Has it been a while since you looked into your old closet? And what could you find there? Own brother? Vintage jewelry? Or maybe a jar with a lover's head preserved in alcohol? If not, then you have a fairly neutral relationship with secrets, intrigue and love, and shocking events in the family are rare for you. Not at all like it was with the representatives of the Romanov dynasty. This family not only supplied kings and queens to the Russian throne for more than three hundred years, but also provided food for rumors, speculation and envy. The author of the blog “Notes on the Romanovs,” Yulia Shergina, talks about the personal life and intrigues of the royal family without moralizing, but also without deliberate scandal, trying to figure out what the aristocrats felt, why they behaved the way they did, and whether they were truly happy.