Nicholas and Alexandra: The Tragic, Compelling Story of the Last Tsar and his Family

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by Robert K. Massie


  transfer to Tobolsk, 1

  Yakovlev and, 1, 2, 3

  Rasputin and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 assassination of Rasputin, 1

  banishments, 1, 2

  boasting, 1, 2

  military advice, 1, 2

  political advice, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  prediction of defeat, 1

  premonitions of death, 1

  in Romanov tercentenary celebrations, 1

  Russo-Japanese War and, 1 Dogger Bank incident, 1, 2

  succession to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  titles of, 1, 2n

  travels of annual migrations, 1

  1893 trip to England, 1

  1896 tour of Europe, 1

  1909 trip to England, 1

  world cruise, 1

  yacht cruises, 1;

  see also: Standart

  as Tsarevich, 1 affair with Kschessinska, 1, 2, 3, 4

  army service, 1

  George V’s wedding, 1

  governmental functions, 1, 2

  as playboy, 1

  wife of, see Alexandra Fedorovna

  Nicholas I, King of Montenegro, 1

  Nicholas, Tsarevich (son of Alexander II), 1

  Nicholas Mikhailovich, Grand Duke, 1, 2 assassination of, 1

  Nicholas Nicolaievich, Grand Duke, 1 Alexandra and, 1

  as Commander-in-Chief, 1, 2 capture of Przemysl, 1

  dismissed by Nicholas, 1

  at field headquarters, 1

  1914 offensives, 1

  1915 German offensive, 1, 2

  reappointed by Nicholas at abdication, 1, 2

  rivalry with Sukhomlinov, 1

  favors Nicholas’ abdication, 1

  later life of, 1

  in 1905 Revolution, 1

  at outbreak of War, 1

  proposed as Regent by conspirators, 1

  Rasputin and, 1

  Nicolson, Sir Arthur, 1, 2

  Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1, 2

  Nikolsky, Alexander, 1, 2, 3

  Nilov, Adm., 1, 2

  November Revolution, see Bolshevik Revolution

  Obolensky, Prince Alexis, 1

  Obolensky, Prince Serge, 1

  October Revolution, see Bolshevik Revolution

  Odessa, 1, 2 pogrom in, 1

  Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess (sister of Nicholas), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 birth of, 1

  later life of, 1, 2

  Nicholas’ daughters and, 1, 2

  Rasputin and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Olga Nicolaievna, Grand Duchess (daughter of Nicholas), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 assassination of, 1

  birth of, 1

  Boris’ proposal to, 1

  Carol II and, 1

  described, 1

  full-dress ball for, 1, 2

  measles of, 1

  in Tobolsk, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Omsk, 1 arrival in Tobolsk of soldiers from, 1

  captured by Whites, 1

  Orbeliani, Princess Sonia, 1

  Orchard, Mrs., 1, 2

  Orlov, Gen. Alexander, 1

  Orlov, Prince Alexis, 1

  Orlov, Prince Gregory, 1

  Orlov, Prince Vladimir, 1, 2 personality of, 1

  Osborne (British royal residence), 1, 2

  Ostrogorsky, Dr., 1, 2, 3

  OTMA, 1

  Otto, Dr. John Conrad, 1

  Oukhtomsky, Prince, 1

  Ouspensky Cathedral (Moscow), 1 Nicholas’ coronation in, 1

  Paléologue, Maurice, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 attempts to warn Nicholas of Revolution, 1

  on audience with Nicholas, 1

  later career of, 1

  in March Revolution, 1, 2, 3, 4

  at outbreak of War, 1, 2, 3

  on Rasputin, 1

  on Stürmer, 1, 2

  Pankratov, Vasily, 1, 2, 3

  Pares, Sir Bernard, 1, 2 on Alexis’ hemophilia, 1

  on Duma, 1

  on Rasputin, 1, 2

  Paris, Comte de, 1

  Paris, Nicholas’ visit to, 1

  Pashich, Nikola, 1

  Paul, Tsar of Russia, 1, 2

  Paul, Grand Duke, 1, 2, 3, 4 assassination of, 1

  favors constitution, 1

  in March Revolution, 1, 2

  marries divorcée, 1

  Pavlov, Ivan, 1

  Pavlova, Anna, 1, 2, 3

  Peacock, Sir Edward, 1

  Peter I, the Great, Tsar of Russia, 1, 2 anti-Semitism of, 1n

  Nicholas’ opinion of, 1

  St. Petersburg built by, 1

  title of, 1

  Peter III, Tsar of Russia, 1

  Peterhof, 1

  Petipa, Marius, 1, 2

  Petrograd, see St. Petersburg

  Pitirim, Metropolitan, 1, 2

  Plekhanov, George, 1 on Lenin, 1

  at 1905 conference, 1

  Plehve, Vyacheslav anti-Semitism of, 1

  assassination of, 1

  on Russo-Japanese War, 1

  Pobedonostsev, Constantine Petrovich forced to resign as Procurator, 1. influence on Nicholas of, 1

  opinions and beliefs of, 1

  as tutor to Nicholas, 1

  Poincaré, Raymond, 1 1914 visit to Russia by, 1, 2, 3

  Poinsard, Dr. Paul J., 1

  Pokrovskoe, 1, 2, 3

  Polivanov, Gen., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Port Arthur Japanese siege of, 1

  Russian occupation of, 1

  Potemkin, Prince Gregory, 1, 2

  Potemkin mutiny, 1

  Pourtalès, Count, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Powers, Francis Gary, 1

  Preston, Thomas H., 1

  Princip, Gabriel, 1

  Prokoviev, Serge, 1

  Protopopov, Alexander Alexandra’s confidence in, 1, 2, 3

  arrested, 1

  background of, 1

  eccentricity of, 1, 2

  executed, 1

  as Minister of the Interior appointed, 1

  criticized by Buchanan, 1

  in March Revolution, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  opposition of Trepov, 1

  orders Guard to Petrograd, 1

  Rasputin assassination and, 1

  responsibility for food, 1

  Przemysl, Russian capture and loss of, 1, 2

  Pskov, Nicholas’ abdication in, 1

  Pullman strike, 1n

  Purishkevich, Vladimir, 1, 2 in assassination of Rasputin, 1, 2, 3

  death of, 1

  Rachmaninov, Serge, 1

  Rasputin, Gregory, 1 Alexis and, 1, 2, 3, 4 healing powers of Rasputin, 1, 2

  Spala crisis, 1

  apartment of (1914–16), 1

  assassination attempt on, 1

  assassination of, 1, 2

  background of, 1

  beaten by Hermogen, 1

  body exhumed and burned, 1

  Church’s investigation of, 1

  daughter’s explanation of bad reputation of, 1n

  general estimate of, 1

  Iliodor and, 1, 2

  Imperial family and, 1, 2, 3, 4 Alexandra uses him to evaluate ministers, 1

  Alexandra’s supposed letters, 1, 2

  Alexandra’s telegram from Spala, 1

  cure of Anna Vyrubova, 1

  defended by Alexandra, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  military advice, 1, 2

  Nicholas’ daughters and, 1, 2

  opposition of Romanov family, 1

  political advice, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  public rumors, 1, 2, 3

  Rasputin’s banishments, 1, 2

  Rasputin’s influence dwindles at beginning of War, 1

  Rasputin’s prophetic letter, 1

  Nicholas Nicolaievich and, 1

  opposes War, 1, 2

  personality and characteristics of, 1 acting ability, 1

  coarseness, 1

  debauchery, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  his eyes, 1, 2, 3

  magnetism, 1

  new clothes, 1

  petitioners to, 1

  police surveillance of, 1


  popularity among peasants of, 1

  public attitude to, 1, 2, 3 assumed to be German spy, 1

  Stolypin and, 1, 2, 3

  thrown out of Cathedral seat by Rodzianko, 1

  Vyruboya and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Anna cured by Rasputin, 1

  assassination of Rasputin, 1, 2, 3

  wife of, 1, 2

  Rasputin, Maria, 1, 2, 3n, 4 marriage of, 1, 2

  Rasputin, Praskovie, 1, 2

  Rauchfuss, Dr., 1

  Rennenkampf, Gen. Pavel Karlovich, 1

  Repin, Ilya, 1

  Ressine, Gen., 1, 2

  Reval, 1

  Revolution (March 1917), 1 Cyril pledges allegiance to Duma, 1

  Michael’s abdication, 1

  Nicholas’ abdication, 1, 2

  Nicholas arrested, 1

  Nicholas’ orders from front, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Nicholas warned of, 1

  Petrograd troops mutiny, 1, 2, 3

  Provisional Government formed, 1, 2

  Soviet formed, 1

  Rimsky-Korsakoff, Nicholas, 1, 2

  Rodionov (commissar), 1

  Rodzianko, Michael, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 later life of, 1

  in March Revolution, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Protopopov and, 1, 2

  Rasputin and, 1, 2, 3

  refuses to enter Vladimir plot, 1

  warns Nicholas of Revolution, 1

  Romanov family, 1, 2 Bolshevik assassinations of, 1; see also Ekaterinburg

  conspires against Nicholas, 1

  divorce and, 1

  favors responsible ministry, 1

  financial holdings of, 1, 2

  history of, 1

  after March Revolution, 1

  opposes political influence of Alexandra, 1

  tercentenary of, 1

  Romanova (maid to Empress), 1

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1n, 2

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 1n influence of Tsushima on, 1

  in Russo-Japanese peace negotiations, 1, 2

  Rozhdestvensky, Adm. Zinovi Petrovich, 1, 2

  Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, 1

  Russian Renaissance, 1

  Russo-Japanese War, 1

  Ruzsky, Gen., 1

  St. Petersburg (Petrograd) Alexander III’s funeral in, 1

  Bolshevik Revolution in, 1

  described, 1

  July, 1917, uprising in, 1

  Lenin and Trotsky return to, 1, 2

  in March Revolution, 1 mutinies in army, 1, 2, 3

  Soviet formed, 1

  troops ordered from front, 1, 2

  name changed to Petrograd, 1

  1905 Revolution in, 1

  1914 mobs of strikers in, 1, 2

  opera in, 1

  at outbreak of War, 1

  wartime pleasures of, 1

  See also Winter Palace

  Sakharov, Gen., 1

  Samarin (Procurator), 1

  Samsonov, Gen. Alexander Vasilievich, 1

  Sandro, see Alexander Mikhailovich, Grand Duke

  Sarajevo, assassination of Franz Ferdinand at, 1

  Sazanov, Serge, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 on abdication of Nicholas, 1

  dismissed, 1

  outbreak of War and, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Schneider, Mlle., 1, 2, 3, 4 execution of, 1

  Sednev, Leonid, 1

  Serge, Grand Duke (Nicholas’ cousin), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 assassination of, 1

  Serge, Grand Duke (Nicholas’ uncle), 1, 2, 3, 4 assassination of, 1

  influence on Nicholas of, 1

  Serov (painter), 1

  Shcherbatov, Prince, 1

  Shulgin, Basil 1, 2, 3 Nicholas’ abdication and, 1, 2, 3

  on Rasputin, 1

  Shushenskoe, Lenin in, 1

  Shuvaiev, Gen., 1

  Silver Age, 1

  Simanovich (Rasputin’s secretary), 1, 2, 3

  Simbirsk, described, 1, 2

  Sokolov, Nicholas, 1

  Solov’ev, Vladimir, 1

  Soloviev, Boris, 1, 2

  Spala villa, crisis with Alexis at, 1

  Spiridovich, Gen., 1n

  Stalin, Josef, 1, 2

  Standart (Imperial yacht), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 wrecked, 1

  Stanislavsky, Constantine, 1

  Stavka, 1, 2 Nicholas’ final address to troops at, 1, 2

  Stolypin, Peter Arkadyevich, 1, 2 assassination of, 1

  attempted assassination of, 1

  background of, 1

  Nicholas and, 1, 2

  policy of, 1 in Duma, 1, 2

  foreign policy, 1

  land reform, 1

  Rasputin and, 1, 2, 3

  Storozhov, Father, 1

  Stravinsky, Igor, 1

  Strukov, Gen., 1

  Stürmer, Boris, 1 executed, 1

  as Foreign Minister, 1

  as Prime Minister, 1, 2

  Sukhomlinov, Gen. Vladimir later life of, 1 as Minister of War, 1, 2, 3 rivalry with Nicholas Nicolaievich, 1

  personality and characteristics of, 1

  Sukhomlinov, Mme., 1, 2

  Sukhotin (officer), 1

  Susanin, Ivan, 1

  Sverdlov, Jacob, 1, 2, 3, 4 assassination of Imperial family and, 1, 2, 3

  death of, 1

  Sverdlosk, see Ekaterinburg

  Sviatopolk-Mirsky, Prince, 1

  Szogyeny, Count, 1

  Taft, William Howard, 1n

  Taneyev, Alexander, 1

  Tannenberg, Battle of, 1

  Tatiana, Grand Duchess, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 assassination of, 1

  birth of, 1

  described, 1

  in Ekaterinburg, 1, 2

  after March Revolution, 1, 2

  measles of, 1, 2

  in Tobolsk, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Tatishchev, Gen., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Tauride Palace (St. Petersburg), 1, 2

  Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich, 1

  Tegleva, Alexandra, 1, 2

  Theophan, Archimandrite (Bishop), 1, 2, 3, 4

  Thomas, Albert, 1

  Tiflis, 1

  Tiutcheva, Mile., 1

  Tobolsk described, 1

  Imperial family in, 1, 2, 3 escape plans, 1

  Tocantins, Dr. Leandro, 1n

  Togo, Adm. Heihachiro, 1

  Tolstoy, Leo, 1 excommunication of, 1

  Trans-Siberian Railroad construction of, 1, 2, 3

  Easter egg commemorating, 1

  in Russo-Japanese War, 1

  Trepov, Alexander as Prime Minister, 1, 2

  Rasputin and, 1

  safety of Nicholas and, 1

  Trotsky, Leon, 1 on assassination of Imperial family, 1

  exile and death of, 1

  on Kerensky, 1

  in 1905 Revolution, 1, 2

  plans public trial of Nicholas, 1

  returns to Russia (1917), 1

  Truman, Harry S, 1n

  Trup (Imperial footman), 1, 2

  Tsaritsyn, 1

  Tsarskoe Selo described, 1

  Imperial family as prisoners at, 1, 2, 3

  last winter at, 1, 2

  in March Revolution, 1, 2

  Nicholas’ meeting with workers at, 1

  Tsushima, Battle of, 1, 2

  Tver, Zemstvo of, 1, 2

  Tyumen, 1, 2, 3 captured by Whites, 1

  Ulyanov, Alexander, 1

  Ulyanov, Ilya, 1

  Ulyanov, Maria, 1

  Ulyanov, Vladimir, see Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

  Vachot, Philippe, 1

  Vasnetsov, Victor, 1

  Vassiliev, Father, 1, 2

  Verdun, Battle of, 1

  Victoria, German Kaiserin, 1

  Victoria, Queen of England, 1, 2 on Alexander III, 1

  Alexandra (Alix) and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  death of, 1

  as hemophilic carrier, 1, 2

  Victoria, Princess of Battenberg, 1, 2

  Vladimir, Grand Duke, 1, 2n, 3 influence on Nicholas of, 1

  in line of succession, 1

  opposes land reform, 1
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  threatens to resign, 1

  Vladimir, Grand Duke (Cyril’s son), 1

  Vladivostock, 1, 2, 3

  Voeikov, Gen., 1, 2

  Voikov (member of Ural Soviet and later Ambassador to Poland), 1, 2

  Voitinuik, Sgt., 1

  Vorres, Ian, 1

  Vyborg Manifesto, 1

  Vyrubov, Lt. Boris, 1

  Vyrubova, Anna, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 as friend of Alexandra, 1

  influence over Nicholas and Alexandra of, 1

  last years of, 1

  measles of, 1, 2

  Rasputin and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Anna cured by Rasputin, 1

  assassination of Rasputin, 1, 2, 3

  after Revolution, 1, 2, 3, 4 arrested, 1, 2

  letters from Tobolsk to, 1, 2

  threats on life of, 1

  Waldemar, Prince of Prussia, 1

  Wales, princes of, see Edward VII; Edward VIII; George V

  Warsaw, 1 German capture of, 1, 2

  William II, German Kaiser, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Alexandra and, 1, 2

  Franz Ferdinand’s assassination and, 1

 

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