Guh--whjrf--vsjrhjsbfsds Romanovs. D: D:

These are so lovely and beautiful and heartbreaking. Curse Hetalia for making the Russian Revolution even more troubling to me. The basement one in particular is just--aagh. My heart.

I definitely agree with your theories on him being so fond of the kids, too. Surely he must have gotten a kick out of Anya's shenanigans.