Translating V.I. Yakovlev's 1928 "The Alexander Palace-Museum in Detskoye Selo"

The "Riza" is the metal halo surrounding the saint's head.  The "oklad" is the entire metal covering over the icon itself.

The "Riza" is the metal halo surrounding the saint's head.  The "oklad" is the entire metal covering over the icon itself.

That makes sense. I don't know such specific terms, especially religious ones so I will probably have trouble translating those in the future too...

"God father soldiers" isn't a very good translation, but don't know how else to say it :-)

Yeah, that sounds kind of weird. Wikipedia is not always the best source...

Weren't the men serving in the Russo-Japanese War at the time of Aleksei's birth named the tsarevich's honorary godfathers? I presume that's what the sentence is referring to, although it may not translate elegantly into English.

Weren't the men serving in the Russo-Japanese War at the time of Aleksei's birth named the tsarevich's honorary godfathers? I presume that's what the sentence is referring to, although it may not translate elegantly into English.

Were they? If that's the case, then that must be it, which would make sense.

presented by old-ceremony community

... by Old Believers congregations...

presented by old-ceremony community

... by Old Believers congregations...

Thanks, I was trying to figure out what the proper terms for it was! :-)

I have started translation with the little known rooms leading to the right wing of which Sarushka will upload original pages later when she has some time. Super fast translations by HelenA! with excellent input from tian79, FA, Mike! Many thanks!

Pages 442-443

Apartment Hof-Lectrice Ekaterina Adolfovny Schneider

No 38 – 1я -люлская (Translated on the plan as 1st Servants Room)

Walls of of light-gray wallpapers from легкнм рисунком (?Legkum firm) and with lower panels.

Birch furniture (armchairs and chairs), painted under hearth a tree (?окрашенные под  краево дерево) , of the time of Nicholas I.

On a table – in front, covered равендуком (?) of the Ukrainian wedding in прилукском (? Prilukskom) district родтавской (? Rodtavskoy) provinces during the moment пригдашения (?). Dolls on table are made by дегтеревскои учебно (?degterevskoi school) – weaver’s workshop of the Kiev zemstvo and brought by Насдеднику (? Heir) at 2nd All-Russia handicraft exhibition.

The lateral walls have on the chests of drawers, скрыбни (?) (chests) with the the приданым (?) of the bride of the same свадбы (?), the towel of handicraft work, wooden plates and saltshakers. Here, in leather binding - an album brought by the Poltava provincial zemstvo, with forms of this province. On умывал (?washed) cabinet - the small painted cardboard house. On a wall - the plan of arrangement of participants of wedding dinner.

Joanna

I'll translate p.396-397

Pages 443-444-445

Apartment Hof-Lectrice Ekaterina Adolfovny Schneider

No 39 –  2-я -люлская (Translated on the plan as 2nd  Servants Room)

Walls are covered by light wall-papers with легкнм рисунком (?). The furniture consists of pair oak armchairs, of pair золоченных (?gilded) chairs with soft seats and birch children's комодика (? box) with живопнсным (?picturesque) image of roses. On the комодика (?box) there are  т уалетный п рибор (?toilet articles) of modern work of a porcelain factory in Nymphenburg (Germany), brought by Tatiana Nikolaevna.

The middle of the room has a cloth covered аетский (?) table with modern dishes from the work of the porcelain and glass factory in Limoges(France) and a menu-card.

At one of the lateral walls the covered bed, stools, an easel for an educational board and the class school desk, executed by pupils of the Petersburg Ol’ginskogo orphanage, on November, 3rd, 1900 are exhibited in нгрушеч-ном (?) scale, and in the general box a toy German silver toy samovar with trays, pipes and rinsing cups. At the other lateral wall, in a wooden box, - games of serso and lawn tennis.

Pictures:

821 Green, N.E.
Landscape
(the signature on the right below N.E. Green)
Size 0,295 x 0.44 M.x.

822 Kramskaya-Inker S.I. (Sofia Ivanova) (in 1870)
Russian School
Nature-morte
(Signature below S. Kramskaya-Inker)
Size 0,395 x 0,72 M. tree)

823 Unknown Artist
Roses
(Signature below N.S.)
Size 0,51 x 0,49 Watercolor


Reproductions are presented to one – “A Long Story” by хромолитографнями (?) – one from picture of Reynolds and another that depicts “Her Cross” and a photo engraving from a portrait of Alexandra Fedorovna by Kaulbach.

Joanna

[P.396]

P.396

¹12 Play room of the Heir

   The wallpapers are matt-yellow. The casings are made of light (pale) oak. The pictorial panels with stylized stencil-like images of animals and birds are engrained above the window casings. There is a stencil-like border (frieze) with painted peacocks on a scenery ground, on the wall under the flat cove.
   The room is lighted with ceiling light and lamps, framed by a large bronze frame and connected to each other far and wide the ceiling .
On the windows there are cretonne sliding curtains with stylized pattern of yellow dogrose.
   Among the various plain furniture we should make mention of new-made arm-chair and table in Russian style which had been presented by a peasant Lipatov during the celebrations of the Tercentenary of the Romanovs.
   There are groups of children’s and toy furniture  in the front corner on a dais (a sort of estrade). Also on it – a gilded children’s chair with a music box under its seat. The music box plays music when someone sits on the chair. There is a stand with various small (children’s) guns near an estrade.A Lishin stick grenade hangs there;

Here are the pages (442-445) to match Joanna's translations:

You guys are so fast - these pages would have taken me days!

Here are the next five spreads of Aleksei's rooms:


402-403: Aleksei's bedroom continued


404-405: Room of the dyadka [sailor nanny] A. E. Derevenko; Classroom of the heir


406-407: Classroom continued


408-409: Bathroom of the heir; cinema & music lesson rooms


410-411: Cinema & music rooms continued; corridor of the heir

[P.397]

P.397

there is an inscription written by a pencil on its wooden stick: it was sent by privy councillor P.V.Petrov from the Army field forces February 26 , 1916, for a presentation to the b. (?? Means probably – bol’nomu aka sick) Heir Tsesarevitch. The 2 boxes with Cossack sabres are laid on the balustrade of the estrade. The sabers were presented by Zlatoust’s armoury. In addition to furniture the room is flooded with toys, and we make mention of :
  wooden painted model  of the Holy Trinity St.Serguis Lavra, made-up of several pieces by handicrafter Mik.[Mikhail] Zhukov,1912 .
Mechanical toy with landscape, people, buildings, animals and a fountain of flowing water, with a tablet “Unschooled work of Mikh.[Mikhail] Yakovl.[Yakovlevitch] Dolinskiy, a bell-ringer of the Moscow Novospasskiy monastery.1912”
  War outfit of a medieval knight including a suit of armour, knee-pieces, armlets,cap and umbril.
  War Indian munitions : 2 pirogues, bows, war bonnet and a tent.
  Model of a quadrupled torpedo boat
  Machine-gun and models of small battering artillery and wall (?sp?) artillery, collection of Russian and French drums. Model of a hospital’s wagon. Children’s puppet show Guignol with puppets. Wooden tallcase clock, cut in the shape of various parts of Russian guns and arms, made by a peasant Andreev from Tverskaya Gubernija, Bezhetskiy uezd.

Pages 443-444-445

Apartment Hof-Lectrice Ekaterina Adolfovny Schneider

No 39 –  2-я -люлская (Translated on the plan as 2nd  Servants Room)

Walls are covered by light wall-papers with легкнм рисунком (?). The furniture consists of pair oak armchairs, of pair золоченных (?gilded) chairs with soft seats and birch children's комодика (? box) with живопнсным (?picturesque) image of roses. On the комодика (?box) there are  т уалетный п рибор (?toilet articles) of modern work of a porcelain factory in Nymphenburg (Germany), brought by Tatiana Nikolaevna.

The middle of the room has a cloth covered аетский (?) table with modern dishes from the work of the porcelain and glass factory in Limoges(France) and a menu-card.

At one of the lateral walls the covered bed, stools, an easel for an educational board and the class school desk, executed by pupils of the Petersburg Ol’ginskogo orphanage, on November, 3rd, 1900 are exhibited in нгрушеч-ном (?) scale, and in the general box a toy German silver toy samovar with trays, pipes and rinsing cups. At the other lateral wall, in a wooden box, - games of serso and lawn tennis.

Pictures:

821 Green, N.E.
Landscape
(the signature on the right below N.E. Green)
Size 0,295 x 0.44 M.x.

822 Kramskaya-Inker S.I. (Sofia Ivanova) (in 1870)
Russian School
Nature-morte
(Signature below S. Kramskaya-Inker)
Size 0,395 x 0,72 M. tree)

823 Unknown Artist
Roses
(Signature below N.S.)
Size 0,51 x 0,49 Watercolor


Reproductions are presented to one – “A Long Story” by хромолитографнями (?) – one from picture of Reynolds and another that depicts “Her Cross” and a photo engraving from a portrait of Alexandra Fedorovna by Kaulbach.

Joanna

золоченных = Gilded
комодика  = Commode (a small chest)
т уалетный п рибор = Ladies Toilet Set
Nature-morte = Still Life
хромолитографнями = Chromolithograph (a form of print)

I have started translation with the little known rooms leading to the right wing of which Sarushka will upload original pages later when she has some time. Super fast translations by HelenA! with excellent input from tian79, FA, Mike! Many thanks!

Pages 442-443

Apartment Hof-Lectrice Ekaterina Adolfovny Schneider

No 38 – 1я -люлская (Translated on the plan as 1st Servants Room)

Walls of of light-gray wallpapers from легкнм рисунком (?Legkum firm) and with lower panels.

Birch furniture (armchairs and chairs), painted under hearth a tree (?окрашенные под  краево дерево) , of the time of Nicholas I.

On a table – in front, covered равендуком (?) of the Ukrainian wedding in прилукском (? Prilukskom) district родтавской (? Rodtavskoy) provinces during the moment пригдашения (?). Dolls on table are made by дегтеревскои учебно (?degterevskoi school) – weaver’s workshop of the Kiev zemstvo and brought by Насдеднику (? Heir) at 2nd All-Russia handicraft exhibition.

The lateral walls have on the chests of drawers, скрыбни (?) (chests) with the the приданым (?) of the bride of the same свадбы (?), the towel of handicraft work, wooden plates and saltshakers. Here, in leather binding - an album brought by the Poltava provincial zemstvo, with forms of this province. On умывал (?washed) cabinet - the small painted cardboard house. On a wall - the plan of arrangement of participants of wedding dinner.

Joanna

Насдеднику = Naslednik, the Heir/Tsarevich

2nd All-Russia handicraft exhibition.  This refers to the 1913 Koustar Arts Exhibition under the Patronage of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. We have the catalogue.  The dolls were presented as a gift to Alexei.  There is a color photograph of them by Prokhudin-Gorskii.