This site is a collection of images of the Lower Dacha at Peterhof, a favorite home of the last Emperor of Russia and his family. All of these photographs were taken from the book Nicholas II: The Imperial Family (Abris, 2000), which contains wonderful information about the Lower Dacha.

A watercolor, 1890s, by
A. Timoshenko

Photograph of the newly
renovated Lower Dacha

A watercolor, 1890s, by
A. Timoshenko

Nicholas II's study

Alexandra Feodoovna's
reception room

The fabric used in Alexandra
Feodorovna's rooms

The dining room

Grand Duchess Tatiana
Nikolaevna's room

The sitting room of Olga
and Tatiana Nikolaevna

The fabric used in Tsesarevich
Alexei Nikolaevich's rooms

Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich's
reception room

The classroom of Tsesarevich
Alexei Nikolaevich

Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich's
playroom