The Last Tsar: Emperor Michael II

36. Alexandrov, p 221

37. Poutiatine

38. Wilton, p 121

21. Either Him or Us

1. Khrustalev/Likov, p 92

2. Buranov/Khrustalev, p 96

3. MA’s diary, May 21,1918, cited Mirkina/Khrustalev (hereafter MK) p 160

4. MA to NS, June 3, 1918, LRA MS, 1363/31

5. MA’s diary, May 19-23, 1918, MK ibid

6. Krumnis, GARF 5881/414

7. MA’s diary, May 25, 1918, MK p 161

8. Wilton, p 121

9. Unsigned and undated note, LRA MS 1363/22

10. MA’s diary, May 29, 1918, MK ibid

11. MA to NS, June 3, 1918, LRA MS 1363/22

12. Ibid, June 3, 1918

13. MA’s diary, June 7, 1918, MK p 163

14. Myasnikov, p 63

15. Biographical note, Myasnikov

16. Kerensky, Murder, p 255

17. Myasnikov, p 31

18. Ibid, pp 69-70

19. MA’s diary, June 7, 1918, MK ibid

20. Ibid, June 8-9, 1918

21. Ibid, June 10-11, 1918

22. Myasnikov, p 116

23. Malkov statement, GAPO 90/M-60

24. Mikov, GAPO 90/2/M-22b

22. Death in the Woods

1. Myasnkov, p 59

2. Ibid

3. Ibid,, pp 82-4

4. British Meteorological Office,, Bracknell, Berkshire

5. Myasnikov, p 59

6. Ibid, p 87

7. Ibid, pp 94-5

8. Ibid, p 95

9. Biographical note, Introduction, Myasnikov His 1935 statement at the Soviet Paris embassy came after he fled Stalin’s purges and intended to win hi m a pardon. He was allowed back in Russia, though that would do him no good. He was executed by the Soviets in 1945.

10. Myasnikov, p 95

11. Khrustalev/Lykov, p 118

12. Statement by Znamerovsky, ibid cited pp 118-9

13. Statement by Chelyshev, ibid, cited p 109

14. Krumnis, cited Mirkina/Khrustalev, pp 152-3

15. Statement by kitchen maid, cited Khrustalev/Lykov, pp 114-5

16. Statement by Chelyshev, ibid, p 109

17. Markov, Mirkina/Khrustalev, pp 152-3

18. Ibid

19. Wilton, p 123

20. Ibid

21. Krumnis, cited Mirkina/Khrustalev, pp 153

22. Chelyshev statement, Khrustalev/Lykov, p 109; Markov, Mirkina/Khrustalev, pp 152-3

23. Myasnikov, p 98

24. Ibid, pp 98-100

25. Ibid, p 105

26. Ibid, pp 105-8

27. Ibid, p 111

28. Markov, Mirkina/Khrustalev, pp 152-3

29. Ibid

30. Myasnikov, p 112

31. Markov, Mirkina/Khrustalev, pp 152-3

32. Markov was still weating the watch in 1965 when as an old man his statement about Michael’s murder was lodged in Perm Archives.

33. Myasnikov, p 113

34. Ibid

35. Ibid

36. Resolution Perm Provincial Executive Committee, June 13, 1918, cited Khrustalev/Lykov, p 90

37. Wilton, p 240

38. Izvestya, Perm., June 15, 1918, cited Mirkina/Khrustalev, p 149

39. V. F. Sivkov, Perm Provincial Executive Committee, cited Buranov/Khrustalov, p 107

40. Vera Karnaukhova, in evidence to Sokolov, RTsKhIDNI 588/8, cited Khrustalev/Lykov pp 138-40

41. Krumnis, cited Mirkina/Khrustalev, pp 152-3

42. Myasnikov, p 119

43. Ibid, p 114

44. Alexandrov, pp 81-3

45 Ibid. The two envoys travelled separately, with Myasnikov escorting his friend Beloborodov’s wife and family, travelling to Moscow. Although he survived, they drowned in a cross-river ferry accident. That would explain why he did not return with Goloshchenkin to Ekaterinburg or play any further role in events there.

23. Long Live Michael

1. Telegram no 551, June 29, 1918, PRO/ADM 137/883

2. The Times, London, June 27, 1918,

3. Ibid, July 3, 1918

4. Ibid, July 6, 1918

5. July 8, 1918, PRO WO 106/1220/44