Index

Abalak monastery, ref1

Ai-Todor, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Akimov, A. I., ref1

Alapaevsk, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Alexander I, ref1

Alexander II, ref1, ref2, ref3

Alexander III, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Alexander Mikhailovich, ref1

Alexander Palace (Tsarskoe Selo), ref1, ref2, ref3

wine cellar of, ref1

water supply cut off, ref1

bodyguard spoken to by Alexandra, ref1

description of, ref1

possibility of being fired upon, ref1

Romanovs confined at, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

rules and routines at, ref1

Alexandra, Empress (Princess Alix of Hesse), ref1

birth and upbringing, ref1

close relationship with Nicholas, ref1, ref2, ref3

reaction to death of Rasputin, ref1

objects to Nicholas returning to headquarters, ref1

refuses to accept political dangers, ref1

reacts stoically to insurgents, ref1

learns of the abdication, ref1

refuses to leave Tsarskoe Selo, ref1

placed under arrest, ref1

character and description, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

hatred of, ref1

importance of Rasputin to, ref1

religious beliefs, ref1

regards Kerensky with intense suspicion, ref1

unwilling to move to England, ref1

life at Tsarskoe Selo, ref1, ref2

accusations against in anonymous biography of Nicholas, ref1

detention in Tobolsk, ref1

unaware of events in the capital, ref1

financial acumen, ref1, ref2

relationship with Pankratov, ref1

relationship with Klavdia Bitner, ref1, ref2

as intensive reader after February Revolution, ref1

correspondence of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

comment on peace terms, ref1

concerned for Markov’s safety, ref1

tirades against the Kaiser and Germany, ref1

remains optimistic, ref1

favourite food, ref1

agrees to see Yakovlev, ref1

stoic unhappiness at leaving Alexei behind in Tobolsk, ref1

refuses to sit next to Matveev, ref1

hectic journey to Tyumen, ref1

taken to the Ipatev residence, ref1, ref2, ref3

requests that her jewels be brought to Ekaterinburg, ref1

execution of, ref1

see also Romanov family

Alexandra, Queen, ref1, ref2, ref3

Alexandrovich, V. A., ref1

Alexeev, Mikhail

gives daily report to Nicholas, ref1

overhauls the high command, ref1

crumbling of loyalty to Nicholas, ref1

joined by Nicholas in Mogilëv, ref1

pleads with Nicholas to change his mind, ref1

appeals to Nicholas’s sense of patriotic duty, ref1, ref2

tells Nicholas to abdicate, ref1

draft abdication manifesto, ref1

ordered to guard the emperor, ref1

Nikolai’s responsibilities devolved to, ref1

sends Nicholas’s ideas on exile to Lvov, ref1

helps to recruit Volunteer Army, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

refuses to adopt a German ‘orientation’, ref1

and raising of army in the south, ref1

hears rumours concerning the Romanovs, ref1

gathers armed force to bring back Romanov monarchy, ref1

assigns men to guard the Romanovs in Crimea, ref1

death of, ref1

Alexeev, Nikolai, ref1

Alexeev, V. V., ref1

Alexei, Emperor, ref1

Alexei Nikolaevich

as successor to Nicholas, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

as haemophiliac, ref1, ref2, ref3

expected to stay with his father, ref1

character and description, ref1, ref2, ref3

in contact with Kerensky, ref1

upset at impounding of his toy rifle, ref1

rebuked by Nikolski for peeking through the fence, ref1

life at Freedom House, ref1, ref2

education of, ref1, ref2

health of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

ceases to admire Rasputin, ref1

too ill to move from Tobolsk, ref1

arrival at Ekaterinburg, ref1

attends church service in Ipatev house, ref1

life at Ipatev house, ref1

execution of, ref1, ref2, ref3

see also Romanov family

All-Russia Congress of Peasants’ Deputies, ref1

All-Russia Congress of Soviets (Second), ref1

American Hotel (Ekaterinburg), ref1, ref2

anarchists, ref1, ref2

Anastasia Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess

ill with measles, ref1

character and description, ref1

writes account of journey to Tobolsk, ref1

comments on Tobolsk, ref1

correspondence of, ref1, ref2

life at Freedom House, ref1

sees Solovëv walk past Freedom House, ref1

burns her diaries and correspondence, ref1

arrival at Ekaterinburg, ref1

shot fired at, ref1

execution of, ref1

believed to be alive in Perm, ref1

Anna Anderson claims to be, ref1

see also Romanov family

Anderson, Anna, ref1

Anuchin (deputy to Goloshchëkin), ref1

Apraxin, Count Pëtr, ref1

Arakcheev, Alexei, ref1

Archangel, ref1

Ardashev, Alexander, ref1

Ardashev, Vladimir, ref1

Arkhipov, Dr K. S., ref1, ref2

Asha-Balashev iron works, ref1

Ataman Hotel (Ekaterinburg), ref1

Austria, Austrians, ref1, ref2

Austria-Hungary, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Avanesov, V. A., ref1, ref2

Avdeev, Alexander

character and description, ref1

at Freedom House, ref1, ref2, ref3

meets Yakovlev in Tyumen, ref1

arrests and releases Zaslavski, ref1

ordered to commandeer a train in Tyumen, ref1

distrusts Yakovlev, ref1, ref2

travels under duress with Yakovlev, ref1

apparently agrees with Yakovlev’s claims concerning Ekaterinburg, ref1

accompanies the Romanovs to Ekaterinburg, ref1

accuses Yakovlev of loyalty to Nicholas, ref1

in charge of the Romanovs, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

considered corrupt and incompetent, ref1

discovers evidence of malfeasance at Ipatev house, ref1

Avdonin, A. N., ref1

Barnaul, ref1

Basic Law, ref1

Bauer, Rudolph, ref1

Bazili, Nikolai, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Beloborodov, Alexander

and possibility of Germans influencing release of the Romanovs, ref1

puts Red Guards under the command of Khokhryakov, ref1

and possibility of anti-Bolshevists in the area, ref1

character and description, ref1

elected chairman of the Urals Regional Soviet Executive Committee, ref1

experiences lengthy terms of imprisonment, ref1

condemns Yakovlev as a traitor, ref1

warned not to interfere without Moscow’s agreement, ref1, ref2

warns Zaslavski not to prevent delivery of the Romanovs at Ekaterinburg, ref1

chooses the Ipatev residence for the Romanovs, ref1

loses control of situation when the Romanovs arrive in Ekaterinburg, ref1

escorts the Romanovs to Ipatev house, ref1

unwilling to work with Yakovlev, ref1

known as a Left Communist, ref1, ref2

closes down old education administration, ref1

apparent friendship with Yakovlev, ref1

alarmed at possible retribution against the Romanovs, ref1

allows Sednëv and Nagorny to return to their home provinces, ref1

refuses to let foreign in-laws see or speak to the Romanovs, ref1

informs Nicholas of change of personnel at Ipatev, ref1

assures Sverdlov that all is well at Ipatev house, ref1

suspected of providing false information to Moscow, ref1

requests help from Moscow against encroaching Czechoslovak Legion, ref1

sends message of solidarity to Moscow, ref1

put in direct-line contact with the Kremlin, ref1

rebuked by Lenin, ref1

decides that executions be carried out when sanctioned by Moscow, ref1

discusses arrangements for executions, ref1

informs Moscow of Romanov executions, ref1

conversation with Sverdlov on events in the Urals, ref1

organizes evacuation of Ekaterinburg, ref1

distances himself from decision to kill the Romanovs, ref1

disliked by Nicholas who believes he is a Jew, ref1

Benkendorf, Count Pavel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Berëzov, ref1

Berlin, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Bērziņš, Reinhold, ref1

Besedovskii, G. Z., ref1

Bitner, Klavdia, ref1

affair with Kobylinski, ref1, ref2

becomes tutor to the Romanov daughters, ref1

opinions of Nicholas, ref1, ref2, ref3

relationship with Alexei, ref1

witnesses Alexandra’s tirades against Germany, ref1

arguments with Alexandra, ref1

asks Alexei what he would do if he came to the throne, ref1

Black Hundreds, ref1

Black Sea, ref1, ref2

Blok, Alexander, ref1

Blyumkin, Yakov, ref1

Bogaevski, Afrikan, ref1

Bogrov, comrade, ref1

Bolshevik Central Committee, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Bolshevik Party, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Bolshevik Party Regional Committee, ref1

Bolsheviks, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33

Bonch-Bruevich, Vladimir, ref1, ref2, ref3

Borki, ref1

Botkin, Dr Evgeni

treats Nicholas with iodine, ref1

involved in Alexei’s medical care, ref1

makes a quiet medical study of the Romanovs, ref1

enamoured of his association with the Romanovs, ref1

accompanies Nicholas as his personal physician, ref1

hands out pills to calm the family, ref1

passes on gifts to the Romanovs, ref1

enquires as to when Nicholas may walk outside, ref1

dines at the same table as the Romanovs, ref1

impresses on Nicholas the need for guards, ref1

accompanies the Romanovs from Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3

hectic journey to Tyumen, ref1

suffers from swollen kidneys, ref1

tells Nicholas that his daily exercise is to be limited, ref1

arranges for Nicholas to have his meals in bed, ref1

attempts to extend the time allowed outside, ref1

execution of, ref1, ref2

Botkina, Tatyana, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Boyle, Colonel Joseph, ref1, ref2

Brest-Litovsk Treaty (1918), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

Brezhnev, Leonid, ref1, ref2

Brusilov, General Alexei, ref1, ref2

Brussels, ref1

Bublikov, Alexander, ref1

Buchanan, Sir George, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Buchanan, Lady Georgiana, ref1

Buimirov, Deacon Vasily, ref1

Bulygin, Pavel, ref1, ref2

Buxhoeveden, Sophia, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Buyvid, Viktor, ref1

Bykov, Pavel, ref1, ref2, ref3

Calthorpe, Vice-Admiral Arthur, ref1

Capri, ref1, ref2

Catherine the Great, ref1, ref2, ref3

Caucasus, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Central Executive Committee Presidium, ref1, ref2

Central Powers, ref1, ref2

Chaira, ref1

Cheka (political police), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Chekhov, Anton, ref1, ref2

The Bear, ref1

Chelyabinsk, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Chemodurov, Terenti, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Chernov, Viktor, ref1, ref2, ref3

China, ref1, ref2, ref3

Chistyakov, S. A., ref1

Chita, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Chkheidze, Nikolai, ref1, ref2, ref3

Chudinov, D. M., ref1, ref2

Church of the Annunciation (Tobolsk), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

civil war, ref1, ref2

Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly (Komuch), ref1, ref2

communists, communism, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

see also Bolsheviks

Congress of Soviets, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Congress of Urals Metal Producers (1917), ref1

Constantinople, ref1

Constituent Assembly, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Constitutional Democrats (Kadets), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Cossacks, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Council of Ministers, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Council of People’s Commissars (Sovnarkom), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34

Crimea, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Crimean Cavalry, ref1

Crimean Regiment, ref1

Crimean War, ref1

Czechoslovak Legion, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

Daily Graphic, ref1, ref2

Dane, Miss, ref1

Dardanelles, ref1

Decembrist Revolt (1825), ref1, ref2

Degtyarëv, ref1, ref2

Dehn, Lili, ref1

Dekonski, Ensign, ref1

Demidova, Anna, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Demyanov, Commissar A. D., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Den, Yulia, ref1

Denikin, Anton, ref1

Denmark, ref1

Department of Police, ref1

Derevenko, Kolya, ref1, ref2, ref3

Derevenko, Dr Vladimir, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Didkovski, Boris, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Diterikhs, General Mikhail, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Murder of the Tsarist Family and Members of the House of Romanov in the Urals, ref1

Dmitri Mikhailovich, Grand Duke, ref1

Dolgorukov, Vasili

discusses uncertain future, ref1

believes the public still respected him, ref1

accompanies Nicholas in his outside pursuits, ref1, ref2

bids farewell to the Romanovs, ref1

enquires as to when the Romanovs could walk outside Freedom House, ref1

dines with the Romanovs at the same table, ref1

asked to deal with financial situation, ref1

given roubles to help Romanovs, ref1

and press reports on the Romanovs, ref1

treated as a prisoner, ref1

gives up his ceremonial sword, ref1

discusses removal of Romanovs from Tobolsk, ref1

accompanies the Romanovs from Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3

hectic journey to Tyumen, ref1

sent to Ekaterinburg prison, ref1, ref2

Domodzyants (Armenian ensign), ref1

Don basin, ref1

Don province, ref1

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Sherlock Holmes stories, ref1

Hound of the Baskervilles, ref1

Valley of Fear, ref1

Duma, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Dumas, Alexandre, The Count of Monte Cristo, ref1

Dutov, General Alexander, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Dutsman, Commissar V. D., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Dzierzynski, Felix, ref1, ref2

Edward VII, ref1

Efimov, Ensign, ref1

Efremov, Mikhail, ref1

Ekaterinburg, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Romanovs transferred to, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

size of, ref1, ref2

as regional centre for the Urals, ref1, ref2

wishes to increase its influence and importance, ref1

told to ready itself for arrival of the Romanovs, ref1

militia in Tobolsk, ref1

considered unsafe, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Romanovs’ arrival in, ref1

reasons for being chosen as Romanovs’ stopping place, ref1

Bolsheviks and revolutionaries in, ref1, ref2

as supreme power in the Urals, ref1

troublemakers sent to, ref1

Romanovs’ life in, ref1

as magnet for monarchist groups, ref1

military capacity strengthened in, ref1

surrounded by enemies, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

intermittent support given to, ref1

rumours concerning, ref1

divisions with Moscow, ref1

Red evacuation of, ref1

evacuation of, ref1, ref2

Czechoslovak occupation, ref1

falls again to the Reds, ref1

Ekaterinburg Bolsheviks, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Ekaterinburg District Soviet, ref1

Ekaterinburg monastery, ref1

Ekaterinburg prison, ref1, ref2, ref3

Ekaterinburg Soviet, ref1, ref2, ref3

Elizaveta Fëdorovna, Grand Duchess, ref1

Engels, Friedrich, ref1

England, ref1

Ermogen, Bishop, ref1, ref2

Ernst of Hesse, Prince (alias Major Haase), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Executive Committee, ref1, ref2, ref3

Extraordinary Investigative Commission, ref1, ref2

The Fall of the Tsarist Regime (stenographic record of investigation), ref1

February Revolution (1917), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20

Fëdorov, Professor Sergei, ref1, ref2

Fëdorovich, Alexander, ref1

Finland, ref1, ref2

France, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Frederikhs, Count Vladimir, ref1, ref2

Freedom House (formerly Governor’s House) (Tobolsk), ref1

difficulties guarding the house and occupants, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

furniture and wine sent to, ref1

Romanovs’ confinement at, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

budgetary constraints and dismissal of servants, ref1

rescue plans and raids considered, ref1, ref2

turbulence and chaos surrounding, ref1, ref2

security improved at, ref1, ref2

removal of the Romanovs from, ref1

Khokhryakov in charge of, ref1, ref2

French Revolution, ref1, ref2

Galkin (telegraphist), ref1

Gatchina, ref1, ref2

Gendrikova, Anastasia, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

George V, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Georgi Mikhailovich, Grand Duke, ref1, ref2, ref3

Georgi (or Zhorzhik) (bow-legged stoker), ref1

Germany, Germans, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23

Germogen, Bishop, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

George V, ref1

Gibbes, Sydney

comments on Nicholas, ref1

expected to join in games, ref1

expects to return to England, ref1

barred from returning to Alexander Palace, ref1

asks Anastasia to compose account of journey to Tobolsk, ref1

comment on life in Tobolsk, ref1

accompanies Miss Bitner to Tobolsk, ref1

lends Nicholas a book by J. R. R. Greene, ref1

takes correspondence to the post office, ref1

dislike of Kirpichnikov, ref1

given the choice to stay or leave Freedom House, ref1

believes Yakovlev to be a decent fellow, ref1

takes final photograph of Romanov family, ref1

continually presses consulates to secure Romanovs’ release, ref1

contacted by Sokolov, ref1

Gibbons, Edward, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ref1

Gilliard, Pierre

learns of Nicholas’s form of government, ref1, ref2

comment on Rasputin, ref1

expected to play games with Alexei, ref1

told of the Romanovs’ exile plans, ref1

agrees that Alexei’s toy rifle should be confiscated, ref1

comments on Kerensky and Pankratov, ref1

life at Freedom House, ref1, ref2, ref3

overhears conversation between Nicholas and Pankratov, ref1

asked to deal with financial situation, ref1

comment on Nicholas’s distress, ref1

fears the worst, ref1

gives up his ceremonial sword, ref1

comment on Rodionov, ref1

arrives at Ekaterinburg, ref1

attempts to delay departure to Ekaterinburg, ref1

continually presses consulates to secure Romanovs’ release, ref1

suspicions aroused concerning German involvement in the Romanov question, ref1

believes Janin should take charge of evidence boxes, ref1

interrogations mentioned in print, ref1

produces eyewitness account of his experiences, ref1

Gippius, Zinaida, ref1

Girs, Ambassador, ref1

Gogol, Nikolai

Meditations on the Divine Liturgy, ref1

The Wedding, ref1

Golitsyn, Count Nikolai, ref1, ref2

Golitsyn, Vasili, ref1

Golodnikov, K., Tobolsk and its Surroundings, ref1

Goloputovskoe, ref1

Goloshchëkin, Filipp

character and description, ref1

sends units to strengthen force from Ekaterinburg, ref1

dispute with Yakovlev, ref1

apparently recalls Zaslavski to Ekaterinburg, ref1

Yakovlev remonstrates with him concerning Zaslavski, ref1

sent angry complaint from Yakovlev on Zaslavski, ref1

believed to have concealed important information, ref1

denies recalling Zaslavski to Ekaterinburg, ref1

tells Yakovlev to return to Ekaterinburg, ref1

decides to put the Romanovs in the Ipatev house, ref1, ref2

arranges Red Guards escort for the Romanovs, ref1

tells Yakovlev that he has lost his revolutionary spirit, ref1

content to remain in Ekaterinburg, ref1

realizes that Soviet finances in ruinous condition, ref1

hand picks detachment to guard Romanovs, ref1

refuses to let foreign in-laws see or speak to the Romanovs, ref1

sends urgent plea to Moscow to bail them out, ref1

attends Congress of Soviets in Moscow, ref1, ref2, ref3

discusses Romanov situation with Lenin, ref1

possible knowledge of agreement to execution of the Romanovs, ref1

discusses execution of the Romanovs, ref1, ref2

asked about the Romanov executions, ref1

gives fiery speech on execution of Nicholas, ref1

claims that he was not Russian, ref1

Golyshmanovo, ref1, ref2

Gorbunov, Vladimir, ref1

Goremykin, Ivan, ref1

Gorky, Maxim, ref1

Gorshkov, Fëdor, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Governor’s House (Mogilëv), ref1

Governor’s House (Tobolsk) see Freedom House

Grabbe, Count Alexander, ref1

Great War, ref1, ref2, ref3

Eastern Front, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

Russian defeats, ref1

Western front, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

secret treaties (1915), ref1

possibility of Russian defeat, ref1

ending of, ref1, ref2

and Czechoslovak Legion, ref1

Greece, ref1

Greene, J. R. R., A Short History of the English People, ref1

Gribunin, Semën, ref1

Grishchenko, Sergeant, ref1

Guchkov, Alexander, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Gusyatski (deputy commander of Ekaterinburg troops), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Guzakov, Pëtr, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Haase, Major (professional alias) see Ernst of Hesse, Prince

Hanbury-Williams, Major General John, ref1, ref2

Harbin, ref1

Harding, Sir Charles, ref1

Helsinki, ref1

Hill, Captain George, ref1

Hindenburg, Paul von, ref1, ref2, ref3

HMS Marlborough, ref1

Hoover Institution (Stanford University), ref1

Hosking, Geoffrey, ref1

Hotel Bristol (Mogilëv), ref1

Hughes apparatus, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Hugo, Victor, Quatre-vingt treize, ref1

Ievlevo, ref1

Igor Konstantinovich, Grand Duke, ref1

India, ref1

Ioann Konstantinovich, ref1

Ioffe, Adolf, ref1

Ioffe, Genrikh, ref1

Iordanski, V., ref1

Ipatev, Nikolai, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Ipatev residence (Ekaterinburg)

requisitioned for the Romanovs, ref1

Romanov arrival at, ref1, ref2

Romanovs’ life at, ref1

guarding of, ref1, ref2, ref3

evidence of malfeasance and illicit practices at, ref1

services conducted at, ref1

as site of executions, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

aftermath of the executions, ref1

nuns turned away after Romanov executions, ref1

Irkutsk, ref1

Istanbul, ref1

Ivanov, Dr, ref1

Ivanov, Fëdor, ref1

Ivanov, General, ref1, ref2

Ivanov, Pavel, ref1

Ivanov (Tsarevich’s valet), ref1

Ivanovski monastery, ref1

Izhevsk Steel Foundry, ref1

Izvestiya, ref1

Jäger, Oskar, World History, ref1

Janin, General Maurice, ref1

Japan, ref1, ref2

Jassy, ref1

Jews, ref1, ref2

hated by Nicholas, ref1, ref2, ref3

in Mogilëv, ref1

Kuropatkin’s views on, ref1

Georgi Mikhailovich’s views on, ref1

prominence of, ref1

Nilus’s views on, ref1

Markov’s dislike of, ref1

persecution of, ref1

slaughter of, ref1

hated by Diterikhs, ref1

blamed for Romanov killings, ref1

Sokolov’s views on, ref1

Johnson, Nikolai, ref1, ref2

Journal des Débats, ref1

Julian, Emperor, ref1

The Beard-Hater, ref1

Kazan, ref1

Kadet Party, ref1, ref2

Kadets see Constitutional Democrats

Kadomtsev, A., ref1

Kaledin, General Alexei, ref1, ref2

Kalinin, Saveli, ref1

Kamkov, Boris, ref1

Kamyshlov, ref1

Karelin, Vladimir, ref1

Kasso, L. A., Russia on the Danube, ref1

Kaufman-Turkestanski, ref1

Kazan, ref1, ref2, ref3

Kent (naval vessel), ref1

Kerensky, Alexander, ref1, ref2, ref3

objects to Mikhail succeeding his brother, ref1

refuses to endorse the execution of Nicholas, ref1

removes Vyrubova to prison in Petrograd, ref1

in charge of the Romanovs, ref1

attempts to separate Nicholas and Alexandra, ref1

promises not to send Nicholas into English exile, ref1, ref2

defends his situation concerning the Romanovs, ref1

accused of counter-revolutionary objectives, ref1

dilemma concerning the exile of the Romanovs, ref1

as rising star of Provisional Government, ref1

arranges for the Romanovs to go to Tobolsk, ref1

relationship with Nicholas, ref1

reasons for sending the Romanovs to Tobolsk, ref1

appoints Pankratov in charge of the Romanovs at Tobolsk, ref1

kept informed of situation at Tobolsk, ref1

allows Tatishchev to travel to Tobolsk, ref1

allows Nicholas to stroll around Tobolsk, ref1

alleged use of morphine, ref1

victory over Kornilov, ref1

weakening in popularity, ref1

attempts to requisition grain and vegetable stocks, ref1

flees the Winter Palace, ref1

beaten by Lenin, ref1

and restoration of country’s depleted finances, ref1

blamed for army’s collapse, ref1

Kharitonov (cook), ref1, ref2, ref3

Khitrovo, Margarita, ref1, ref2, ref3

Khlynov, Father Vladimir, ref1

Khokhryakov, Pavel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Khotimski (Left Socialist-Revolutionary), ref1, ref2, ref3

Khrushchëv, Nikita, ref1

Khrustalëv, Vladimir, ref1

Kiev, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Kireev (Committee chairman), ref1

Kireev (NCO in 1st Riflemen’s Regiment), ref1

Kirpichnikov, Alexander, ref1, ref2

Kirsta, Alexander, ref1

Kislitsyn, Major-General Vladimir, ref1

Kobylinski, Evgeni

takes charge of the garrison at Tsarskoe Selo, ref1

witnesses the tearful departure of Vyrubova, ref1

ordered to give up Rasputin’s coffin to Kupchinski, ref1

comment on Alexandra, ref1

memories of Alexei, ref1

refuses to move Nicholas to the Peter-Paul Fortress, ref1

relationship with the Romanovs, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

hands out wine to the troops, ref1

appointed military commander in Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

distrust of, ref1

recruits detachment to guard the Romanovs, ref1

effects of Revolution on, ref1

permitted to enter Freedom House, ref1

comment on life at Freedom House, ref1

recognizes Romanovs’ financial difficulties, ref1

allows the Romanovs to attend church, ref1

affair with Klavdia Bitner, ref1

and Nicholas’s dislike of Jews, ref1

concerned at situation in Tobolsk, ref1

observes developments in Tobolsk from a distance, ref1

asks Alexandra not to sit out on the balcony, ref1

problems in Tobolsk, ref1

persuaded to stay at Freedom House, ref1

persuades everyone to give up their ceremonial swords and daggers, ref1

visits Freedom House with Yakovlev, ref1

shocked at decision to move the Romanovs from Tobolsk, ref1

informed of the move from Tobolsk, ref1

learns of Romanovs’ adventurous journey to Ekaterinburg, ref1

relieved of his responsibilities, ref1

remains in Tobolsk, ref1

Kolchak, Admiral Alexander, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Komuch see Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly

Komuch’s People’s Army, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Konovalov, Alexander, ref1

Konstantin Konstantinovich, Grand Duke, ref1

Korkunov, Professor Nikolai, ref1

Kormilets (ferry), ref1

Kornilov, General Lavr

arrival at Tsarskoe Selo, ref1

periodically changes the guard surrounding the Romanovs, ref1

fêted as potential dictator, ref1

suspected of plotting a coup d’état and imprisoned, ref1, ref2

escapes and helps to recruit Volunteer Army, ref1

Volunteer Army of, ref1, ref2

assigns men to guard the Romanovs in Crimea, ref1

death of, ref1

Kornilov house (Tobolsk), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Korovichenko, Colonel Pavel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Korzhenevski, Stanislav see Solovëv, Boris

Kosarev, Viktor, ref1, ref2, ref3

Kosarev, Vladimir, ref1

Kostritski, Sergei, ref1

Kotsebu, Pavel, ref1

Kremlin, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Krestinski, Nikolai, ref1, ref2, ref3

Kresty prison, ref1

Krokhaleva, Maria, ref1

Kühlman, Richard von, ref1

Kulomzino, ref1

Kun, Béla, ref1

Kupchinski, Commissar, ref1

Kurgan, ref1

Kurinskoe, ref1

Kuropatkin, A. N., Russia for the Russians, ref1

Kuzino, ref1, ref2

Kuznetsk, ref1

Kyshtym, ref1

Lake Baikal, ref1

Land Decree (1917), ref1

The Last Days of the Tsar (1922), ref1

Latvian Riflemen, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Lebedev (officer), ref1

Left Communists, ref1, ref2

Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

Left Socialist-Revolutionary People’s Commissars, ref1

Leikin, N. A., Neunyvayushchie rossiyane, ref1

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, ref1

accuses Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries of political sell-out, ref1

warrant issued for his arrest, ref1

revolutionary project, ref1

sends mission to Berlin, ref1

and problem of the Romanovs, ref1

and signing of separate peace with Germany, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Nicholas’s view of, ref1

receives letter from Kosarev, ref1

informal division of duties with Sverdlov, ref1

informed of Yakovlev’s plan, ref1

informed of the Romanovs’ arrival in Ekaterinburg, ref1

as dominant leader, ref1

believes civil war is over, ref1

unkept promises of, ref1

issues decrees, ref1

remains in close contact with Ekaterinburg, ref1, ref2

assured that the rumours concerning Nicholas were false, ref1

obeyed but not trusted, ref1

sends condolences on death of Mirbach, ref1

orders execution of leaders of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, ref1

orders Beloborodov to be put in direct-line contact with the Kremlin, ref1

unease at his leadership, ref1

not involved in the execution of Mikhail Romanov, ref1

discusses and agrees to Romanov executions, ref1

signs decree concerning property of the Romanovs, ref1

as ultimate legal nihilist, ref1

informed of the Romanov executions, ref1

attempts to bury news of executions, ref1

orders Dzierzynski not to tell Ioffe anything about the Romanovs, ref1

expropriates private businesses, ref1

introduces a Food-Supplies Dictatorship, ref1

Leonardo da Vinci, ref1

Lermontov, Mikhail, ref1, ref2

Leroux, Gaston, Le mystère de la chambre jaune, ref1

Leskov, Nikolai, ‘The Robbery’, ref1

Letemin, Mikhail, ref1, ref2, ref3

Lichtenberg, Duke Nikolai, ref1

Liebknecht, Karl, ref1, ref2

Liège, ref1

Lieven, Count, ref1

Lieven, Dominic, ref1

Livadia, ref1, ref2, ref3

Lloyd George, David, ref1

Lockhart, Robert Bruce, ref1, ref2

Loginov, Ivan, ref1, ref2

Louis XVI, ref1

Louisa (steamer), ref1

Löwe, Heinz-Dietrich, ref1

Ludendorff, Erich von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Lukin (delegate from Freedom House), ref1, ref2, ref3

Lukomski, General, ref1

Lukoyanov, Fëdor, ref1

Lunacharski, Anatoli, ref1

Luxemburg, Rosa, ref1, ref2

Lvov, Prince Georgi

suggested as head of the cabinet, ref1

created minister-chairman of Provisional Government, ref1, ref2

appointed chairman of Council of Ministers, ref1

unwilling to fire Nikolai Nikolaevich, ref1

Nicholas’s comment on, ref1

agrees to let Nicholas stay at Tsarskoe Selo, ref1

receives asylum news from Tereshchenko, ref1

resignation of, ref1

Lykova, L. A., ref1

Lyubino, ref1, ref2, ref3

Maeterlinck, Maurice, Wisdom and Destiny, ref1

magnetic Mountain, ref1

Makarov, Pavel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Malaya Nevka, River, ref1

Malta, ref1

Malyshev, Ensign, ref1

Malyshev, Ivan, ref1

Mangold, Tom (with Anthony Summers), File on the Tsar, ref1

Maria Fëdorovna (née Dagmar), Dowager Empress

character and description, ref1

little influence on Nicholas, ref1, ref2

gives signed autographs to bodyguards before moving to Kiev, ref1

comments on ‘the Sodom and Gomorrah in the capital’, ref1

turns down exile in Denmark, ref1

sent to Ai-Todor in Crimea, ref1

journey to Tobolsk, ref1

receives correspondence from her family, ref1, ref2, ref3

lives quietly in Ai Todor, ref1, ref2

accepts exile in England and then in Denmark, ref1

refuses to help Sokolov, ref1

see also Romanov family

Maria Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess

health of, ref1, ref2

character and description, ref1

life at Freedom House, ref1

sees Solovëv walk past Freedom House, ref1

burns her diaries and correspondence, ref1

accompanies her parents from Tobolsk, ref1, ref2

hectic journey to Tyumen, ref1

queries the train’s destination, ref1

taken to the Ipatev residence, ref1

relieved of her money, ref1

execution of, ref1

see also Romanov family

Marie of Romania, Princess, ref1

Marinski Palace, ref1

Markov, A. V., ref1

Markov, Nikolai E. (aka Markov-II), ref1, ref2

Markov, Sergei, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Marx, Karl, ref1

Marxists, Marxism, ref1, ref2, ref3

Massie, Robert & Suzanne, Nicholas and Alexandra, ref1

Mather, Miss, ref1

Matveev, Pavel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Maximalists, ref1

Medvedev, Mikhail, ref1, ref2

Medvedev, Pavel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Melnik, Konstantin, ref1

Mensheviks, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

Merezhkovski, Dmitri, ref1

Christ and Antichrist trilogy, ref1

Alexander I, ref1

Miass, ref1

Migic, Major, ref1, ref2

Mikhail Alexandrovich, Grand Duke, ref1, ref2

in despair at Petrograd situation, ref1

as possible head of cabinet, ref1

as heir to Nicholas, ref1, ref2, ref3

as regent, ref1

renounces the throne, ref1

held under supervision, ref1

possible exile for, ref1

retires to Gatchina residence, ref1

hopes to move to Crimea, ref1

bids farewell to Nicholas and the family, ref1

arrested by communists, ref1

transferred back to the capital, ref1

as possible constitutional monarch, ref1

lives quietly in Perm, ref1

executed by Myasnikov, ref1, ref2

see also Romanov family

Military-Revolutionary Committee, ref1

Milyukov, Pavel

determined to secure creation of a cabinet, ref1

wants throne to pass to Mikhail, ref1

advocates foreign exile for the Romanovs, ref1

resignation of, ref1

seeks German assistance, ref1

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ref1, ref2

Ministry of Internal Affairs, ref1, ref2

Ministry of Justice, ref1

Ministry of War, ref1, ref2

Minyar plant, ref1

Mirbach, Count Wilhelm von, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Mirolyubov, Nikander, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Mogilëv, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Montefiore, Simon Sebag, ref1

Mordvinov, Alexander, ref1

Moscow, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35

Moshkin, Alexander, ref1, ref2

Mosolov, General A. I., ref1

Motovilikha Bolsheviks, ref1

Mrachkovski, Sergei, ref1, ref2

Mstislavski, Colonel Sergei, ref1, ref2

Mumm von Schwarzenstein, Ambassador Alfons, ref1

Mundel (senior adjutant), ref1

Murmansk, ref1, ref2

Mutnykh, Natalya, ref1, ref2, ref3

Myachin, Konstantin see Yakovlev, Vasili

Myasnikov, Gavriil, ref1, ref2, ref3

Nabokov (officer), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Nadezhdin Soviet, ref1

Nagorny, Klementi, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Namëtkin, Alexei, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Napolnaya school (Alapaevsk), ref1, ref2

Naryshkin, Count Kirill, ref1, ref2, ref3

Naryshkina, Duchess Elizaveta, ref1, ref2

Naryshkina, Maria, ref1

Natalya Alexandrovich, ref1

Neidgart, Dmitri, ref1, ref2

Nekrasov, Nikolai, ref1

Nemtsov (Tyumen Soviet chairman), ref1

Nevolin, Alexander, ref1

Nevski, V. I., ref1

Nicholas I, ref1

Nicholas II

global tour, ref1

sent to Siberia, ref1

character and description, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

nicknamed Nicholas the Bloody, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

daily routines during the Great War, ref1

unwilling to compromise or reform the status quo, ref1, ref2, ref3

orders arrest of rebel leaders, ref1

abdication and its consequences, ref1

escorted to Tsarskoe Selo, ref1

confined with his family at the Alexander Palace, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

strained relationship with Alexandra, ref1

comments on his downfall, ref1

exile abroad considered, ref1, ref2

treatment by the garrison soldiers, ref1

books read and enjoyed by, ref1, ref2, ref3

anonymous biography of, ref1

paranoid atmosphere surrounding, ref1

comments on the emergency in Petrograd, ref1

moved with his family to Tobolsk, ref1, ref2

confined with his family at Freedom House, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

comments on events in Petrograd and the October Revolution, ref1

unaware of outside events, ref1

correspondence concerning his family, ref1

relationship with Pankratov, ref1

attempts to keep abreast of world events, ref1, ref2

appalled at continuing unrest in the cities, ref1

Moscow discussions on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

public trial in Moscow considered, ref1, ref2, ref3

relationship with Kobylinski, ref1

contempt for Wilhelm and Germany, ref1

dangers and suspicions surrounding, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

describes Red Guards as ‘robber-Bolsheviks’, ref1

moved with his family to Ekaterinburg, ref1, ref2, ref3

incident concerning a coat and a blanket, ref1

confined with his family at Ipatev house, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

rumours concerning his death abound, ref1, ref2

aware of external disturbances in Ekaterinburg, ref1

proposals for his execution discussed, ref1

execution of, ref1

concluding comments on, ref1

distressed at the Brest-Litovsk treaty, ref1

see also Romanov family

Nikolai Mikhailovich, Grand Duke, ref1, ref2, ref3

see also Romanov family

Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Nikolski, Alexander, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Nikulin, Grigory, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Nilus, Sergei, The Imminent Coming of the Antichrist and the Realm of the Devil on Earth, ref1

Nizhni Novgorod, ref1

Nizhni Tagil, ref1

North Caucasus, ref1

Novoe vremya, ref1

October Revolution (1917), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20

Odessa, ref1, ref2

Okhrana (secret police), ref1

Olga Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess, ref1

Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess

character and description, ref1, ref2

health of, ref1, ref2

pregnancy of, ref1

life at Freedom House, ref1

does not believe they would return to Tsarskoe Selo, ref1

objects to strictness of routine, ref1

arrival at Ekaterinburg, ref1

execution of, ref1

see also Romanov family

Omsk, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

Omsk Red Guards, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Orczy, Baroness, The Scarlet Pimpernel, ref1

Ordovski-Tanaefski, Nikolai, ref1

Orenburg, ref1, ref2, ref3

Orsha, ref1, ref2

Orthodox Church, ref1

Palchinski, Pëtr, ref1

Palei, Count Vladimir, ref1

Paléologue, Maurice, ref1

Palkina, ref1

Pankratov, Vasili, ref1, ref2

appointed plenipotentiary in charge of the Romanovs, ref1

character and description, ref1

sentenced to imprisonment and exile, ref1, ref2

relationship with the Romanovs, ref1, ref2, ref3

organizes schooling, ref1

deals with arrival of furniture and wine for the Romanovs, ref1

effects of Revolution on, ref1

permitted to enter Freedom House, ref1

prevents food being taken from Freedom House, ref1

allows Nicholas to use Tobolsk library, ref1

remains in charge at Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

resigns from his duties in Tobolsk, ref1, ref2

ordered out of Kornilov house, ref1

memoirs of, ref1

Party of 33 (monarchist group), ref1

Party Central Committee, ref1, ref2

Paul, Emperor, ref1, ref2, ref3

Pavel Alexandrovich, Grand Duke, ref1

Pavlovich, Grand Duke Dmitri, ref1, ref2, ref3

Penza, ref1

Penza communists, ref1

People’s Army, ref1

People’s Commissar for State Property, ref1

People’s Commissariat of Justice, ref1, ref2

People’s Freedom organization, ref1

Perm, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Perm prison, ref1, ref2, ref3

Perm Soviet, ref1, ref2, ref3

Permyakov (leader of cavalry detachment), ref1

Peter the Great, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Peter III, ref1, ref2

Peter-Paul Cathedral (St Petersburg), ref1

Peter-Paul Fortress (Petrograd), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Peterburgskaya Gazeta, ref1

Petrograd (formerly St Petersburg), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27

Petrograd Soviet, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies, ref1

Petrogradskaya gazeta, ref1

Petrogradskii listok, ref1

Petrovna, Grand Duchess Elena, ref1, ref2

Pignatti, V. N., ref1

Pilts, Governor-General Alexander, ref1

Pisarevski (political exile), ref1

Plevitskaya, Nadezhda, ref1

Plotnikov, I. F., ref1

Pobedonostsev, Konstantin, ref1

Pokrovski, Professor Mikhail, ref1

Pokrovskoe, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Polyakov (Left Socialist-Revolutionary), ref1

Poppel, Evgenia, ref1

Praslov, Ensign, ref1

Pravda, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Preobrazhenski, Evgeni, ref1, ref2

Preobrazhenski march, ref1

Proshyan, P. P., ref1

Proskuryakov, Filipp, ref1

Protopopov, Alexander, ref1, ref2

Provisional Committee, ref1, ref2, ref3

Provisional Government, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

ideas for and treatment of the Romanovs, ref1, ref2, ref3

overthrow of, ref1, ref2, ref3

establishment of, ref1

discuss possibility of Mikhail as Emperor, ref1

revokes appointment of Nikolai Nikolaevich as commander of the Caucasus, ref1

considers possibility of exile for the Romanovs, ref1

draws up regulations for Romanovs, ref1

publishes anonymous biography of Nicholas, ref1

survival of, ref1

agrees to send the Romanovs to Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3

local support for, ref1

proclaims an amnesty, ref1

weakening of, ref1

Provisional Government’s Extraordinary Investigative Commission, ref1

Pskov, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Purishkevich, Vladimir, ref1

Pushkin, Alexander, ref1

Putin, Vladimir, ref1

Pyatigorsk, ref1

Rabochaya Pravda, ref1

Radek, Karl, ref1

Radzinski, Edvard, ref1

Radzinski, I. I., ref1, ref2

Rappaport, Helen, ref1

Rasputin, Grigori, ref1

drunk and promiscuous, ref1

favoured by the royal family, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

assassination of, ref1, ref2

buried, dug-up and cremated, ref1

accusations against in anonymous biography of Nicholas, ref1

birthplace, ref1

ructious behaviour in Tobolsk, ref1

house of, ref1

Rasputin the Mad Monk (film, 1966), ref1

Rasputin, Maria, ref1

Raukhfus, Dr, ref1

Rech, ref1

Red Army, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

Red Guards, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26

Requisition Commission, ref1

Resin, Major-General Alexei, ref1

Revolution of 1905–1906, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Right Centre, ref1, ref2

Ritierve, ref1, ref2

River Angara, ref1

River Dnieper, ref1

River Irtysh, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

River Lena, ref1

River Ob, ref1

River Sim, ref1, ref2

River Tobol, ref1, ref2

River Volga, ref1, ref2, ref3

Rodionov (Left Socialist-Revolutionary), ref1, ref2

Rodzyanko, Mikhail

pleads with Nicholas to get rid of his government, ref1

as chairman of a Provisional Committee, ref1

and empowerment to select a new government, ref1

secretly plots to remove Nicholas from power, ref1

and abdication of Nicholas, ref1

advises Alexandra to leave Tsarskoe Selo, ref1

Romanov family

removed to Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Nicholas as heir, ref1

founder of, ref1

horrified at Nicolas’s failure to compromise, ref1

tercentenary of celebrated with gusto, ref1, ref2

relationship with the Duma, ref1

preservation of, ref1

assassinations of, ref1

confined to the Alexander Palace, ref1

haemophilia in, ref1

Alexei as favourite of, ref1

resilience of, ref1

Provisional Government treatment of, ref1, ref2

correspondence of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

exiling of, ref1

books read by, ref1, ref2, ref3

Nicholas’s obsession with, ref1

reasons for detention in Tobolsk, ref1

sent money and gifts by friends, ref1, ref2

life at Freedom House, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

dispersal of, ref1

relationship with Pankratov and Miss Bitner, ref1

increasing difficulties in Tobolsk, ref1

Sovnarkom discussions concerning, ref1, ref2

loyalty to, ref1

rescue plans, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

speculate on the future of Russia, ref1

safety of, ref1

transfer to Ekaterinburg decided by Moscow, ref1

visited by Yakovlev, ref1

make preparations to move from Tobolsk, ref1

hectic journey to Tyumen, ref1

plots against, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

handed over to Urals leadership in Ekaterinburg, ref1

last members of transferred to Ekaterinburg, ref1, ref2

life at Ipatev house, ref1, ref2

German involvement, ref1, ref2

rumours concerning, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

transfer of members to Alapaevsk, ref1

all property to become legacy of the Soviet Republic, ref1

executions discussed and agreed in Moscow, ref1

trial of considered unrealistic, ref1

executed in cellars of Ipatev house, ref1

Moscow informed of their execution, ref1

executed in Alapaevsk, ref1

official obfuscation on fate of, ref1, ref2

speculation and inquiries concerning, ref1

survivors, ref1

anti-Bolshevist inquiry of 1918-1919, ref1, ref2, ref3

publications and films on, ref1, ref2, ref3

official Soviet line on, ref1

concluding remarks on, ref1

rehabilitation of, ref1

see also named members of the family

Rostov, ref1

Rostovtsev, Count Yakov, ref1

Royal Navy, ref1, ref2, ref3

Rus (ferry), ref1, ref2

Russian Army, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, ref1

Russkaya volya, ref1

Russkoe slovo, ref1

Russo–Japanese war (1904–1905), ref1, ref2

Ruzski, General Nikolai, ref1

Ryabushinski, Pavel, ref1

Safarov, Georgi, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Safonov, Faika, ref1

St Petersburg, ref1, ref2

see also Petrograd

St Petersburg University, ref1, ref2

Sakhalin Island, ref1

Sakovich, Nikolai, ref1, ref2

Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail, The Golovlëv Family, ref1

Samara, ref1, ref2, ref3

Saratov, ref1

Savinkov, Boris, ref1

Sea of Azov, ref1

Sednëv, Ivan, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Semyannikov factory, ref1

Serbians, ref1, ref2

Sergeev, Ivan, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Sergei Mikhailovich, Grand Duke, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Serov, Valentin, ref1

Sevastopol, ref1, ref2

Sevastopol Soviet, ref1

Shadrinsk, ref1, ref2

Shamarin, Pavel, ref1

Shechnov, Director, ref1

Shilder, N. K., ref1

Shlisselburg prison, ref1

Shneider, Ekaterina, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Shturmer, Boris, ref1

Shulgin, Vasili, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Siberia, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Sim River district, ref1

Sim Works (Urals), ref1

Simbirsk, ref1

Sitnikov, Fëdor, ref1

Skobelev, Matvei, ref1

Skoropadskyi, Pavlo, ref1

Smirnov (Serbian retainer), ref1

Sobolev, Colonel Kirill, ref1

Social-Democratic Workers’ Party, ref1

Socialist-Revolutionaries, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

Sokolov, Nikolai, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Judicial Inquiry into the Murder of the Russian Imperial Family, ref1

Solovëv, Boris (‘Stanislav Korzhenevski’), ref1, ref2

Solovëv, Matrëna, ref1

Solovëv, Vsevolod, ref1

Sorokin (Perm Cheka chairman), ref1

Sosnovski, Lev, ref1, ref2

Soviet Central Executive Committee, ref1

Soviet Constitution, ref1

Sovnarkom see Council of People’s Commissars

Spiridonova, Maria, ref1, ref2

Srednyaya Rogatka railway station, ref1

Stalin, Joseph, ref1

Stanka, ref1

State Council, ref1

Stavka (general headquarters), ref1, ref2, ref3

Steinberg, Mark, ref1

Stoker, Bram, Dracula, ref1

Stolypin, Pëtr, ref1

distrusted by Nicholas, ref1

aghast at pogroms in the western borderlands, ref1

promotes new agrarian policy and communal traditions of the peasants, ref1

pre-war scheme for the peasants, ref1

establishes inquiry into Protocols of the Elders of Zion, ref1

Storozhev, Father Ioann, ref1, ref2

Summers, Anthony (with Tom Mangold), File on the Tsar, ref1

Supreme Extraordinary Investigative Commission, ref1

Sverdlov, Yakov

underestimates dangers of the situation, ref1

in charge of the Romanov business, ref1, ref2, ref3

informs Ekaterinburg of plans to take possession of the Romanovs, ref1

puts Tobolsk Soviet in charge of Freedom House, ref1

friendship with Yakovlev, ref1

supports Yakovlev in his plans, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

agrees that the Romanovs should go to Ekaterinburg, ref1, ref2

informed of the Romanovs’ arrival in Ekaterinburg, ref1

becomes secretary of Bolshevik Central Committee, ref1

sends fresh instructions concerning the Romanovs, ref1

learns of trouble at Ipatev house, ref1

remains in close contact with Ekaterinburg, ref1, ref2

assured that the rumours concerning Nicholas were false, ref1

suggests delaying action against the Romanovs, ref1

distances himself from events in Ekaterinburg, ref1

and execution of Mikhail Romanov, ref1

discusses and agrees to Romanov executions, ref1

preoccupied by Mirbach assassination, ref1

informed of Romanov executions, ref1

questions Beloborodov on events in the Urals, ref1

attempts to bury news of executions, ref1

claims that he was not Russian, ref1

accused of being chief plotter in Jewish conspiracy, ref1

Switzerland, ref1, ref2

Syroboyarskaya, Madame, ref1

Syroboyarski, General Alexander, ref1, ref2, ref3

Tatishchev, Count Ilya, ref1, ref2

amused that Makarov was a Socialist-Revolutionary, ref1

agrees to accompany Nicholas to Tobolsk, ref1, ref2

life at Freedom House, ref1, ref2, ref3

asked to deal with financial situation, ref1

treated as a prisoner, ref1

discusses removal of Romanovs from Tobolsk, ref1

informs Kobylinski of the move from Tobolsk, ref1

hectic journey to Tyumen, ref1

sent to Ekaterinburg prison, ref1, ref2

requests to stay with his Sovereign, ref1

arrival at Ekaterinburg, ref1

attempts to delay departure to Ekaterinburg, ref1

Tatyana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess

character and description, ref1

health of, ref1, ref2

life at Freedom House, ref1

sees Solovëv walk past Freedom House, ref1

upset at her parents leaving Tobolsk, ref1

arrival at Ekaterinburg, ref1

execution of, ref1

supposedly in America, ref1

see also Romanov family

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, ref1

Teglëva, Alexandra, ref1, ref2

Teodorovich, I. A., ref1

Tereshchenko, Mikhail, ref1

Tikhomirov, Assistant Procurator, ref1

The Times, ref1

Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Romanovs transferred to, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

life in, ref1

changes in, ref1

plans to transfer Romanovs from, ref1, ref2

tensions in, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

new commissar and troops sent to, ref1

ordered to submit to Yakovlev’s authority, ref1

Romanovs removed from, ref1, ref2, ref3

tightening of control in, ref1

Tobolsk Central prison, ref1, ref2

Tobolsk lycée library, ref1

Tobolsk Soviet, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Tolstoy, Leo

Anna Karenina, ref1

War and Peace, ref1

Trans-Siberian Railway, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Trepov, Alexander, ref1, ref2

Trieste, ref1

Trotsky, Leon, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

Trupp (servant), ref1, ref2

Tsaritsyn Soviet, ref1

Tsarskoe Selo, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

Tsereteli, Irakli, ref1

Tuntul, Ivan, ref1

Tur, Ensign, ref1

Turgenev, Ivan

A Huntsman’s Notebooks, ref1

On the Eve, ref1

Smoke, ref1

Spring Torrents, ref1

Turle, Commander, ref1

Tutelberg, Maria, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Tver, ref1

Tyumen, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23

Ufa, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Ufa Soviet, ref1

Ufimtsev, Nikolai, ref1

Ukraine, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Union of Archangel Michael, ref1

Union for the Defence of the Fatherland and Freedom, ref1

Union of the Russian People, ref1, ref2, ref3

United States, ref1, ref2, ref3

Upper Iset Works (Ekaterinburg), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Urals, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

Urals Bolsheviks, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Urals Pedagogical Union, ref1

Urals Regional Soviet Executive Committee, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36

Ural’skii rabochii, ref1, ref2

Uritski, Moisei, ref1

Uspenski, F. I., The History of the Byzantine Empire, ref1

Ust-Katav works, ref1

Utkin, Dr, ref1, ref2

Utkina, Anna, ref1

Vagai, ref1

Varnakov, Dr, ref1

Vasilenko, N. P., ref1

Vasilev, Father Alexei, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Vatsetis, I. I., ref1

Verkne-Udinsk, ref1

Vershinin, Vasili, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Victoria, Queen, ref1, ref2

Vienna, ref1

Vilyuisk, ref1

Vinogradskaya (secretary), ref1

Vitebsk, ref1

Vladivostock, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Voeikov, Evgenia, ref1

Voeikov, Vladimir, ref1

Voikov, Pëtr, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Voitsekhovski, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei, ref1

Volga region, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Volkov, Alexei, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Volkov, Andrei, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Vologda, ref1

Volunteer Army, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Vorobëv (newspaper editor), ref1

Vožetić, Ensign, ref1

Vyatka, ref1, ref2

Vyatka Provincial Party Conference, ref1

Vyrubova, Anna, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Warsaw, ref1

West Siberian Regional Soviet Executive Committee, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

White Army, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

White Sea, ref1

Wilhelm II, Kaiser, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Wilton, Robert, ref1

Winter Palace, ref1, ref2, ref3

Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, ref1

The Workers Revolution (published by State Publishing House), ref1

Worthing (Sussex), ref1

Wortman, Richard, ref1

Xenia Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

see also Romanov family

Xenia Georgievna, Grand Duchess, ref1

Yakovlev, Vasili (real name Konstantin Myachin), ref1, ref2

oversees transfer of Romanovs from Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3

sent to Tobolsk, ref1, ref2, ref3

character and description, ref1

arranges to complete his military detachment, ref1

helps to found the Cheka, ref1

takes charge of Tobolsk and Freedom House, ref1

informs the guards of the plans to move the Romanovs from Tobolsk, ref1

hectic journey to Tyumen, ref1

attempts to take the Romanovs to Omsk, ref1, ref2

forced to take the Romanovs to Ekaterinburg, ref1

transfers the Romanovs to the care of the Urals leaders, ref1

treated as a suspect, ref1

returns to Ufa, ref1

ordered to return to Tobolsk, ref1

interviewed by Izvestiya on the Romanovs, ref1

Yalta, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Yalutorovsk, ref1

Yanushkevich (businessman), ref1

Yaroshinski, Karl, ref1, ref2

Yaroslavl, ref1

Yeltsin, Boris, ref1, ref2

Yermak, ref1

Yermakov, Pëtr, ref1, ref2

Yurovski, Yakov

takes charge of Ipatev house, ref1

comment on religion, ref1

inspects Ipatev building, ref1

ordered to put execution plans into effect, ref1

chooses execution squad, ref1

shoots, examines the bodies and organizes the clean-up, ref1

supervises collection of Romanov possession, ref1

named in the inquiry as the killing team’s leader, ref1

Yusupov, Prince Felix, ref1

Zaslavski, Semën, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15

Zborovskaya, Ekaterina, ref1, ref2

Zhebenev, Pëtr, ref1

Zheleznov (engineer), ref1

Zheleznyakov, Anatoli, ref1

Zhilinski, A. N., ref1

Zhuk (medical orderly), ref1

Zhuk, Yuri, ref1

Zinoviev, Grigory, ref1

Zlatoust, ref1, ref2

Zlokazovo, ref1

Zlokazovo metal factory, ref1