One Year at the Russian Court: 1904-1905

RenEe Gaudin de Villaine Maud

Part I THE FULFILMENT OF MY DREAM

Part II IN THE CAUCASUS

Part III AT PETROGRAD

Part IV RASPUTIN: HIS INFLUENCE AND HIS WORK

Contents.

List of Illustrations
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ONE YEAR AT THE
RUSSIAN COURT: 1904-1905

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THE EX-EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA OF RUSSIA WITH THE EX-TZAREVITCH ALEXIS

ONE YEAR AT
THE RUSSIAN
COURT: 1904-1905

BY RENÉE ELTON MAUD

LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXVIII

Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh

PART I
	PAGE
THE FULFILMENT OF MY DREAM	1
PART II
IN THE CAUCASUS	79
PART III
AT PETROGRAD	105
PART IV
RASPUTIN: HIS INFLUENCE AND HIS WORK	189

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Ex-Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia with the Ex-Czarevitch Alexis	Frontispiece
	FACING PAGE
Russian Coachman	6
Caucasus—Gourian Prince	6
Russian Equipages—Two TroÏkas	7
In the Park of Monrepos—The Ferry to Ludwinstein	14
Monrepos—The Char-À-bancs	15
The Castle of Monrepos from the Park	22
Peterhof—The Imperial Children	23
Cronstadt—Two Survivors of the glorious Koreitz	62
The Barracks at Peterhof—Two Cossacks of the Escort	62
The Crown Prince of Germany with Princess Cecilie as FiancÉs	63
Scenery in the Caucasus	90
In the Mountains of the Caucasus	91
Tiflis—A Persian Baker’s Shop	94
Tiflis—A Persian Shoemaker’s Shop	95
Ploughing in the Caucasus	216
The Imperial Palace of TzarskoË-Celo	217

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ONE YEAR AT THE RUSSIAN COURT: 1904-1905

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ONE YEAR AT
THE RUSSIAN
COURT: 1904-1905