The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (39 page)

  
1
“My God! My God …”: Paléologue, I: 71.

  
2
“It is a serious moment …”: Fuhrmann, 163.

  
3
“Her mouth and face …”: ibid.

  
4
“I have killed …”: Rasputin,
My Father
, 21.

  
5
“That hunk of …”: Fuhrmann, 164.

  
6
“We are deeply …”: ibid.

  
7
“should be able …”: ibid., 173.

  
8
“We don’t have …”: ibid.

  
9
“give [our enemies] …”: ibid., 176.

10
“[Do] not plan …”: Pares, 188.

11
“a good thing …”: Nicholas II to Alexandra, 19 November/2 December 1914,
Letters of the Tsar
, 14.

12
“an air of weary …”: Gilliard, 105.

13
“I say a terrible …”: Kurth, 118.

14
“Batiushka, Batiushka …”:
Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 277.

15
“For Faith, Tsar …”: ibid.

16
“I solemnly swear …”: Paléologue, I: 51.

17
“God save the Tsar …”: Gilliard, 112.

  
1
“was somber and resigned”: Fige, 252.

  
2
“[They] don’t know …”: Botkin,
Real Romanovs
, 68.

  
3
“Go to the devil …”: Knox, I: 220.

  
4
“Our position is …”: ibid.

  
5
“They haven’t given out …”: Fige, 263.

  
6
“morale and equipment”: Paléologue, I: 83.

  
7
“[the commanders] prepared …”: Fige, 263.

  
8
“became overnight a changed …”: Vyrubova, 107.

  
9
“To some it may seem …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 192.

10
“I have seen the empress …”: Vyrubova, 109.

11
“dignified and courageous”: ibid., 108.

12
“There was a concert …”: King and Wilson,
Resurrection
, 43.

13
“Stand near me …”: Vyrubova, 110.

14
“Two more poor …”: Anastasia to Nicholas II, 28 October/10 November 1914, in Maylunas, 406.

15
“jumped up and ran …”: Knox, I: 317–318.

16
“They’ve screwed it all …”: Fige, 268.

17
“A fish begins …”: ibid.

18
“the vital psychological …”: ibid.

19
“Yes, do come …”: Knox, I: 391.

20
“The Grand Duke is …”: Paléologue, I: 286.

21
“If the Grand Duke is …”: ibid., I: 341.

22
“Our Friend’s enemy …”: Etty, 79.

23
“Think, my wifey …”: Nicholas II to Alexandra, undated, 1915,
Letters of the Tsar
, 71–72.

24
“Yes, truly you ought …”: ibid.

25
“prayers arising …”: Alexandra to Nicholas II, 22 August/4 September 1915,
Letters of the Tsaritsa
, 114.

26
“Remember to comb …”: ibid.

27
“My field bedstead …”: Nicholas II to Alexandra, 7 September/20 September 1915,
Letters of the Tsar
, 182.

28
“See that tiny …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 298.

29
“He … walks backward …”: ibid.

30
“more of the same”: Paléologue, I: 340.

31
“It is His plan …”: Nicholas II to Alexandra, 31 March/13 April 1916, GARF.

  
1
“My dear and valued …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 335.

  
2
“All were drawn up …”: Mosolov, 153.

  
3
“Rasputin took part …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 337–338.

  
4
“Rasputin came home …”: ibid.

  
5
“Rasputin came home at 7 a.m …”: ibid.

  
6
“I fully trust …”: ibid., 334.

  
7
“Forgive me, but I …”: ibid., 351.

  
8
“Long-nozed Saznov …”: Pares, 341.

  
9
“Why do we …”: ibid.

10
“Really, My Treasure …”: Alexandra to Nicholas II, 15 September/28 September 1916, in Maylunas, 439.

11
“Our Friend begs …”: Alexandra to Nicholas II, 23 May/5 June 1916, in Maylunas, 468.

12
“because they liked him …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 342.

13
“Brother, go and …”: ibid.

14
“ministerial leapfrog”: Rodzianko, 239.

15
“It is a terrible …”: Shulgin, 101.

16
“thief” and “half-educated peasant”: Fuhrmann, 251–252.

17
“the Reign of Rasputin”: ibid., 216.

18
“Dark forces are …”: Pares, 396–397.

19
“We will be heroes …”: Bokhanov, 353–354.

20
“Play something cheerful …”: Yusupov, 226.

21
“Then you wouldn’t have …”: Lincoln,
Romanovs
, 706.

22
“like a broken marionette”: ibid.

23
“an expression of loathing”: Purishkevich, 105.

24
“That’s when I saw …”: Yusupov, 229.

25
“Felix! Felix!”: Purishkevich, 106.

26
“He’s alive!”: ibid.

27
“I will tell …”: ibid.

28
“I fired. The night …”: ibid.

29
“In my frenzy …”: Yusupov, 231.

30
“People kissed each other …”: Paléologue Memoirs, 20 December 1916, in Maylunas, 508.

31
“A patrolman standing …”: Vyrubova, 179.

32
“I cannot, and
won’t
 …”: Alexandra to Nicholas II, 17 December/30 December 1916, in Maylunas, 493.

33
“[They] sat on …”: Mordvinov Memoirs, ibid., 507.

  
1
“My dear martyr …”: Paléologue, III: 136.

  
2
“He listened to me …”: Kokovtsov, 478–479.

  
3
“The Emperor’s words …”: Paléologue, III: 151–152.

  
4
“It seems the empress …”: ibid., III: 140–141.

  
5
“These exhausted mothers …”: Reports of the Petrograd Okhrana to the Special Section of the Police, 2 January/26 February 1917, GARF. “lunatic asylum,” “poisonous atmosphere,” and “profound despondency and fear”: Paléologue, III: 164.

  
6
“hungry revolt” and “the most savage excesses”: Addendum to Reports of the Petrograd Okhrana to the Special Section of the Police, 26 January/8 February 1917, GARF.

  
7
“To prevent a catastrophe …”: Kerensky,
Crucifixion
, 261.

  
8
“That’s not true …”: Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia, 283–284.

  
9
“It’s enough to drive …”: Alexander Mikhailovich to Nikolai Mikhailovich, 14 February/27 February 1917, in Maylunas, 530.

10
“Daite khleb
—Give us bread!”: Steinberg, 47.

11
“I will miss …”: Nicholas II to Alexandra, 23 February 1917,
Letters of the Tsar
, 313.

12
“Down with the war” and “Down with the tsar.”: Fige, 310.

13
“Don’t worry. We …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 400.

14
“My brain is …”: Nicholas II to Alexandra, 24 Februrary/9 March 1917,
Letters of the Tsar
, 315.

15
“Down with the …”: Ferro,
Russian Revolution
, 28.

16
“I command you …”: Steinberg, 50.

17
“It’s a hooligan …”: Alexandra to Nicholas II, 25 February/10 March 1917, ibid., 73.

18
“Fire!” and “aim for the heart”: Ferro,
Russian Revolution
, 29.

19
“The hungry, unemployed …”: Michael Rodzianko to Nicholas II, 26 February/11 March 1917, in Steinberg, 76.

20
“That fat …”: Steinberg, 50.

21
“the same wide streets …”: Meriel Buchanan, 164.

22
“It looked as if …”: Paléologue, III: 217.

23
“I see …”: Bulygin, 78.

24
“Sire, do not …”: Gelardi, 254.

25
“a motley, exuberant …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 404–405.

26
“Can I say …”: Pares, 449–451.

27
“Comrades! I speak …”: Trotsky, Diary, 201.

28
“their petty notions …”: Shipside, 63.

29
“Leave tomorrow …”: Nicholas II to Alexandra, 27 February/9 March 1917, in Steinberg, 83.

  
1
“Petrograd is in …”: Dehn, 149.

  
2
“When a house …”: Gilliard, 211.

  
3
“Drunken soldiers …”: Kurth, 144.

  
4
“We shall not …”: Dehn, 151.

  
5
“It’s just like …”: ibid., 153.

  
6
“How astonished …”: ibid., 158.

  
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“The train is …”: ibid.

  
8
“Address of person …”: Vyrubova, 209.

  
9
“I’m beginning …”: Dehn, 158.

10
“My sailors …”: ibid., 162.

11
“I must not …”: ibid.

12
“His Majesty …”: Bulygin, 90–92.

13
“I have decided …”: ibid., 93.

14
“For the sake …”: ibid., 94.

15
“Down with the dynasty!” and “Long live the Republic!”: Paléologue, III: 238.

16
“I have decided …”: Bulygin, 94.

17
“The entire city …”: Poole, 53.

18
“Haven’t you understood …”: Fige, 379.

19
“The church was full …”: ibid., 346.

20
“What will become of us?”: ibid.

21
“Our [village] burst …”: ibid., 347.

22
“It’s all lies!”: Alexandrov, 141.

23
“God and the army …”: ibid.

24
“the study door …”: Dehn, 165.

25
“Abdiqué …”:
ibid.

  
1
“I am going …”: Gilliard, 214.

  
2
“Your father does not …”: ibid., 214–215.

  
3
“like survivors …”: Vyrubova, 218.

  
4
“No longer was …”: Welch, 55.

  
5
“My beloved, Soul …”: Kurth, 149.

  
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“He sobbed like …”: Vyrubova, 212.

  
7
“like a schoolboy …”: Kurth, 157.

  
8
“plenty of [hours] …”: ibid., 156.

  
9
“A pleasant thought”: ibid.

10
“Too many hard …”: Bulygin, 123.

11
“What an appetizing …”: Kurth, 161.

12
“Don’t call me …”: Dehn, 199.

13
“Well, this may …”: ibid.

14
“It is necessary …”: Kurth, 161.

15
“It’s staggering!”: Volkogonov, 106.

16
“We renounce the …”: Fige, 357.

17
“shameless imperialist slaughter …”: Trotsky,
History
, I: 309.

18
“We don’t need …”: Fischer, 128.

19
“That is raving.”: Trotsky,
History
, I: 310.

20
“a hopeless failure.”: Paléologue, III: 302.

21
“drive to power.”: Volkogonov, 222.

22
“Bread, peace, land …”: ibid., 231.

23
“a curious, hypnotic power”: Fige, 392.

24
“[Lenin] was followed …”: ibid.

25
“several guards even …”: Gilliard, 229.

26
“Down with the …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 466.

27
“It is clear …”: Fige, 429.

28
“The Bolsheviks are …”: Bulygin, Pares in introduction, np.

29
“I chose Tobolsk …”: ibid., 120.

30
“Start packing …”: ibid., 121.

31
“Where are we …”: ibid.

32
“For your safety …”: ibid.

33
“Only five or six …”: ibid., 128.

34
“Behave like gentlemen …”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 469.

35
“What shall the future …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 302.

36
“weeping copiously”: Bulygin, 130.

37
“she wept and worried …”: ibid.

  
1
“arranged all quite cozily.”: Olga Nikolaevna to Anna Vyrubova, 10 December/23 December 1917, in Vyrubova, 309.

  
2
“We were all amazed …”: Kurth, 171.

  
3
“very fat …”: Alexandra to Anna Vyrubova, 15 December/28 December 1917, in Vyrubova, 316.

  
4
“The whole day …”: Alexis Diary, 7 January/20 January 1918, in Maylunas, 601.

  
5
“Everything is the same!”: Alexis Diary, 18 January/31 January 1918, ibid.

  
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“Boring!!!!”: ibid.

  
7
“It’s still boring.”: Alexis Diary, 22 January/4 February 1918, ibid.

  
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“He absolutely pounced …”: Welch, 66.

  
9
“extremely … cheerful …”: Trewin, 72.

10
“got[ten] much thinner …”: ibid.

11
“you could hardly find …”: ibid., 73.

12
“She liked Tobolsk …”: ibid., 74.

13
“short and stout …”: ibid.

14
“rarely did what …”: ibid.

15
“Week by week …”: Reed, 11.

16
“History will not …”: Andrews, 59.

17
“I had never seen …”: Kurth, 174.

18
“in the hope …”: Gilliard, 243–244.

19
“a war to the …”: Burleigh, 84.

20
“smelled of printer’s ink …”: Paustovsky, 506.

21
“This is how …”: Smith, 16.

22
“I’ve spent all my life …”: Hosking, 31.

23
“former people”: Rendle, 203.

24
“former landowners, capitalists …”: ibid.

25
“For centuries, our fathers …”: Leon Trotsky as quoted in “Revolution: Russia: Area of Study 2: Creating a New Society,” np.

26
“Where are the …”: Bainton, 197.

27
“We often take …”: Tatiana to Peter Petrov, 26 January/11 March 1918, in Steinberg, 202.

28
“Soldiers’ rations.”: Steinberg, 178.

29
“We held a ‘sitting’ …”: Gilliard, 255.

30
“became cruder …”: Nicholas II to Grand Duchess Xenia, 7 January/20 January 1918, in Steinberg, 218.

31
“To stop us …”: Nicholas II Diary, 20 February/5 March 1918, in Maylunas, 604.

32
“The children are disconsolate”: Gilliard, 255.

33
“pack of blackguardly-looking …”: ibid.

34
“filthy, stupid, crude …”: Gilliard testimony of 5–6 March 1919, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Sokolov Archive, vol. 2: document 55.

35
“It is obvious …”: ibid.

36
“a great inconvenience”: Kurth, 177.

37
“I should like …”: Alexandra to Anna Vyrubova, 30 March/12 April 1918, in Maylunas, 611.

38
“developed a pain …”: Nicholas II Diary, 30 March/12 April 1918, in Maylunas, 610.

39
“an awful internal …”: Alexandra to Anna Vyrubova, 30 March/12 April 1918, ibid.

40
“He is frightfully …”: ibid., 611.

41
“It is such …”: Gilliard, 257.

42
“To think …”: Bulygin, 202.

43
“Everything is in …”: Nicholas II Diary, 9 March/22 March 1918, in Maylunas, 608.

44
“The yellow-complexioned …”: Inspection of Freedom House, 23 April/6 May 1918, in Steinberg, 238.

45
“Only principal part …”: Negotiations by telegraph between Yakovlev and Moscow, 24 April/7 May 1918, GARF.

46
“Removal [of] principal …”: Negotiations by telegraph between Moscow and Yakovlev, 24 April/7 May 1918, GARF.

47
“I must tell you …”: Kobylinksy Deposition in Wilton, 205.

48
“I refuse to go”: Bulygin, 208.

49
“Then I must …”: ibid.

50
“You want to tear …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 85.

51
“Like an animal …”: ibid.

52
“I can’t let the tsar …”: Gilliard, 260–261.

53
“Mother, something …”: Gilliard, 261.

54
“would take great care of …”: ibid.

55
“too young to be …”: Kurth, 180.

56
“an angel …”: ibid.

57
“God won’t allow …”: Bykov, 68.

58
“[They] gazed …”: Kurth, 181.