Pages of My Life. Memories of a Friend of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
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Pages of My Life. Memories of a Friend of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
14.99 €
Anna Aleksandrovna Vyrubova (maiden name Taneeva) was a person close to the royal family, a friend of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, one of the few who did not renounce the Romanovs in 1917. Anna Vyrubova did not hold the court position of maid of honor for long, only until her marriage, which was short and unsuccessful, and then she remained just a friend for the imperial family. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna did not easily get along with people, and those who were close to her faced envy and gossip from the court circle. Anna Vyrubova did not escape this fate. Gossips tried to embellish her acquaintance with Rasputin, which took place thanks to the empress, with especially vivid and wild details. Anna Vyrubova began to be subjected to wild persecution, abuse, denunciations, and imprisonment immediately after the abdication of Nicholas II, but she endured everything without betraying the royal family, to which she was sincerely attached. And only in her memoirs, a little naive and frank, did she try to reveal the truth.
The first editions of A.A. Vyrubova's memoirs were accompanied by the publication of letters to her from members of the royal family (Paris, 1922) and letters from Anna herself from prison to her parents and acquaintances in the post-revolutionary period (Berlin, 1923). These letters, as representing great historical interest, are included in the appendix to this publication.
The first editions of A.A. Vyrubova's memoirs were accompanied by the publication of letters to her from members of the royal family (Paris, 1922) and letters from Anna herself from prison to her parents and acquaintances in the post-revolutionary period (Berlin, 1923). These letters, as representing great historical interest, are included in the appendix to this publication.
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