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