Six Years at the Russian Court

Alexander Anastasie arrived asked baby beautiful blessing called carriage Catherine Catherine II ceremony CHAPTER child Christmas Cossacks costume Court cousin Crimea Czar and Czarina Czarovitch daughter doctor doll Dowager Empress dressed Easter eldest Emperor and Empress English Facing flowers forest garden Gatchina George Alexandrovitch gold Grand Duchess Olga Grand Duchess Tatiana Grand Duke hands Imperial family Kilkee kiss Kokoshnik Kremlin Kronstadt ladies little Grand Duchess Livadia live looked Madame G Marie married morning Moscow mother Neva never nice Nicholas Bridge night nurseries officer painted park peasant Peter Peterhoff Petersburg picture Poland poor pretty priests Prince Princess returned round Russian Russian Church sent servant Sevastopol silver sister Skernivitsi soldiers stones story things thought told took town toys train trees Tsarskoe Selo village walking wear Winter Palace woman wore Yalta young