physical appearance ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15
political influence of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
pregnancies of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
psychological problems of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
public attitude towards ref 1, ref 2
Rasputin scandal ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
reaches marriagable age ref 1
religious beliefs see Gregory, Father (Rasputin); occultism; Orthodox Christianity; Serafim of Sarov, Saint
rescue hopes of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
sees Nicholas in Berlin (1892) ref 1
visits Britain ref 1
visits Ella at Illinsky ref 1
visits Ella in St Petersburg ref 1
war work of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Alexandrovna, Maria (Maximiliane Wilhelmine) ref 1
Alexei (uncle of Nicholas) ref 1
Alexei, Tsarevich (son of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
birth of ref 1
family told of haemophilia ref 1
with Father Gregory (Rasputin) ref 1
haemophilia attacks ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
haemophilia diagnosed ref 1
hernia operation ref 1
other illnesses ref 1, ref 1, ref 2
personal characteristics of ref 1
Alexis (uncle of Nicholas) ref 1
Alexis, Tsar ref 1
Alfred, Uncle (Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; ‘Affie’) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (mother of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2
Anastasia (daughter of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13
Anastasia of Montenegro, Princess see Stana
Andrew (cousin of Nicholas) ref 1
Anitchkov Palace ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Anna, Empress ref 1
Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) ref 1
Anti-Tuberculosis League ref 1
Antoinette, Marie ref 1, ref 2
Antony the Wanderer ref 1
Apraxin, Count ref 1
Arthur, Prince ref 1, ref 2
Atkinson’s White Rose perfume ref 1
Augusta, Dowager Empress ref 1
Augustine ref 1
Avdeev ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Bachmanov ref 1
Balmoral Castle ref 1, ref 2
Bariatinsky, Marie ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Bariatinsky, Prince ref 1
Beatrice, Aunt ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Becker, Toni ref 1, ref 2
Benckendorff, Count Paul ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
Bendery ref 1
Bertie see Edward VII, King
Bezobrasov ref 1
Bismarck, Otto von ref 1
bleeding disease see haemophilia
Blessing of the Waters ref 1, ref 2
Bloody Sunday ref 1
Bolin and Fabergé ref 1
Bolshevik party ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Bolshoi Ballet ref 1
Boris (cousin of Nicholas) ref 1
Botkin, Dr ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 9, ref 10
Brahms, Johannes ref 1
Breslau ref 1
Britain, dominant power of ref 1
British Foreign Office ref 1
British Secret Service ref 1
Brotherhood of St John of Tobolsk ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Buchanan, Meriel ref 1
Buchanan, Sir George ref 1, ref 2
Buxhoeveden, Baroness Sophie ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24
Cadet (Constitutional Democratic) party ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
caricatures, by Alexandra ref 1
Carrington, Lord ref 1
Cathedral of the Assumption ref 1
Catherine the Great ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Catherine Palace ref 1, ref 2
censorship laws ref 1
Cheka ref 1
Chemodurov ref 1, ref 2
Chevaliers Gardes ref 1
China ref 1, ref 2
Christian IX, King ref 1
Christianity see Orthodox Christianity
Church of the Annunciation ref 1
Church of the Assumption ref 1
Coburg ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Cochrane, Minnie ref 1
Concert Hall ref 1, ref 2
Congress of Soviets ref 1
see also Soviet of Workers and Soldiers Deputies
Constantine (‘K.R.’) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
Constitutional Democratic (Cadet) party ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Cowes ref 1, ref 2
Cyril (Grand Duke) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Czech Legion ref 1, ref 2
Darmstadt ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Dehn, Lily ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Demidov, Anna ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Derevenko, Dr ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Derevenko, Kolia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Didkovsky ref 1
Diveyevo Convent ref 1
Dolgorukov, Prince Vasilii (Valia) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Dolgorukov, Princess ref 1
Dolgoruky, Olga ref 1
Dona (wife of Emperor William) ref 1
Dondukov, Princess ref 1
Dowager Empress see Minnie
Ducky see Victoria Melita
Duma ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11
Eddy (Prince Albert Victor) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Edward VII, King (‘Bertie’) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Ekaterinburg ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Elizabeth (niece of Alexandra) ref 1
Ella (Elizabeth; sister of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17
at birth of Olga ref 1
‘bad Moscow set’ of ref 1
on canonization of St Serafim ref 1
distancing from Alexandra ref 1, ref 2
faith of ref 1, ref 2
and occultism ref 1, ref 2
war work of ref 1
Emir of Bokhara ref 1
English disease see haemophilia
Ernie, Grand Duke of Hesse (brother of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14
correspondence with Alexandra ref 1, ref 2
relationship with Alexandra ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
and war against Germany ref 1, ref 2
Eugene Onegin ref 1
Eupatia ref 1
Fabrice, Gretchen von ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Federov, Dr ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Feodorovna, Maria see Minnie
Ferdinand, Franz ref 1
Ferdinand of Rumania, Crown Prince ref 1
Flotov, Madame ref 1
Flushing ref 1
France, relationship with Russia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Francis Joseph of Battenberg, Prince ref 1
Franz Josef, Emperor ref 1
Frederick (brother of Alexandra; ‘Frittie’) ref 1
Frederick Charles of Hesse (cousin of Alexandra) ref 1
Frederick, Crown Prince (‘Fritz’) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Fredericks, Baron ref 1
Galitzine, Princess ref 1, ref 2
Gapon, Father ref 1, ref 2
Gapon Society ref 1
Gatchina ref 1, ref 2
George of Greece ref 1, ref 2
George of Leuchtenberg, Duke ref 1
George V, King ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Georgy, Prince (brother of Nicholas) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
German Emperor see William II, Emperor
Germany
relationship with Russia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
rise in power of ref 1
war against Russia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Gibbes, Sydney ref 1
Gibbs, Charles ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Giliarovsky, Vladimir ref 1
Gilliard, Pierre ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
Girsh, Dr ref 1, ref 2
Goloshchokin, Chaya ref 1
Goremykin ref 1, ref 2
Goulesco ref 1
Grancy, Baroness Wilhelmine ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Granovitaia Palace ref 1
Great Fast ref 1
Great Petrovsky Bridge ref 1
Gregory, Dimitri (son of Father Gregory) ref 1
Gregory, Father (Rasputin) Alexandra’s faith in ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
attack on ref 1
cures Alexei’s haemophilia attacks ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
death of ref 1, ref 2
describing Nicholas ref 1
hostility towards ref 1, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
influence of ref 1
meets Alexandra and Nicholas ref 1
relationship with Alexandra’s children ref 1
self-destructive behaviour of ref 1, ref 1, ref 2
see also occultism
Grooten ref 1
Guchkov, Alexander ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
haemophilia
Alexei’s attacks ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
Alexei’s diagnosed ref 1
Henry (nephew of Alexandra) dies of ref 1
Uncle Leopold’s ref 1, ref 2
Hall of the Armorial Bearings ref 1
Hall of the Field Marshals ref 1
Hall of Nicholas I ref 1
Halley’s comet ref 1
Harrogate ref 1
Heath, Mr (tutor of Nicky) ref 1
Helena, Aunt ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Helena Victoria ref 1
Hélène, Princess ref 1, ref 2
Help Through Handwork project ref 1, ref 2
Hendrikov, Anastasia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Henry (nephew of Alexandra) ref 1
Henry of Battenberg ref 1
Henry of Prussia, Prince ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Hermitage Museum ref 1
Hermitage Palace ref 1, ref 2
Hermitage Theatre ref 1
Hesse, Grand Duchy of ref 1
Hesse scandal ref 1
Hitrovo, Marguerita ref 1
Holy Fools ref 1
Holy Wanderers ref 1
Hotel America ref 1, ref 2
Iliodor ref 1, ref 2
Illinichna, Tsarina Maria ref 1
Illinsky ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Imperial Ballet School ref 1
industrialization of Russia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Ipatiev ref 1
Irene (sister of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18
Iretsky, Madame ref 1
Irina (daughter of Xenia) ref 1, ref 2
Ivanovsky convent ref 1
Izmailovsky regiment ref 1
Jackson, Margaret (‘Madgie’) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Japan
Nicholas’s early visit ref 1
relationship with Russia ref 1
war against Russia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Java ref 1
Jenner, Dr ref 1
Jerome ref 1
John of Kronstadt ref 1
Kaiser Wilhelm see William II, Emperor
Kazan Cathedral ref 1, ref 1
Kchessinsky, Matilda ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Kerensky, Alexander ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
Khabalov, General ref 1
Kharitonov, Ivan ref 1
Khodynka Field disaster ref 1, ref 2
Kiel ref 1
Kleinmichel, Marie ref 1
Kobylinsky ref 1
Kokovtsov, Vladimir ref 1, ref 2
Kolemine, Madame Alexandrine von ref 1, ref 2
Korea ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Kornilov, General ref 1, ref 2
Korovin, Dr ref 1
Kossikovsky, Dina ref 1
Kozelsky, Mitya ref 1, ref 2
K.R. see Constantine
Krasnoe Selo ref 1
Kuendinger, Professor ref 1
Kuropatkin, Alexei Nicholaerich ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Kutuzov, Countess ref 1
Lamanov ref 1
Lamsdorff, Countess ref 1
Lancers regiment ref 1
Lena goldfields massacre ref 1
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Leopold, Uncle ref 1, ref 2
Leyden, Dr ref 1
Liaodong Peninsula ref 1
Lied, Jonas ref 1
Livadia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Lloyd George, David ref 1
Louis of Battenberg ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (father of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Louis XVI (king of France) ref 1
Louise of Prussia, Princess ref 1, ref 2
Louise, Queen of Denmark ref 1, ref 2
Lutheranism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Lvov, Prince ref 1, ref 2
Madgie see Jackson, Margaret
Makarov, Admiral ref 1
Malta ref 1
Manchuria ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Maple’s (Alexandra’s furniture supplier) ref 1
Maria (cousin of Nicholas) ref 1
Marie (daughter of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15
Marie (daughter of Grand Duke Paul) ref 1
Marie, Aunt ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Marie, Aunt (Maria Pavlovna) see Miechen, Aunt
Marie-Louise (cousin of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2
Mariinsky Theatre ref 1
Markov, Serge Vladimirovich ref 1
Marxism ref 1
Mary (children’s nurse) ref 1
Matrena ref 1
Matveev ref 1
Max of Baden, Prince ref 1
Maximiliane Wilhelmine, Princess (Maria Alexandrovna) ref 1
May (sister of Alexandra) ref 1, ref 2
Meiji, Emperor ref 1
Memory of Azov (frigate) ref 1
Mensheviks political party ref 1
Michael (brother of Nicholas) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
abdication of ref 1
becomes tsarevich ref 1
and Dina Kossikovsky ref 1, ref 2
favouritism towards ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Michaelovich, Grand Duke Nicholas (‘Uncle Bembo’) ref 1
Michaelovna, Maria (‘Mother Maria’) ref 1, ref 2
Miechen, Aunt (Maria Pavlovna; Aunt Marie) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
Military Arsenal ref 1
Military Revolutionary Committee ref 1
Militsa of Montenegro ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Miliukov, Paul ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Minnie (Dowager Empress; Maria Feodorovna) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
at birth of Olga ref 1
charity work ref 1, ref 2
gives ball for granddaughters ref 1
influence on Nicholas ref 1, ref 2
popularity of ref 1, ref 2
relationship with Alexandra ref 1
, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13
Missy (sister of Ducky) ref 1
Mogilev ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Mother Maria see Michaelovna, Maria
Mouchanow, Martha ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24
Mukden battle ref 1
Munitions Committee ref 1
mutiny, of armed forces (1917) ref 1
Nagorny ref 1
Naryshkin, Madame ref 1, ref 2
Nest of the Gentry (Turgenev) ref 1
Nevsky Prospekt ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Nicholaevich, Nicholas, Grand Duke (‘Nikolasha’; cousin of Nicholas) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
Nicholaevitch, Peter, Grand Duke ref 1, ref 2
Nicholas Hall ref 1
Nicholas II, Tsar (‘Nicky’) abdication announced ref 1
advised of anarchy in Petrograd ref 1
arrest of ref 1
assassination attempt on ref 1
assassination threats to ref 1, ref 2
becomes tsar ref 1
caricature of (by Alexandra) ref 1
contacts Alexandra after 1917 revolution ref 1
coronation celebrations ref 1
correspondence with Alexandra ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18
courtship of Alexandra ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
creates Duma ref 1
education of ref 1
emigration plans ref 1
engagement to Alexandra ref 1
European tour (1896) ref 1
execution of ref 1
health of ref 1, ref 2
hostility towards ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
imprisoned at Alexander Palace ref 1
imprisoned at Ekaterinburg ref 1
imprisoned at Tobolsk ref 1
influence of Alexandra on ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
isolation of ref 1, ref 2
loyalty of Alexandra to ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
marries Alexandra ref 1
meets Alexandra for first time ref 1
personal characteristics of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
physical appearance of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
physical work at Alexander Palace ref 1
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