Wednesday, May 8th.—The officers and men of our guard who accompanied Their Majesties have returned from Ekaterinburg. They say that on arrival at Ekaterinburg the Czar’s train was surrounded by Red Guards and that the Czar, Czarina, and Marie Nicolaïevna have been incarcerated in Ipatief’s house.[69] Prince Dolgorouky is in prison, and they themselves were only released after two days’ detention.
Saturday, May 11th.—Colonel Kobylinsky has been removed and we are left to the Tobolsk Soviet.
Friday, May 17th.—The soldiers of our guard have been replaced by Red Guards brought from Ekaterinburg by Commissary Rodionof, who has come to fetch us. General Tatichtchef and I both feel we ought to
THE PRIEST CELEBRATING MASS IN THE DRAWING-ROOM OF THE GOVERNOR’S HOUSE A FEW DAYS AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF THEIR MAJESTIES. MAY, 1918.
THE RIVER STEAMER “ROUSS,” ON WHICH THE CZAR AND HIS FAMILY WERE CONVEYED FROM TIOUMEN TO TOBOLSK IN AUGUST, 1917, AND THE CHILDREN FROM TOBOLSK TO TIOUMEN IN MAY, 1918.