To My Sisters, Their Imperial Highnesses, the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, and Marie;
To those dear and understanding friends who perished with My Family in Ekaterinburg;
Dr. Eugene Botkin, Mlle. Anna Demidova, Ivan Kharitonov, and Trup;
To those faithful friends and companions who, because of their loyalty to us, perished before or after the tragedy which befell My Family:
Countess Anastasia Hendrikova, Mlle. Ekaterina Schneider, Prince Vasily Dolgorukov, Count Ilia Tatishchev, Nagorny, Chemodurov, and Ivan Sidniev;
To My Brother’s youthful companion and helper, whose fate I never learned:
Leonid Sidniev;
To My Uncle, His Imperial Highness, the Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, and his secretary and friend, Nicholas Johnson, both of whom disappeared, apparently murdered by the Bolsheviks;
To My Aunt, Her Imperial Highness, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, and her faithful nun, Varvara, who were brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks;
To other members of the Imperial Family who were murdered by the Bolsheviks;