I was reading Aleksei's letters, and came to the one letter to his father dated on December 18th, 1915, where the Heir(in the end) mentions himself, Boika, Shot and Joy. I used 'SEARCH' engine, and came to the one post where Boiika (Baiika) is mentioned once, as possible White dog the Heir owned!
What information more do we have on regarding this pet? What if Boika was...a cat? Is it mentioned somewhere? I 'think' that it name would rather be given to the Female pet, it ends with 'a'. And yes, in my language, it would be translated as 'Fairytale'. :-)
(If there exists a familiar topic, I'd suggest to the mods to merge/remove this one). Thanks for reading! Nena.:-)