Nicholas Alexandrovich, April 1917“An excellent spring day. At 10 o’cl. took a walk with
Nicholas Alexandrovich, April 1917“An excellent spring day. At 10 o’cl. took a walk with Valya Dolgorukov. At 11 o’cl. went to obednya with Tatiana and Anastasia. After breakfast went outside to the park with them and Alexei and broke ice the entire time by our summer docks; a crowd of onlookers again stood by the lattices and stared at us from beginning to end. The sun warmed [us] nicely. After tea went through masses of postcards received previously. In the evening played ‘Windmill’ with Alix upstairs, then read aloud to Tatiana in my [room].”- Nicholas’ diary, 3rd/16th April 1917“A marvelous spring day: 12° in the shade. In the morning took a walk for almost an hour. In the afternoon continued to break ice, and a crowd still stared through the lattices from the street. Started to read ‘History of the Byzantine Empire’ by Uspensky; a very interesting book. Spent the evening the same as the last ones.”- 4th/17th April“It rained during the night from which the snow almost disappeared. The day remained grey and cool. Slept badly and got up late. Took a walk in the morning. In the afternoon worked with Alexei at both spots. A few people were staring at us. There was a lot of water, it overflowed through the stone tiles. Before dinner read my book, and in the evening aloud to Tatiana.”- 5th/18th April“The day remained cool. Alexei got a bit of a sore throat and was put to bed. Olga is still in bed, while Maria gets up for a few hours. During the day worked with Tatiana between the bridges. Spent the evening as usual.”- 10th/23rd April -- source link
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