CHAPTER PAGE
[INTRODUCTION][vii]
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS][xi]
[I.][MY FIRST LESSONS AT THE COURT (AUTUMN, 1905)][17]
[II.][ALEXIS NICOLAÏEVITCH—VISITS TO THE CRIMEA (AUTUMN, 1911, AND SPRING, 1912)—SPALA (AUTUMN, 1912)][25]
[III.][I BEGIN MY DUTIES AS TUTOR—THE CZAREVITCH’S ILLNESS (AUTUMN, 1913)][37]
[IV.][THE CZARINA, ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA][47]
[V.][RASPUTIN][59]
[VI.][ILIFE AT TSARSKOÏE-SELO—MY PUPILS (THE WINTER OF 1913-14)][69]
[VII.][THE INFLUENCE OF RASPUTIN—MADAME WYROUBOVA—MY TUTORIAL TROUBLES (WINTER OF 1913)][81]
[VIII.][JOURNEYS TO THE CRIMEA AND RUMANIA—PRESIDENT POINCARÉ’S VISIT—DECLARATION OF WAR BY GERMANY (APRIL-JULY, 1914)][91]
[IX.][THE IMPERIAL FAMILY IN THE FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR—OUR JOURNEY TO MOSCOW (AUGUST, 1914)][105]
[X.][THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE WAR][121]
[XI.][THE RETREAT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY—THE CZAR PLACES HIMSELF AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY—THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF THE CZARINA (FEBRUARY-SEPTEMBER, 1915)][133]
[XII.][NICHOLAS II. AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF—THE ARRIVAL OF THE CZAREVITCH AT G.H.Q.—VISITS TO THE FRONT(SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1915)][147]
[XIII.][THE CZAR AT THE DUMA—THE CAMPAIGN IN GALICIA—OUR LIFE AT G.H.Q.—GROWING DISAFFECTION IN THE REAR (1916)][161]
[XIV.][POLITICAL TENSION—THE DEATH OF RASPUTIN (DECEMBER, 1916)][177]
[XV.][THE REVOLUTION—THE ABDICATION OF NICHOLAS II. (MARCH, 1917)][187]
[XVI.][THE CZAR NICHOLAS II.][203]
[XVII.][THE REVOLUTION SEEN FROM THE ALEXANDER PALACE—THE CZAR’S RETURN TO TSARSKOÏE-SELO][209]
[XVIII.][FIVE MONTHS’ CAPTIVITY AT TSARSKOÏE-SELO (MARCH-AUGUST, 1917)][221]
[XIX.][OUR CAPTIVITY AT TOBOLSK (AUGUST-DECEMBER, 1917)][239]
[XX.][END OF OUR CAPTIVITY AT TOBOLSK (JANUARY-MAY, 1918)][251]
[XXI.][EKATERINBURG—THE MURDER OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY DURING THE NIGHT OF JULY 16-17TH, 1918][269]
[XXII.][THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CRIME ESTABLISHED BY THE ENQUIRY][281]
[EPILOGUE][299]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[The Czar clearing snow at Tsarskoïe-Selo][Frontispiece]
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[The Czarevitch in the park of Tsarskoïe-Selo][20]
[The four Grand-Duchesses in 1909][20]
[The Czarina before her marriage][26]
[The Czarevitch at the age of fifteen months][26]
[The Grand-Duchesses Marie and Anastasie in theatrical costume][30]
[The Czarina at the Czarevitch’s bedside][30]
[The four Grand-Duchesses gathering mushrooms][40]
[The Czarevitch cutting corn he had sown at Peterhof][40]
[Letter to the author from the Grand-Duchess Olga Nicolaïevna, 1914][60]
[The Czarevitch with his dog “Joy”][70]
[The Czarina and the Czarevitch in the court of the palace at Livadia][74]
[The Czarina sewing in the Grand-Duchesses’ room][74]
[Excursion to the “Red Rock” on May 8th, 1914][92]
[The four Grand-Duchesses, 1914][92]
[The Czar and Czarevitch examining a captured German machine-gun, 1914][110]
[The Czar and Czarevitch before the barbed wire, 1915][110]
[The Czar][134]
[The Czarevitch][134]
[The Czarina][140]
[The four Grand-Duchesses][140]
[The Czar and Czarevitch on the banks of the Dnieper, 1916][148]
[The Czar and Czarevitch near Mohileff, 1916][148]
[The Czar and Czarevitch at a religious service at G.H.Q., Mohileff][154]
[The Grand-Duchesses visiting the family of a railway employee][166]
[The Czarina and Grand-Duchess Tatiana talking to refugees][166]
[The Grand-Duchess Marie as a convalescent][212]
[The four Grand-Duchesses in the park at Tsarskoïe-Selo][212]
[The Czarina’s room in the Alexander Palace][216]
[The Portrait Gallery][216]
[The Czar, his children and their companions in captivity working in the park][222]
[The Czar working in the kitchen-garden][226]
[The Czarina, in an invalid chair, working at some embroidery][226]
[The Grand-Duchess Tatiana carrying turf][230]
[The Czar and his servant Juravsky sawing the trunk of a tree][230]
[The Grand-Duchesses Tatiana and Anastasie taking a water-butt to the kitchen-garden][234]
[The Imperial family’s suite at Tsarskoïe-Selo, 1917][234]
[The Grand-Duchess Tatiana a prisoner in the park of Tsarskoïe-Selo][240]
[Alexis Nicolaïevitch joins the Grand-Duchess][240]
[The Czar and his children in captivity enjoying the sunshine at Tobolsk][246]
[The Governor’s house at Tobolsk, where the Imperial family were interned][252]
[The Czar sawing wood with the author][256]
[Alexis Nicolaïevitch on the steps of the Governor’s house][256]
[The Imperial family at the main door of the Governor’s house][260]
[The Czarina’s room][260]
[The priest celebrating Mass in the Governor’s house after the departure of Their Majesties][264]
[The river steamer Rouss on which the Czar and his family travelled][264]
[Ipatief’s house at Ekaterinburg, in which the Imperial family were interned and subsequently massacred][270]
[Yourovsky, from a photograph produced at the enquiry][272]
[The Grand-Duchesses’ room in Ipatief’s house][272]
[Ipatief’s house from the Vosnessensky street][276]
[The Czarina’s favourite lucky charm, the “Swastika”][276]
[The room in Ipatief’s house in which the Imperial family and their companions were put to death][282]
[Mine-shaft where the ashes were thrown][286]
[The search in the mine-shaft][286]
[M. Sokoloff examining the ashes nearest to the mine-shaft][290]
[M. Sokoloff examining traces of fire at foot of an old pine][290]
[Dr. Botkin, who was killed with the Imperial family][294]
[A group taken at Tobolsk][294]

Thirteen Years at the Russian Court

CHAPTER I
MY FIRST LESSONS AT THE COURT
(AUTUMN, 1905)