Back row: Emperor Alexander III; his brother, Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovich; Empress Maria Feodorovna "Minnie"; the emperor's brother, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich; Grand Duchess Elisaveta Feodorovna "Ella", wife of Grand Duke Serge.
Front row: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, future Emperor Nicholas II; his brother, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich; the emperor's brother, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich.
(Pardon the inconsistencies in the Anglicisation of the Russian names; common usage always starts the ugliest of fist fights with plain accuracy - and all come out bloodied when transliteration joins the fracas.)
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