OTMA in Ekaterinburg - Speranski

Thanks for that!

I often had pity for them. If, for example, they played dances on the piano, they smiled, but tears flowed from their eyes on to the keyboard.”

This probably isn't important, but is he saying the girls cried in front (or around?) him? People usually don't cry around people they don't know that well. Maybe they were so depressed at that point they didn't care?

Thanks for that!

I often had pity for them. If, for example, they played dances on the piano, they smiled, but tears flowed from their eyes on to the keyboard.”

This probably isn't important, but is he saying the girls cried in front (or around?) him? People usually don't cry around people they don't know that well. Maybe they were so depressed at that point they didn't care?

Wow, very interesting.  I remember reading that the Bolsheviks forced them to perform sometimes.