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Alexandra as a young wife.

Alexandra and the Tsarevich Alexei.

Tsarina Alexandra, melancholy and ill.

Alexandra’s deep devotion to her son Alexei only increased when he survived near-fatal attacks of haemophilia.

Alexandra and her daughters were trained as nurses and worked long hours in military hospitals.

Alexandra and her daughters Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastasia.

Incapacitated by severe pain, Alexandra often took the air in a wheelchair.

The Romanovs at Livadia in the Crimea in 1914.

Index

Academy of Sciences
ref 1

Admiralty
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Akulina, Sister
ref 1

Albert, Prince
ref 1
,
ref 2

Alexander, Father
ref 1

Alexander II, Tsar
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Alexander III, Tsar
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10

Alexander Palace
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

see also
Tsarskoe Selo

Alexander, Uncle
ref 1

Alexandra, Princess of Wales (sister of Minnie)
ref 1
,
ref 2

Alexandra, Tsarina (‘Alicky’; ‘Alix’)

and abdication of Nicholas
ref 1

arrest of
ref 1

attends sister Ella’s wedding
ref 1

attends Uncle Arthur’s wedding
ref 1

attitude towards Bloody Sunday
ref 1

attitude towards Germany
ref 1
,
ref 2

believes Alexei will become Tsar
ref 1

birth of children
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

caricature drawings by
ref 1

charitable work of
ref 1

contacted by Nicholas after 1917 revolution
ref 1
,
ref 2

coronation of
ref 1

correspondence of
see under recipient name

courtship by Nicholas
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

death of father
ref 1

death of mother
ref 1

death threats to
ref 1
,
ref 2

and death of Tsar Alexander III
ref 1

destroys correspondence
ref 1

diary-keeping
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

education of
ref 1

emigration plans
ref 1

engagement to Nicholas
ref 1

European tour (1896)
ref 1

execution of
ref 1

faith in people
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

falls in love with Nicholas
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

financial cutbacks of
ref 1
,
ref 2

funeral of
ref 1

hides jewels
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

hobbies of
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7

hostility towards
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10

ill health of
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10
,
ref 11
,
ref 12
,
ref 13
,
ref 14
,
ref 15
,
ref 16
,
ref 17
,
ref 18
,
ref 19
,
ref 20
,
ref 21
,
ref 22
,
ref 23
,
ref 24
,
ref 25
,
ref 26
,
ref 27
,
ref 28

imprisoned at Alexander Palace
ref 1

imprisoned at Ekaterinburg
ref 1

imprisoned at Tobolsk
ref 1

influence over Nicholas
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10

intellectual pursuits of
ref 1

interrogated by Kerensky
ref 1

isolation of
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9

leadership skills of
ref 1
,
ref 2

leaves Alexander Palace after revolution
ref 1

loyalty to Nicholas
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

marries Nicholas
ref 1

match-making for
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

meets Nicholas for first time
ref 1

meets Provisional Government
ref 1

miscarries child
ref 1

as mother
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8

mourns Father Gregory (‘Rasputin’)
ref 1

and mutiny at Alexander Palace
ref 1

need for orderliness
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

nursing work
ref 1
,
ref 2

and occultism
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

patriotism of
ref 1

personal characteristics
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8

phantom pregnancy
ref 1
,
ref 2

physical appearance
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10
,
ref 11
,
ref 12
,
ref 13
,
ref 14
,
ref 15

political influence of
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

pregnancies of
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9

psychological problems of
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

public attitude towards
ref 1
,
ref 2

Rasputin scandal
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

reaches marriagable age
ref 1

religious beliefs
see
Gregory, Father (Rasputin); occultism; Orthodox Christianity; Serafim of Sarov, Saint

rescue hopes of
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8

sees Nicholas in Berlin (1892)
ref 1

visits Britain
ref 1

visits Ella at Illinsky
ref 1

visits Ella in St Petersburg
ref 1

war work of
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6

Alexandrovna, Maria (Maximiliane Wilhelmine)
ref 1

Alexei (uncle of Nicholas)
ref 1

Alexei, Tsarevich (son of Alexandra)
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9

birth of
ref 1

family told of haemophilia
ref 1

with Father Gregory (Rasputin)
ref 1

haemophilia attacks
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10

haemophilia diagnosed
ref 1

hernia operation
ref 1

other illnesses
ref 1
,
ref 1
,
ref 2

personal characteristics of
ref 1

Alexis (uncle of Nicholas)
ref 1

Alexis, Tsar
ref 1

Alfred, Uncle (Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; ‘Affie’)
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref
4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6

Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (mother of Alexandra)
ref 1
,
ref 2

Anastasia (daughter of Alexandra)
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref
5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10
,
ref 11
,
ref 12
,
ref 13

Anastasia of Montenegro, Princess
see
Stana

Andrew (cousin of Nicholas)
ref 1

Anitchkov Palace
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

Anna, Empress
ref 1

Anna Karenina
(Tolstoy)
ref 1

Anti-Tuberculosis League
ref 1

Antoinette, Marie
ref 1
,
ref 2

Antony the Wanderer
ref 1

Apraxin, Count
ref 1

Arthur, Prince
ref 1
,
ref 2

Atkinson’s White Rose perfume
ref 1

Augusta, Dowager Empress
ref 1

Augustine
ref 1

Avdeev
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

 

Bachmanov
ref 1

Balmoral Castle
ref 1
,
ref 2

Bariatinsky, Marie
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5

Bariatinsky, Prince
ref 1

Beatrice, Aunt
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

Becker, Toni
ref 1
,
ref 2

Benckendorff, Count Paul
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8

Bendery
ref 1

Bertie
see
Edward VII, King

Bezobrasov
ref 1

Bismarck, Otto von
ref 1

bleeding disease
see
haemophilia

Blessing of the Waters
ref 1
,
ref 2

Bloody Sunday
ref 1

Bolin and Fabergé
ref 1

Bolshevik party
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6

Bolshoi Ballet
ref 1

Boris (cousin of Nicholas)
ref 1

Botkin, Dr
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 9
,
ref 10

Brahms, Johannes
ref 1

Breslau
ref 1

Britain, dominant power of
ref 1

British Foreign Office
ref 1

British Secret Service
ref 1

Brotherhood of St John of Tobolsk
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Buchanan, Meriel
ref 1

Buchanan, Sir George
ref 1
,
ref 2

Buxhoeveden, Baroness Sophie
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref 5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8
,
ref 9
,
ref 10
,
ref 11
,
ref 12
,
ref 13
,
ref 14
,
ref 15
,
ref 16
,
ref 17
,
ref 18
,
ref 19
,
ref 20
,
ref 21
,
ref 22
,
ref 23
,
ref 24

 

Cadet (Constitutional Democratic) party
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4

caricatures, by Alexandra
ref 1

Carrington, Lord
ref 1

Cathedral of the Assumption
ref 1

Catherine the Great
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Catherine Palace
ref 1
,
ref 2

censorship laws
ref 1

Cheka
ref 1

Chemodurov
ref 1
,
ref 2

Chevaliers Gardes
ref 1

China
ref 1
,
ref 2

Christian IX, King
ref 1

Christianity
see
Orthodox Christianity

Church of the Annunciation
ref 1

Church of the Assumption
ref 1

Coburg
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3

Cochrane, Minnie
ref 1

Concert Hall
ref 1
,
ref 2

Congress of Soviets
ref 1

see also
Soviet of Workers and Soldiers Deputies

Constantine (‘K.R.’)
ref 1
,
ref 2
,
ref 3
,
ref 4
,
ref
5
,
ref 6
,
ref 7
,
ref 8

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