The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (38 page)

  
1
“utter delight …”: Nicholas II to Empress Marie,
Secret Letters
, 93.

  
2
“[The baby] has become …”: ibid., 96.

  
3
“All the anxiety was over”: Nicholas II Diary, 3 November/16 November 1895, in Maylunas, 130.

  
4
“God, what happiness!”: Nicholas II Diary, 4 November/17 November 1895, ibid.

  
5
“precious little one”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 56.

  
6
“humble snub”: King,
Empress
, 188.

  
7
“sweet baby”: Nicholas II to Queen Victoria, 12 November/25 November 1895, in Maylunas, 131.

  
8
“She does not look …”: Nicholas II Diary, 6 November/19 November 1895, ibid., 130.

  
9
“You can imagine …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 56.

10
“A pity …”: Nicholas II Diary, 17 December/30 December 1895, in Maylunas, 133.

11
“so carefully, so tenderly …”: Kurth, 58.

12
“on top of the corpses”: Shelayev, 52.

13
“Mama’s emotion was …”: Grand Duchess Xenia Diary, 29 May/11 June 1897, in Maylunas, 163.

14
“The news soon spread …”: Konstantin Konstantinovich Diary, 29 May/11 June 1897, ibid.

15
“The second bright …”: Nicholas II Diary, 29 May/11 June 1897, ibid.

16
“And so, there’s no …”: Konstantin Konstantinovich Diary, 14 June/27 June 1897, ibid., 185.

17
“Holy Russia abounds …”: Ilidor, 88.

18
“moral examination.”: Yusupov, 62.

19
“astral medicine”: ibid.

20
“astrologically auspicious nights”: ibid.

21
“My God, what …”: Grand Duchess Xenia Diary, 5 June/18 June 1901, in Maylunas, 206.

22
“Czar Has Another …”:
The New York Times
, 18 June 1901.

23
“God knows what …”: Nicholas II to Alexandra, 29 August/11 September 1902, GARF.

  
1
“fresh white frocks …”: Vyrubova, 58.

  
2
“sweety darling Mama …”: Olga Nikolaevna to Alexandra, 12 January/25 January 1909, in Maylunas, 319.

  
3
“Remember, elbows off …”: Alexandra to Olga Nikolaevna, 4 August/17 August 1905, ibid., 278.

  
4
“It is very pleasant …”: Nicholas II to Empress Marie, 2 October/15 October 1896,
Letters of the Tsar
, 120.

  
5
“Alix cried a lot”: Konstantin Konstantinovich Diary, 20 August/2 September 1902, in Maylunas, 218.

  
6
“Everything
is within …”: Witte, 204.

  
7
“Someday you will …”: Pares, 131.

  
8
“a great never-to-be-forgotten …”: Nicholas II Diary, 30 July/12 August 1904,
Journal Intime
, 174.

  
9
“The baby was being …”: Mosolov, 29–30.

10
“A hemorrhage began …”: Radziwill,
Taint
, 179–180.

11
“reach out and …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 153.

12
“Life lost all meaning …”: Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia, 102.

13
“My own fate …”: Etty, 59.

  
1
“When I came in …”: Lincoln,
War’s Dark
, 131.

  
2
“was little short …”: ibid.

  
3
“I read Jules Verne …”: ibid.

  
4
“caught sight of …”: ibid.

  
5
“We, the workers …”: Sablinsky, 251–252.

  
6
“The tsar will not …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 104.

  
7
“And so we have …”: ibid.

  
8
“blood-stained creature” and “common murderer”: ibid.

  
9
“Remember, son …”: Sablinsky, 273.

10
“Lord, how painful …”: Nicholas II Diary, 9 January/22 January 1905, in Maylunas, 256.

11
“Yes, the troops, alas …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 108–110.

12
“I do not want to die …”: Lincoln,
Romanovs
, 634.

13
“There are no labor …”: Witte, 406–407.

14
“It makes me sick …”: Nicholas II to Empress Marie,
Secret Letters
, 183. “the year of nightmares”: ibid., 206.

15
“Baby Tsar has …”: Alexandra to Olga Nikolaevich, 4 August/17 August 1905, in Maylunas, 278–279.

16
“The tragic aspect …”: Fige, 191.

17
“sweep away …”: Nicholas II,
Secret Letters
, 188.

18
“The heart of the tsar …”: Steinberg, 16.

19
“I am not holding …”: ibid., 10.

20
“We have sinned …”: ibid., 11.

21
“If the Emperor …”: Pares, 85–86.

22
“freedom of conscience …”: Manifesto of 17 October/30 October 1905, at
www.dur.ac.uk/a.k.harrington/octmanif.html
.

23
“People have laid down …”: Lincoln,
Romanovs
, 659.

24
“buzzed like a huge garden …”: Fige, 192.

  
1
“uprooted peasants …”: Fige, 196.

  
2
“total success” and “loyal Russians”: ibid.

  
3
“the Yids must be …”: King and Wilson, “Inheritance,” np.

  
4
“Brothers, in the name …”:
www.fighthatred.com>HistoricalEvents>Pogroms&Razzias
.

  
5
“Good. The Jews …”: Lincoln,
Red Victory
, 318.

  
6
“They have been putting …”: King and Wilson, “Inheritance,” np.

  
7
“In the first days …”: Nicholas II,
Secret Letters
, 190–191.

  
8
“It’s the Jews …”: Shulgin, 6–7.

  
9
“Excellent in everything!”: Fischer, 6.

10
“It makes me want …”: Le Blanc, 83.

11
“Victory? The point …”: Fige, 199.

12
“The whole of Moscow …”: ibid., 200.

13
“Go ahead and shoot!”: Fischer, 54.

14
“feel the whip”: Steinberg, 36.

15
“teach them a lesson”: Fige, 201.

16
“Don’t skimp on the bullets”: Lincoln,
Romanovs
, 662.

17
“This really tickles me …”: ibid.

18
“courtesy, friendliness …”: Smith, 58.

19
“I am not convinced …”: Lincoln,
Romanovs
, 664.

20
“The two … sides stood …”: Fige, 213–214.

21
“They neither crossed …”: Grand Duchess Xenia Diary, 27 April/10 May 1906, in Maylunas, 292.

22
“The care for …”: Elchaninov, 106.

23
“tragic, and her face …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 276.

24
“Poor Nicky was …”: Grand Duchess Xenia Diary, 27 April/10 May 1906, in Maylunas, 292.

25
“terrible ceremony …”: Kokovtsov, 129.

26
“The peasants looked …”: Vorres, 121.

27
“The Duma is such filth …”: Grand Duchess Xenia Diary, 30 April/13 May 1906, in Maylunas, 293.

28
“Slap! And they are gone”: Nicholas II,
Secret Letters
, 228.

29
“The Duma of the Lords and Lackeys”: Ferro,
Nicholas II
, 112.

30
“We made the acquaintance …”: Nicholas II Diary, 1 November/14 November 1905, in Maylunas, 284.

31
“Rasputin was exceptionally …”: Fuhrmann, 242.

32
“[It] was at once …”: Paléologue,
Memoirs
, I: 292.

33
“There was something …”: Vorres, 138.

34
“The poor child …”: ibid., 142.

35
“There’s a good boy …”: ibid.

36
“[He] was not just alive …”: ibid.

  
1
“etiquette was that …”: Welch, 38.

  
2
“generally behaved like …”: ibid., 39–40.

  
3
“I took my first …”: ibid., 39.

  
4
“a tiny little chap …”: ibid., 40.

  
5
“mediocre”: Botkin,
Real Romanovs
, 79.

  
6
“Not one of [them] …”: Mosolov, 59.

  
7
“I was amazed that such …”: Recollection of Vasily Pankratov, “With the Tsar in Tobolsk,” in Steinberg, 269–270.

  
8
“the grand duchesses had no …”: Mosolov, 59.

  
9
“Four languages is …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 129.

10
“[The grand duchesses} had an accent …”: Botkin,
Woman
, 28–31.

11
“They never learned …”: Gilliard, 77.

12
“possessed a remarkably …”: ibid., 73.

13
“You must wait, Mama …”: King,
Empress
, 93.

14
“she showed no …”: Trewin, 73.

15
“She was not …”: Gilliard, 75.

16
“wild and rough …”: Welch, 40.

17
“a true genius in naughtiness”: Botkin,
Woman
, 23.

18
“Peter Vasilievich …”: Trewin, 18.

19
“What we [children] did …”: Anastasia to Nicholas II, 13 September/26 September 1915, GARF.

20
“Anastasia was trying …”: Alexei to Nicholas II, 22 September/5 October 1914, in Maylunas, 402.

21
“Now I have to do …”: Brewster, 26.

22
“dear one,” “wee one,” “Sunbeam”: Kurth, 73.

23
“He was the focus …”: Gilliard, 72.

24
“He wouldn’t sit up …”: Konstantin Konstantinovich Diary, 18 March/31 March 1912, in Maylunas, 352.

25
“Can’t I have …”: Vyrubova, 81–82.

26
“All grownups have …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 140.

27
“When the Heir …”: Radziwill,
Taint
, 197.

28
“Now, girls, run away …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 151.

29
“trembled for Russia …”: Kurth, 75.

30
“governor-general”: Marie to Nicholas II, 19 April/2 May 1915, GARF.

31
“I took [one] picture …”: Brewster, 5.

32
“more like a home …”: Vyrubova, 64.

33
“was frequently absent …”: Gilliard, 77.

34
“My sweety darling …”: Olga Nikolaevich to Alexandra, 12 January/25 January 1909, in Maylunas, 319.

35
“My darling Mama!”: Tatiana to Alexandra, 17 January/30 January 1909, ibid., 320.

36
“Mama, at what age …”: Marie to Alexandra 17 May/30 May 1910, ibid., 334.

37
“Madam dearest …”: Anastasia to Alexandra, undated, 1913, ibid., 372.

38
“I know it’s dull …”: Alexandra to Marie 6 December/19 December 1910, ibid., 335.

  
1
“coarse barnyard expressions.” Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 206.

  
2
“See the gold cross?”: Fige, 31.

  
3
“Her Majesty sewed …”: ibid.

  
4
“Humble yourself …”: ibid.

  
5
“What’s this, little …”: ibid.

  
6
“They accuse Rasputin …”: Ulam, 78.

  
7
“are ours”: Fuhrmann, 219.

  
8
“There is no need …”: ibid., 95.

  
9
“Everything you say …”: ibid., 60.

10
“You have mentioned …”: Rasputin and Barham,
Man Behind the Myth
, 162.

11
“I will … give …”: ibid.

12
“You see, we …”: Pares, 124.

13
“Death is after …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 226.

14
“I was obsessed …”: Spiridovitch, unpaged.

15
“Each instant I …”: ibid.

16
“Papa, don’t …”: ibid.

17
“He slowly turned …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 226.

18
“slept badly …”: Nicholas II to Empress Marie, 10 September/23 September 1911, in Maylunas, 344.

19
“Those who offend …”: Yusupov, 154.

20
“She floated like …”: de Stoeckl, 119.

21
“She looked like …”: ibid.

22
“deep southern sky …”: ibid., 120.

23
“God grant that …”: Olga Nikolaevich to Rasputin, 12 December/25 December 1909, GARF.

24
“forgive all the sins …”: Tatiana to Rasputin, 25 March/7 April 1909, GARF.

25
“let me see you …”: Marie to Rasputin, undated, 1909, GARF.

26
“I wish only …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 210–211.

27
“These are not …”: Kokovtsov, 176–177.

28
“Now I can rest …”: Fuhrmann, 135.

29
“walked barefoot …”: Brewster, 43.

30
“The weather is …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 181.

31
“All in all …”: ibid.

32
“an experience …”: ibid.

33
“was absolutely …”: ibid., 93.

34
“Mama, help me …”: Buxhoevden,
Life and Tragedy
, 132.

35
“When I am dead it …”: ibid.

36
“Seeing his boy …”: Vyrubova, 93.

37
“an extraordinary situation …”: Fuhrmann, 139.

38
“When I am dead, build …”: Vyrubova, 93.

39
“The Little One will not …”: ibid., 94.

40
“The doctors notice …”: Paléologue, I: 148.

41
“It is wholly …”: Vorres, 143.

42
“[The boy] will love …”: Znamenov, 33.

  
1
“An officer … told me …”: Botkin,
Woman
, 179.

  
2
“lumpy and lacking …”: ibid.

  
3
“Even when grown …”: Vyrubova, 77.

  
4
“When the two …”: Dehn, 78–79.

  
5
“break down the barrier …”: Buchanan,
My Memoir
, II: 46.

  
6
“Thousands of invisible …”: Fige, 12.

  
7
“No hope seems …”: ibid., 13.

  
8
“little real enthusiasms …”: Vyrubova, 98.

  
9
“in a fantastic shower …”: Kurth, 15.

10
“Clear out at once …”: Rodzianko, 76–77.

11
“Her face was cold …”: Buchanan,
Dissolution
, 35.

12
“anxiously and furtively …”: Kurth, 15.

13
“A symbol that …”: Vyrubova, 98–99.

14
“God Save the Tsar …”: Kurth, 17.

15
“You can see it …”: Fige, 12.

16
“My people love me”: ibid.

17
“Nobody … could have …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 239.

18
“habits of discipline”: Gilliard, 38.

19
“I had a definite …”: ibid.

20
“I had a rather …”: Trewin, 30–31.

21
“sensitive to the …”: Gilliard, 40.

22
“I like to think …”: Radziwill,
Nicholas II
, 199.