The Alexander Palace Time Machine Discussion Forum

I'm enjoying Banks' book. I think it fills a definite niche long awaited..a readable day-to-day account of OTMA's lives filled with minute detail including a large cast of characters. No,  it is not great literature, but that was never the intent. I find it most interesting and enjoyable - plus full of facts helping me in understanding their lives.

Thank you,  ECS Banks,  for what is an obvious labor of love. I hope you will go on and publish your earlier material. Don't let the negative comments discourage you.

I would be interested in contributing to such a marker.   Pat

I've been trying to figure out how the bodies  of the elder Sedlev and Nagorny got from Sverdlov oblast to Yaroslav oblast in 1919. Perhaps Leonid Sedlev accompanied the bodies since he was sent back to Yaroslav. Evidently Leonid survived until 1942. Perhaps Nagorny's family whereabouts were unknown, and they just sent both bodies to Yaroslav oblast. Maybe Nagorny was from Yaroslav oblast also.

Lots of perhaps....but it makes some sense. A young boy might have been able to make such a journey more safely than an adult.

Correct information about Leonid Sednev and his uncle sailor Ivan Sednev.

 Sednev Leonid Ivanovich, (near 1909 - 1942). Kitchen boy, a nephew of Ivan Dmitrievich Sednev. Followed with the Imperial family to Tobolsk and Yekaterinburg. Taken away before their execution in the house of Ipatiev. Was sent to Yaroslavl Province. Killed by the NKVD during the war.

*Info taken from Popov's archive.

 Sednev Ivan Dimitrievich, (1886 - 1918). A peasant from Yaroslavl Province. Sailor from the imperial yacht Standart. Footman of the grand duchesses. Followed with the Imperial family to Tobolsk, then arrived with them in Yekaterinburg, where in 27 of May 1918, was arrested and sent to the prison along with K. Nagorny. They both were shot at the end of the May, 1918 or in the beginning of the June, 1918. After the Siberian White Army took the Yekaterinburg their bodies were buried in the cemetery of Ivanovo, Yaroslavl Province

I also read that the bodies of Nagorny and Sednev were found by tbe Whites and buried in a church cemetary.

Olga, you are remembered......not just on your birthday....but on many days.

https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/russian/acrc/archives/goul/two/box3

Corrected website (left off the word "russian")

Just found a reference to N.P. SABLIN memoirs. Transcribed by Goul.  1937

In Amherst Center for Russian Culture
Series 2. Box 3 Folder 8

https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/acrc/archives/goul/two/box3


Draft holograph and typed
"S tsarskoi semioi na shtandarte"

Wonder how it compares to the memoirs cited by tian79 (Apr 06.2012) of N. V. SABLIN..
Also wonder if it goes beyond the Standart timeframe to give a better understanding of NPS

As an adult I found Plowman's 'God Save the Czar' very interesting. It has a sequel 'My Kingdom for a Grave' .I have them both in my collection. You might try alibris.com for them.

I don't find the "funny" captions at all funny. Just immature. And those in the pictures can not defend themselves and should be shown respect. It is a strange way to show affection. Sorry.

I'm almost positive I saw that photo of Alexei all wrapped up identified as some kind of treatment he was undergoing--perhaps a type of mud bath. Does this strike a chord with anyone?

Years ago I read a bio of G.D. Marie Adelaide. I was interested in her because in reading about the Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaevna it was mentioned that Olga felt an affinity for her and was concerned when Lux was overrun by the Kaiser's army. Marie-Adelaide was about a year older than the GD Olga N and became the hereditary ruler of Lux shortly before the beginning of the Great War(1914). I'm a bit hazy after 20 years. I 'll get the book and refresh myself. The title is:  Marie Adelaide, grand duchess of Luxemburg published in 1932. Author is Edith O'Shaughnessy. I remember the book as being somewhat sentimental but full of facts. It has a 2 page bibliography according the the library info.I think GD Olga felt close to her because of some similiarity in their situation -- oldest in a family of girls, devout, etc.

I will check the New york Times Obituary Index for Rita K.when I return from vacation in mid-June. Also, Grant Menzies has some articles in Atlantis Magazine re memoirs of Russian emigres. Another site that might yield something interesting is  http://www.russiarevisited.com

Dear Nadya,

Thank you for posting such detailed information about Rita. Do you know any other personal information about her? Did she leave any writings--letters, memoirs? I'm particularly interested in her friendship with the Grand Duchess Olga and her life during the Russian Revolution. Do you have any other sources that might be useful?

Yours,  Pat

Lanie, you all at livadia.org are great! I think I know the website you mean. Unfortunately, I can not read Russian I also know someone who could translate.
I particularly like your selection of pictures and artwork.

Best regards, Pat