Nicholas and Alexandra

 5 Goremykin: Pares, 194. “He would not last through the winter”: Florinsky, End, 77.

 6 “The candles have already been lit around my coffin”: Paleologue, II, 14.

 7 “To me, His Majesty is the annointed one”: Florinsky, End, 77.

 8 “He sees and understands all so clearly”: AF to N, 103.

 9 “I call upon you, gentlemen”: Florinsky, End, 79. “I beg you to inform the Emperor”: ibid., 83. “It is our duty to tell the Tsar”: ibid., 82.

10 “The behavior of some of the ministers”: N to AF, 85.

11 The “Ministerial Leapfrog”: Rodzianko, 239; Florinsky, End, 86–7.

12 “After the middle of 1915”: ibid., 67.

13 “The ministers do not wish to work well”: N to AF, 91. “If in any way”: AF to N, 145. “He cannot bear the idea”: ibid., 219.

14 “I keep wracking my brains”: N to AF, 131. “Our Friend told me to wait”: AF to N, 214. “Tomorrow, Gregory sees old Khvostov”: ibid., 216.

15 Sturmer: Florinsky, End, 88; Paleologue, II, 166: Pares, 317.

16 “A bad memory”: Sazonov, 306. “An utter nonentity”: Rodzianko, 178. “False and double-faced”: Pares, 317. “Worse than a mediocrity”: Paleologue, II, 166.

17 “I begat Pitirim”: Pares, 315. “Lovy, I don’t know”: AF to N, 256.

18 “Dogs collected”: Pares, 304. “For a few words”: AF to N, 219.

19 Nicholas at the Duma: Rodzianko, 175–6; Paleologue, II, 187: Pares, 308.

20 “Is he not Our Friend’s enemy?” AF to N, 91.

21 Polivanov: Pares, 299. Four automobiles: Rodzianko, 183. “Get rid of Polivanov”: AF to N, 260. “Any honest man”: ibid., 297. “Lovy, don’t dawdle”: ibid., 297. “Oh the relief!”: ibid., 297. “The ablest military organizer”: Knox, 412.

22 “A nice old man”: ibid., 415.

23 “Long-nosed Sazonov”: AF to N, 210. “Such a pancake”: ibid., 156.

24 “Wish you could think of a good successor”: ibid., 305.

25 Sazonov and Poland: Pares, 341; Paleologue, I, 81, 84.

26 “I won all along the line”: Paleologue, II, 297. Dismissed: Sazonov, 313–14; Buchanan, II, 15–18. Nicholas pleased with British decoration of Sazonov: Hanbury-Williams, 119.

27 “I can never hope to have confidential relations”: Buchanan, II, 18. Paleologue’s view: Pares, 344; Paleologue, II, 224, 257.

28 Marye’s interview with Nicholas: Marye, 475.

29 Protopopov: Pares, 379; Vyrubova, 188; Kerensky, Crucifixion, 214. “I chose Protopopov”: Rodzianko, 260. “He was handsome, elegant, captivating”: Kerensky, Crucifixion, 214.

30 “He proposed his tovarich Protopopov”: N to AF, 219. Protopopov’s mission to England, France and Sweden: Paleologue, III, 46. “Yesterday, I met a man I like very much”: N to AF, 223.

31 Protopopov’s health: Paleologue, II, 46; Kerensky, Crucifixion, 214.

32 Badmayev: Paleologue, III, 51–2.

33 “Gregory earnestly begs”: AF to N, 394. “Please take Protopopov”: ibid., 295. “This Protopopov is a good man”: N to AF, 256. “God grant”: ibid., 269. “God bless your new choice”: AF to N, 398.

34“I hope I shall succeed”: Rodzianko, 213. “I alone shall have the power”: ibid., 214.

35 Protopopov’s eccentric behavior: ibid., 218; Paleologue, III, 51, 88.

36 The icon: Kerensky, Crucifixion, 218.

37 “I feel that I shall save Russia”: Rodzianko, 219.

38 Food supply: ibid., 217; Pares, 383. “Forgive me for what I have done”: AF to N, 428.

39 “Sweet angel … Rumania”: ibid., 211. “Our Friend was afraid”: ibid., 210. “Advance near Riga”: ibid., 221. “Our Friend sends his blessing”: ibid., 346.

40 “I told Alexeiev”: N to AF, 202. “I was very painfully impressed”: ibid., editor’s note, 203. “I beg you, my love”: ibid., 78. “Only for you”: ibid., 154. “Not a single soul must know”: ibid., 203. “He won’t mention it to a soul”: AF to N, 411.

41 Brusilov’s offensive: Golovine, 98, 241.

42 “Our Friend finds better”: AF to N, 377. “Hope we won’t climb over the Carpathians”: ibid., 382. “Very satisfied with Father’s orders”: ibid., 411.

43 “Alexeiev has asked permission”: N to AF, 268. “Our Friend was much put out”: AF to N, 412. “I have only just received your telegram”: N to AF, 270.

44 “Stop this useless slaughter”: AF to N, 413. “My dear, Brusilov …”: N to AF, 272. Gurko: N to AF, 273 n. “An offensive without casualties”: Golovine, 95.

45 “Sturmer and Protopopov both completely believe”: AF to N, 428.

46 Manuilov: Rodzianko, 211; Paleologue, III, 17. The October Mutiny: Paleologue, III, 74, 83.

47 “Sturmer is an excellent, honest man”: N to AF, 206. “It seems that my head will burst”: ibid., 248. “These changes make my head go round”: ibid., 257. “The eternal question of supplies”: ibid., 266.

48 “Nicky so pale”: Vorres, 150. “He had never seemed to me so worried”: Gilliard, 178.

49 “A young, wounded deserter”: Vorres, 150–1.

50 Miliukov’s attack: Paleologue, III, 92. “Woe to that country”: Pares, 392.

51 “Protopopov and Our Friend both find”: AF to N, 436.

52 “All these days I have been thinking”: N to AF, 295. “Our Friend says Sturmer can remain”: AF to N, 437. “I am receiving Sturmer in an hour”: N to AF, 296. “It gave me a painful shock”: AF to N, 438.

53 Trepov: Pares, 395; Paleologue, III, 107. “I am sorry for Protopopov”: N to AF, 297. “Only I beg, do not drag Our Friend into this”: ibid., 298.

54 “Don’t go and change Protopopov now”: AF to N, 439. “The man is as sane as anyone”: ibid., 441. “The man Protopopov or x.y.z”: AF to N, 442.

55 “Those days spent together were difficult”: N to AF, 299. “Great and beautiful times”: AF to N, 453– 5.

56 “Tender thanks for the severe scolding”: N to AF, 307,

57 “Alexander Fedorovich, I order you”: Paleologue, III, 108.

58 The bribe: Mosolov, 170–3; Moorehead, 107; Pares, 395.

59 Petrograd society: Pares, 301. Officers drinking champagne: Bruce Lockhart, 157.

60 “From the stalls to the back row”: Paleologue, III, 26. The Narodny Dom: ibid., 80.

61 Balanchine in the treetops: Taper, 47.

62 “Beautiful, beautiful—like Grace Kelly”: George Balanchine to Suzanne Massie, January 12, 1965.

63 German spy mania: Florinsky, End, 69. The Tsar not included: Buchanan, I, 245. Clandestine wireless station: Buxhoeveden, 225.

64 No evidence that Rasputin was a spy: Pares, 335. “It would have been inexplicable”: Kerensky, Crucifixion, 220.

65 Dinner with Manus: Paleologue, III, 63, 115.

66 “The Empress is a German”: Knox, 515. “I cannot believe she is a traitoress”: Kerensky, Murder, 55. Soldiers’ letters: Knox, 515. Disrespect in hospitals: Vyrubova, 136. “Nemka”: Paleologue, III, 121; Florinsky, End, 70. “If the young Tsarina”: Alexander, 271.

67 “Bomb the Tsar’s motorcar”: Kerensky, Crucifixion, 244. Captain Kostenko: