Academy in Petrograd, Russia. He was active right up to the time of the 1918 Revolution.

If anyone finds any info on this subject...I would appreciate being notified.

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 3 Feb 2010 3:09PM GMT
Classification: Query
I just read your incert abt body guards for Czar Nickolas of Russia and I found it interesting. My father passed away 2 years ago and stated our family was relted to Czar Nickolas and when the family were murdered my great grandmother was working there at the time. She was related to the family. Her name was Serogina Federovitch. My dad was Nickolaj Treeshin. Our passed has been sheltered from us for years and this information only came out to us because my dad was very ill and felt the need to finally tell us. He imigrated to Canada post world war two as name Sokolowski. He did change his name to his original birth name in the late 70's. I hope to one day know my real history. As for my mother her name was Alexsandria Verenitch. We have no history of her past. She died in 1972.
I hope to here from you or if you can add to any of our history.
Anna...

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 3 Feb 2010 3:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
I too am looking for any history and family of Czar Nickolas, as my dad prior to his passing 2 years ago told me I was related to Czar Nickolaj of Russia. My great grandmother was a relative of the Czar and Czarina. Her name was Serogina Fedorovitch. My dad imigrated to Canada post war under the assumed name Sokolowski, but later changed his name back to his original birth name Treeshin.
Hope you can help me with my family history as so much is unknown.

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 9:44AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Nadolski, Nadolsky
One of the personal body guards had the name of NADOLSKI (unknown if spelling is correct). He was the Turkish Olympic fencing coach during the 1940's and 1950's. His home was in Bebec, Turkey, along the Bosphorous and he was connected to Robert College. He was my instructor in fencing with classes taking place in the old wooden gymnasium.

I knew him in 1960-1962. His wife, a White Russian, was teacher of French at the International School (elementary grades)adjacent to the college. The school was in a two story woodframed European style home which had been the birth place of Grovesnor Bell, the founder of the National Geographic society. Both the Nadolski's were fluent in several languages, including French.

M.Nadoski was entrusted by the Czar with the mission of escorting members of the royal family to Paris, ostensibly on vacation, to escape the revolution. M. Nadolski showed me the telegram, from the Czar, sent to him in Paris forbidding him to return to Russia but asking him to remain protecting the family no matter what fate befell the rest of the royal family. The Czar said he would call for him to return when the turmoil settled down. M. Nadolski teared up when telling me that and spoke of how much he loved the Czar and the mutual affection and trust the Czar placed in him. The living room wall of the modest Nadolski home displayed M. Nadolski's dress uniform that was sent to him later.

M. Nadolski had been a young single man when he left Russia. I have forgotten the details of how he met his wife but they remained many years in Paris protecting the royal family members. He was one of the few intimate members of the household who could participate in the identification of the false princess Anasthasia hoax. I never learned which opinion he held--that the princess was a pretender or not.

When I knew M. Nadolski in the early 1960's he was, I believe, in his eighties, and was extraordinarily strong, fit, and agile. He could pull himself up a thick climbing rope, only using his arms, to reach the rafters in the gymnasium, faster than anyone I ever saw him race against.

The conversations we had were in French, not my native language of English, with some Turkish mixed in as needed. I am not sure I got all the details accurately at the time, nor if my memory fifty years later is surfacing a reliable recollection. Yet I believe there are enough specifics that his history could be tracked down in the Robert College archives now incorporated into the Bosphorous University.

I hope this helps your research.

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:44AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Ljetoff, Lietoff
My grandfather's father was one of these six bodyguards, nowadays the faily name is Lietoff (or Ljetoff in some cases). He escaped (was not killed even if they tried to), and wandered to north Russia, and eventually crossed the border to Finland. He met a Finnish woman, got a son called Nikolai, and now the ancestors live in Finland.

The story is told to me by my grandma.

Does your photo include anyone else besides your relative Mikhail? I was wondering if there's also others (like my grand-grandpa) on the picture.

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 3:23PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Koolikoff
Does anyone know if these people and their famillies had privileges? Like, attending balls and such? I was told that my great-great-great grandfather was either high up in the military or was a high up guard for Czar Nicholas II. I know that my ggg grandma supposedly attended some of the balls, and that they were either related to the Romanovs or were considered very high up in nobility(because 5 of the 7 men left in the family were murdered by the bolsheveks, including my ggg grandfather).

My ggg grandma's married name was Koolikoff when she moved from Shanghai to the US, but she had been there for several years and could have changed her name. Koolikoff has also been spelled Kulikoff and Kulikov.

Re: bodyguards of Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 3:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Olive
I am also trying to find out about the bodyguards of the Czar. I've always been told that my Grandfather was in the Czar's bodyguard, but that was just the term given to close contacts and land owners. My grandfather's name was Vladimir Sergei Olive. He was helped to escape during the Revolution, but his sister who was a lady-in-waiting to the Czarina was not so lucky. His name was changed when he got to the US, and it was difficult to understand my grandmother when she spoke about the previous name. (according to my mother)If anyone has found that name through their research, I would certainly appreciate some information.
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