Extracts from the Letters of Anastasia to her Father
These extracts have been chosen to provide an idea of daily life for the Tsar and his family and specifically to give a picture of life in the Alexander Palace.
May 8, 1913 “…I am in Tatiana’s room. Tatiana and Olga are here… I am sitting and digging in my nose with my left hand. Olga wanted to slap me but I ran away from her swinish hand…”
Oct. 25, 1914
“…It’s 9.10 a.m. now. We are waiting for Grigory (Rasputin) to come. Olga is sitting idly and digging in her nose. She is just a “swine”… I am in a great hurry to write as Grigory is coming soon… He has just come…”Oct. 28, 1914
“…Ortino and Tatiana are running about the room now. Mother is going to receive Maklakov at 9 a.m. and Malama will come, too, which is very pleasant. I took this picture of myself looking at the mirror. It was very hard as my hands were trembling. …I had 7 classes today and tomorrow I am going to have 4 or 5… I am having a Russian class now and Pyotr Alexeyevich is reading Turguenev’s “The Hunter’s Notes” to us…”Jan. 30, 1915
“…I taught Ortino to sit up and beg and today I’ve taught her to give her paw and now she can do it. She is so sweet…”March 7, 1915
“…I’m so grateful to you that you allowed us to use your bath. We bathed there yesterday. It was such fun! I was the first to go. There was much water. I was able to swim around the bath and then jumped down from its sides. It was terrific! Then Maria and I played in the water for some time but, unfortunately,I had to get out soon. Ortino was running about all the time and barking. After that Olga and Tatyana bathes and also enjoyed themselves!.. . Mother has already got in her room the flowers which you like. You know those blue flowers which grow in front of Grandmother’s windows. They have just opened. Tomorrow is Sunday. It’s so good not to have lessons when you can lie about in bed longer than usual… All of us are kissing you including Ortino who is running about here like a mad dog… She is such a dear…”Apr. 7, 1915
“…We have just finished dinner. Mother is lying and sisters are sitting nearby. Tatyana is out, of course, as usual. Shvybzik and Ortino are lying in Mother’s bed and sleeping. They are such darlings…”
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ohsoromanov: Extracts from the Letters of Anastasia to her Father These extracts have been chosen...
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