Author Topic: Olga's diaries/Help translating entries (Read 57534 times)

Richard_Cullen · « **on:** December 08, 2004, 08:21:00 AM »

Hi all,

Does anyone have access to copies of Grand Duchess Olga's diaries for 1916. I am particularly interested in the entry for 18 December 1916. Radzinsky mentions this in Rasputin the Final Word and partially quotes from it. The problem is I have seen it quoted differently elsewhere!

Thanks in anticipation

Richard

olga · « **Reply #1 on:** December 08, 2004, 08:25:38 AM »

Olga Alexandrovna or Olga Nikolaevna?

Richard_Cullen · « **Reply #2 on:** December 08, 2004, 02:07:33 PM »

olga,

the latter's please

richard

olga · « **Reply #3 on:** December 08, 2004, 07:04:19 PM »

Just making sure.

Lanie · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2004, 07:27:01 PM »

I recall it being something like: "(Sentence here about Rasputin's death perhaps? I don't remember.) It is terribly hard. We all four slept together. God help us!"

matushka · « **Reply #5 on:** February 06, 2005, 01:50:05 AM »

Could someone tell me why the Olga's diaries and the diaries of her sisters were even not published; just partly? Is there any "political" reason? Does someone in Russia work on this publication? In that case, when will they? I read Georgy work in GARF. Did you work with those diaries? Are they all conserved or not?

olga · « **Reply #6 on:** February 06, 2005, 05:30:00 AM »

There probably isn't enough of a market for a publisher to take interest in them.

Sunny · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2005, 06:41:14 AM »

Weren't most of the diaries burned ?

Sunny

Lanie · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2005, 12:27:59 PM »

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Weren't most of the diaries burned ?

Sunny

Only MN and AN burned their 1917-18 diaries. The others are all in GARF, AFAIK.

Sunny · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2005, 06:00:12 PM »

Lanie, thank you. I know this is ot, but have been meaning to tell you that "The Other Boleyn Girl", is one of my favorites too.

Sunny

moonlight_tsarina · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2005, 08:29:41 PM »

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Lanie, thank you. I know this is ot, but have been meaning to tell you that "The Other Boleyn Girl", is one of my favorites too.

Sunny

Oh cool!!! Me too! That's my fave tudor novel...the other two "sequels" weren't as good thouh,

Sunny · « **Reply #11 on:** February 16, 2005, 05:57:14 AM »

moonlight_tsarina,

Sunny

La_Mashka · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2005, 03:03:41 PM »

If the diaries exist, someone should try to print a compilation... I think there is a market...all of us for starters...-

Is there anywhere when they can be read online?

Laura Mabee · « **Reply #13 on:** April 05, 2005, 01:28:41 PM »

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Is there anywhere when they can be read online?

Good question, I'm interested as well

hikaru · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2005, 08:36:04 AM »

I think that Diaries are not so intresting thing to read.
(except some people who really interested in Romanovs)
Letters are more interesting reading .
I think Nicholas 's Diaries are very dry.
I think that they wrote their Diaries taking into account the fact that somebody could read it every time.
(Maybe they had double diary (like a double accounting papers of some companies).

The all IF diary sounds as the Camer-Fourier Journal.
In their diaries the personal attitude to something or somebody was not included at all. I think that they did it for purpose.

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