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# Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

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Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia was the sixth child and only surviving daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Marie of Hesse and by Rhine; she was Duchess of Edinburgh and later Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as the wife of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She was the younger sist

##  Quotes by Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

> [But Russians, in their very nature, it seems, pass quickly from the highest enthusiam to complete dejection and distrust. They yield to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrovna-of-russia/but-russians-in-their-very-nature-it-seems-pass-quickly-from-the/)

[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrovna-of-russia/)

[Behaviour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behaviour/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrov_behaviour_but-russians-in-their-very-nature-it-see_274936.jpg)

> [It seemed to me that I had come for the first time close to the soil of my native country, and could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrovna-of-russia/it-seemed-to-me-that-i-had-come-for-the-first-time-close-to-the-soil/)

[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrovna-of-russia/)

[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrov_country_it-seemed-to-me-that-i-had-come-for-the_796949.jpg)

> [Revolutions existed in history, books were written about them, and lectures given: they were complicated phenomena, scientific, remote. While here, the riot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrovna-of-russia/revolutions-existed-in-history-books-were-written-about-them-and/)

[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrovna-of-russia/)

[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/grand-duchess-maria-alexandrov_book_revolutions-existed-in-history-books-wer_1294678.jpg)

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