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.
Chapter Three
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.
Chapter Four
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.
Chapter Five
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.
Chapter Six
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 na
ughtiness”: 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.
Chapter Seven
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.
Chapter Eight
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.
Chapter Nine
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.
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.
Chapter Ten
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.
Chapter Eleven
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.