The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (40 page)

  
1
“sadness … descended …”: Volkov, np.

  
2
“These days …”: Anastasia to Marie, 24 April/7 May 1918, in Steinberg, 302.

  
3
“Why Ekaterinburg?”: Kobylinksy Deposition in Wilton, 207.

  
4
“finishing off …”: Steinberg, 186.

  
5
“I consider it …”: Negotiations by telegraph between Yakovlev and officials on transfer of Nicholas II to Ekaterinburg, 29 April/12 May 1918, in Steinberg, 252.

  
6
“It is not clear …”: Marie to Olga Nikolaevich, 18 April/1 May 1918, in Steinberg, 298.

  
7
“right snake …”: Kurth, 188.

  
8
“a strict prison”: ibid.

  
9
“We get nasty surprises …”: Marie to Olga Nikolaevich, 27 April/10 May 1918, in Steinberg, 304.

10
“Your soldiers would …”: ibid.

11
“If you do not …”: ibid.

12
“Are you Olga …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 336.

13
“Darling, you must …”: Olga Nikolaevna to Anna Vyrubova, nd, May 1918, GARF.

14
“We feel …”: Gilliard, 264–265.

15
“In our thoughts …”: Anastasia to Marie, 24 April/7 May 1918, in Steinberg, 302.

16
“The rooms are empty”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 137.

17
“Life down there …”: Tegleva testimony of 5–6 March 1913, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Sokolov Archive, vol. 5: document 36.

18
“I cannot describe …”: Buxhoeveden,
Left Behind
, 75.

19
“Look! [The tsar] …”: ibid.

20
“Death to the tyrant!”: ibid.

21
“The dresses … of wanton …”: ibid.

22
“Down with them …”: ibid.

23
“a tragic symphony …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 145.

24
“Nagorny the sailor …”: Gilliard, 269–270.

25
“It [always] looks …”: Nicholas II Diary, 15 May/28 May 1918, in Maylunas, 622.

26
“hot and stuffy”: Nicholas II Diary, 22 May/4 June 1918, ibid., 627.

27
“cosy”: Marie to Olga Nikolaevna, 22 April/5 May 1918, in Maylunas, 618. “Nicholas the Blood-Drinker”: Massie,
Nicholas and Alexandra
, 509.

28
“are original …”: Nicholas II Diary, 25 April/8 May 1918, in Maylunas, 620.

29
“money”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 122.

30
“all kinds of mistakes …”: Strekotin, Statement, 1934, np.

31
“In my opinion …”: Kurth, 190.

32
“The shoes [you have] on …”: Buxhoeveden,
Life and Tragedy
, 342.

33
“insisted on changing …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 161.

34
“astronomical!” and “a little work …”: ibid.

35
“[I] could find no …”: ibid.

36
“Comrade Laundry Teacher …”: ibid.

37
“[he] proved rather clever …”: ibid.

38
“excellent”: Alexandra Diary, 18 June/1 July 1918, GARF.

39
“Hugged him to” and “Being a child …”: Strekotin, Statement, 1934.

40
“It [is] unbearable …”: Krustalev, XLI.

41
“Why?”: Nicholas II Diary, 14 May/27 May 1918 in Steinberg, 324.

42
“everyone had a chance …”: Strekotin, Statement, 1934, np.

43
“passed some sleepless …”: ibid.

44
“There is nothing …”: ibid.

45
“stuck up and stupid”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 238.

46
“There was something …”: Strekotin, Statement, 1934, np.

47
“We’re so bored!”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 240.

48
“Don’t try to …”: ibid.

49
“pretending fright …”: ibid.

50
“everyone relaxed more …”: ibid.

51
“Our dear Marie is …”: Nicholas II Diary, 14 June/27 June 1918, in Maylunas, 632.

  
1
“Today there was …”: Nicholas II Diary, 21 June/4 July 1918, in Maylunas, 633.

  
2
“Because of …”: ibid.

  
3
“dark gentleman”: Kurth, 193.

  
4
“It was left to me …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 258.

  
5
“all obedience …”: ibid., 257.

  
6
“Always fright[ened] …”: Alexandra Diary, 28 June/11 July 1918, in Steinberg, 333.

  
7
“Constantly hear …”: Alexandra Diary, 29 June/12 July 1918, ibid., 334. “liquidated”: Yurovsky’s Account of the Execution of the Tsar, 1 February 1934, in Steinberg, 357.

  
8
“It has to be said …”: Yurovsky’s Note on the Execution, 1920, in Maylunas, 633.

  
9
“Everything is the same”: The Guard’s Duty Log Book, 30 June/13 July 1918, GARF.

10
“Baby … managed …”: Alexandra Diary, 30 June/13 July 1918, in Steinberg, 334.

11
“Today we have absolutely …”: Nicholas II Diary, 30 June/12 July 1918, in Maylunas, 633.

12
“gave the impression …”: Testimony of Father Storozhev in King and Wilson,
Fate
, 275–276.

13
“With the saints …”: Keating, 146.

14
“were spirited …”: Testimony of Eudokia Semyonova in King and Wilson,
Fate
, 277–278.

15
“a giant among men”: ibid.

16
“They were not gods …”: ibid.

17
“It’s been decided …”: ibid., 290.

18
“to be in a state …”: ibid., 291.

19
“arranging [their] medicines”: Alexandra Diary, 3 July/16 July 1918, in Maylunas, 634.

20
“the execution …”: Trotsky,
Diary
, 213.

21
“anything out of …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 280.

22
“[They] said they …”: ibid., 300.

23
“complaining about the murders”: ibid.

24
“15 degrees”: Alexandra Diary, 3 July/16 July 1918, in Maylunas, 634.

25
“Everyone [must] …”: Yurovsky’s Account of the Execution, 17 February 1934, in Steinberg, 356.

26
“all skin and bones”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 304.

27
“they smiled naturally …”: ibid.

28
“They still did not imagine …”: Yurovsky’s Account of the Execution,

29
17 February 1934, in Steinberg, 348.

30
“None of the members …”: Interrogation of Pavel Medvedev, 21–22 February 1919, in Steinberg, 348.

31
“Well, we’re going …”: Testimony of Peter Ermakov in Halliburton, 135. “What, there isn’t …”: Yurovsky’s Note on the Execution, 1920, in Steinberg, 352.

32
“Please, you stand here …”: Massie,
Romanovs
, 5.

33
“They [still] had no idea …”: Yurovsky’s Note on the Execution, 1920, in Steinberg, 352.

34
“with a flash …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 306.

35
“In light of the fact …”: Yurovsky’s Note on the Execution, 1920, in Steinberg, 352.

36
“Lord, oh, my God …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 306.

37
“So we’re not …”: ibid.

38
“I can’t understand …”: ibid.

39
“What? What?”: Yurovsky’s Note on the Execution, 1920, in Steinberg, 352.

40
“This!”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 306.

41
“jumped about …”: Yurovsky’s Note on the Execution, 1920, in Steinberg, 353.

  
1
“The … Soviet passed …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 338.

  
2
“the world will never …”: Bulygin, 239.

  
3
“received the news …”: Lockhart, 304.

  
4
“missing Romanovs”: Fige, 641.

  
5
“But the children …”: Gilliard, 277.

  
6
“I could not believe …”: ibid., 275.

  
7
“The houses looked …”: Goldman, 8–9.

  
8
“Comrade Stalin … has concentrated …”: Clarkson, 566.

  
9
“We wanted …”: Massie,
Romanovs
, 27.

10
“It was frightening!”: ibid., 33.

11
“We swore an oath …”: ibid., 35.

12
“All the skeletons …”: Seward, np.

13
“His life, his actions …”: King and Wilson,
Fate
, 497.

14
“[Nicholas] could have chosen …”: ibid., 498.

15
“doing their moral duty …”: ibid.

16
“My heart leaped …”: Harding, np.

  
1
“What a stunning impression …”: Kanatchikov, 7–19.

  
2
“My early childhood was not …”: ibid., 1–6.

  
3
“Hush, hush, hushaby …”: Tian-Shanskaia, 101.

  
4
“Grandpa rented …”: Gorky, 150–151.

  
5
“I, too, made …”: ibid., 161–171.

  
6
“About ten in the morning …”: Korolenko.

  
7
“The first thing the shop owner …”: Gudvan, 195–196.

  
8
“I tried to take my son …”: ibid., 191–192.

  
9
“The third [train] whistle …”: Palmer, 37–44.

10
“With a jubiliant …”: Poole, 47–51.

11
“It was one o’clock …”: Paustovsky, 474–475.

12
“Suddenly from behind …”: Williams, 143–144.

13
“Like a black river …”: Reed, 99.

14
“I shall describe my day …”: Fige, 727–729.