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ONE YEAR AT THE RUSSIAN COURT: 1904-1905

THE EX-EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA OF RUSSIA WITH THE EX-TZAREVITCH ALEXIS

ONE YEAR AT THE RUSSIAN COURT: 1904-1905

BY RENÉE ELTON MAUD LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXVIII Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

PART I

PAGE

THE FULFILMENT OF MY DREAM1

PART II

IN THE CAUCASUS79

PART III

AT PETROGRAD105

PART IV

RASPUTIN: HIS INFLUENCE AND HIS WORK189

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Ex-Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia with the Ex-Czarevitch Alexis Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

Russian Coachman6

Caucasus—Gourian Prince6

Russian Equipages—Two Troïkas7

In the Park of Monrepos—The Ferry to Ludwinstein14

Monrepos—The Char-à-bancs15

The Castle of Monrepos from the Park22

Peterhof—The Imperial Children23

Cronstadt—Two Survivors of the glorious Koreitz62

The Barracks at Peterhof—Two Cossacks of the Escort62

The Crown Prince of Germany with Princess Cecilie as Fiancés 63

Scenery in the Caucasus90

In the Mountains of the Caucasus91

Tiflis—A Persian Baker’s Shop94

Tiflis—A Persian Shoemaker’s Shop95

Ploughing in the Caucasus216

The Imperial Palace of Tzarskoë-Celo217