Nicholas and Alexandra

Kerensky, Russia, 147.

68 Nicholas Mikhailovich: Pares, 390. Grand Duke Paul: ibid., 419,

69 Grand Duchess Elizabeth: Pares, 420; Gilliard, 181–2; Paleologue, III, 159.

70 Purishkevich: Pares, 376.

71 “Wonderful energy”: N to AF, 196. Purishkevich’s speech: Pares, 396–7; Paleologue, III, 111.

72 Yussoupov turned pale and trembled: Paleologue, III, 153.

CHAPTER 25 THE PRINCE AND THE PEASANT

 74 Yussoupov wealth exceeded that of the tsars: Vorres, 98.

 75 “One of our estates”: Yussoupov, 65. A mountain as a birthday present: ibid., 101.

 76 Yussoupov genealogy: ibid., 13–28. Archangelskoe and Prince Nicholas’s amusements: ibid., 21–5.

 77 The Moika Palace: ibid., 67–71. Moscow palace, ibid., 78–79.

 78 “Look, isn’t baby pretty”: ibid., 29. The bear: ibid., 75. King Edward VII: ibid., 90.

 79 “I flung myself passionately into a life of pleasure”: ibid., 87. “A charming young girl”: ibid., 115.

 80 “Prince Felix Yussoupov is twenty-nine”: Paleologue, III, 132. “The Empress is a very wise ruler”: Yussoupov, 211–12.

 81 “Town and women are poison for him”: AF to N, 294.

 82 “This time it is for you to bless me”: Vyrubova, 174.

83 “The spirit of Gregory Efimovich”: quoted by Pares, 399.

84 “My intimacy with Rasputin”: Yussoupov, 202. “Spend the evening with me soon”: ibid., 218.

85 “He had long wished to meet my wife”: ibid., 218.

86 “I heard Rasputin say that he expected to pay a late evening visit”: Vyrubova, 178.

87 “A low vaulted ceiling”: Yussoupov, 219–20.

88 “My head swam”: ibid., 226.

89 “With God in thought”: ibid., 227. “You’d far better look at the crucifix”: ibid., 228. “I then saw both eyes”: ibid., 229.

90 “A savage, inhuman cry”: Purishkevich, 105. “What I saw would have been a dream”: ibid., 106–7.

91 Rasputin died by drowning: Vyrubova, 182. “Next morning”: ibid., 179.

92 “I have killed Grishka Rasputin”: Purishkevich, 108. The dog alibi: Vyrubova, 181. Felix telephoned the Empress: ibid., 180.

93 “I swear it”: Paleologue, III, 171. Alexandra lying on a couch: Dehn, 118. “My own beloved sweetheart”: AF to N, 461.

94 “No trace yet”: Fulop-Miller, 365. The Beast was slain: Paleologue, III, 135.

95 “To the moujiks, Rasputin has become a martyr”: ibid., 189.

96 “Am horrified, shaken”: N to AF, 312. “A faith that kept her alive”: Gilliard, 177. “Before all Russia, I am filled with shame”: Vyrubova, 183. “A murder is always a murder”: Paleologue, III, 164.

97 “There was nothing heroic about Rasputin’s murder”: Vorres, 145.

98 “It was a glorious morning”: Dehn, 123. The signatures on the icon: Kerensky, Murder, 106.

99 “My dear martyr”: Paleologue, III, 136.

CHAPTER 26 LAST WINTER AT TSARSKOE SELO

 1 Nicholas at Tsarskoe Selo: Pares, 413. “How lovely it was in the woods”: Rodzianko, 254. Maps on the billiard table: Vyrubova, 196.

 2 “The time for peace has not yet come”: Paleologue, III, 125–6. “A kind of political will”: ibid., 152.

 3 “As usual, Nicholas II was kind and natural”: ibid., 166. “The Emperor’s words”: ibid., 151–2.

 4 “During the year that I had not seen him”: Kokovtsov, 478–9.

 5 “Do you not see?” ibid., 480. “The Tsar was seriously ill”: ibid., 480.

 6 “If I die or you desert me”: Paleologue, III, 191.

 7 Alexandra’s reaction to the murder: Pares, 412; Gilliard, 183.

 8 Anna moved to the palace: Vyrubova, 185. The telephone, portrait of Marie Antoinette: Fares, 414. “I thought that the door”: Kokovtsov, 478.

 9 The concealed balcony: Pares, 414. “If someone else had used the language”: Kaun, 134.

10 Protopopov the only minister who mattered: Pares, 416. “I noticed he was following me”: Rodzianko, 251.

11 Telephoned every morning at ten: Pares, 416. “Oh, Majesty, I see Christ behind you”: Paleologue, III, 119.

12 “Oh, Madame, why are you so sad?”: Dehn, 137.

13 “Taken down a long passage”: quoted by Frankland, 88. “It seems as certain as anything”: ibid., 87.

14 “I allow no one to give me advice”: Paleologue, III, 167.

15 “One should forgive”: MF to N, 302.

16 “Your interference … is causing harm”: Alexander, 283.

17 “Remember, Alix”: ibid., 283. “One cannot govern”: ibid., 184.

18 The Vladimirs: Vorres, 58; Paleologue, III, 160–1; Buchanan, I, 175–6.

19 “What an awful set”: AF to N, 280.

20 Rodzianko’s conversation with Marie Pavlovna: Rodzianko, 246.

21 The grand-ducal plot: Paleologue, III, 140–1. “Prince Gabriel Constantinovich”: ibid., 157.

22 Paleologue’s interview with Nicholas: ibid., 149–52.

23 Sir George Buchanan: Bruce Lockhart, 115, 119.

24 “Za Pivo”: ibid., 150.

25 Buchanan’s interview with Nicholas: Buchanan, II, 43–9.

26 “The Empress must renounce all interference”: Rodzianko, 214.

27 “Alexandra Fedorovna is fiercely and universally hated”: ibid., 249.

28 Rodzianko’s interview with Nicholas: ibid., 252. “I consider it my duty, Sire”: ibid., 261.

29 “I will do everything afterwards”: Vyrubova, 146. “The Empress is a foreigner”: Paleologue, III, 172.

30 Protopopov’s countermeasures: Pares, 437. “The time is such, Sire”: ibid., 437.

31 “What about a responsible ministry?” Rodzianko, 263.

CHAPTER 27 REVOLUTION, MARCH 1917

 1 The women, the workers, the soldiers: Paleologue, III, 213, 264.

 2 “The ministers are but fleeting shadows”: Kerensky, Crucifixion, 261.

 3 “Be sure, we shall never give you up”: ibid., 262.

 4 The overburdened railroads: ibid., 204. Cars and locomotives: Florinsky, End, 42.