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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