Mathilde Kschessinska (1872 - 1971)

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Pictures of Vova

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More pic's of Vova...




Vova with Mathilde and Andrei


Mathilde, Andrei with Vova

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Mathilde, Andrei and Vova


Mathilde w/ ?


Mathilde

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Mathilde w/ Grand Duke Andrei


Mathilde w/ Grand DUke Andrei

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I believe this to be one of the best pictures of Mathilde I've seen thus far.

[Laura Mabee]

Found in a book I just got. Sorry about the quality, I took these with my digital camera:

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This website has beautiful pictures of Mathilde.

http://www.geocities.jp/ttpballet/exhi/0003e-2.html

[Rasputin]

There is frankly zero historical evidence to support a suspicion Nicholas had an affair while married. Frankly, the simple logistics of it would have been virtually impossible once he took the throne. Every single person admitted to the Emperor's presence was pre-planned, investigated, checked, and vetted, not to mention recorded.  It would have been even more cumbersome if Nicholas had wanted to go "out" and see someone "at her place" or a neutral spot as he would have been accompanied by a number of people including the secret police who kept him in eyesight every second he was outside the palace.
One feels the Tsar of Russia should have been able to do what he pleased, but frankly, was so bound up in beaurocracy, guards and servants that he could not even change the color of his socks without disturbing some twenty different people!

What about Bill Clinton and his affair with Monica Levinsky?  Did not he has any guard?

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Mathilde with her father Felix

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Mathilde with one of her students

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