Helen Rappaport - The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

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Glossary of Names

Listed below are the most frequently occurring names in the text, in the form in which they are generally cited.

OTMA = the sisters own acronym for Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia

AKSH: acronym of Alexander Konstantinovich Shvedov, one of Olgas favourite officers in the Tsars Escort

A LEXANDRA (S HURA ) T EGLEVA : OTMAs nurse and later general maid; married Pierre Gilliard

A LICE : Princess Alice of Great Britain, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, Alexandras mother

A LICKY : Queen Victorias pet name for Alexandra, used to distinguish her from Alix, who in the British royal family was Alexandra, Princess of Wales

A LIX : Nicholass pet name for his wife Alexandra

A NNA (N YUTA ) D EMIDOVA : Alexandras maid in waiting

A NNA V YRUBOVA : Alexandras close friend and confidante; later appointed a maid of honour

B IBI : pet name for Varvara Vilchikovskaya, OTs friend and nurse at the annexe

C HEMODUROV : Terenty Chemodurov, Nicholass valet

C OUNT B ENKENDORF : Pavel Benkendorf, chief marshal and master of ceremonies at the imperial court

C OUNT F REEDERICKSZ : Vladimir Freedericksz, head of the imperial household

C OUNT G RABBE : Nikolay Grabbe, commander of the Tsars Escort

D EREVENKO : Andrey Derevenko, Alexeys sailor dyadka

D ICKIE : Louis of Battenberg, later Lord Mountbatten, OTMAs cousin

D MITRI P AVLOVICH : Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, OTMAs cousin

D MITRI (M ITYA ) M ALAMA : Tatianas favourite wounded officer at the hospital

D MITRI (M ITYA ) S HAKH -B AGOV : Olgas favourite wounded officer at the hospital

D OLGORUKOV : Prince Vasili Dolgorukov, adjutant general, with Nicholas at Stavka

D R B OTKIN : Evgeny Botkin, physician to the Imperial Family

D R D EREVENKO : Vladimir Derevenko, Alexeys personal physician (no relation to Andrey Derevenko )

D R G EDROITS : Princess Vera Gedroits, senior surgeon at the Court Hospital

D UCHESS OF S AXE -C OBURG : formerly Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, also Duchess of Edinburgh

D UCKY : pet name for Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg, first wife of Ernie , Alexandras brother

E LIZAVETA E RSBERG : Alexandras maid in waiting

E LIZAVETA N ARYSHKINA : Alexandras mistress of the robes from 1910; the most senior lady at court

E LIZAVETA O BOLENSKAYA : Alexandras lady in waiting

E RNIE : Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse and by Rhine, Alexandras brother

G ENERAL M OSOLOV : Alexander Mosolov, head of the Court Chancellery

G ENERAL S PIRIDOVICH : Alexander Spiridovich, Chief of the Kiev section of the Okhrana; from 1906 head of the tsars personal security services

G LEB B OTKIN : son of Dr Botkin ; with him at Tobolsk

G RAND D UCHESS V LADIMIR : Maria Pavlovna the elder, wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich; also known in the family as Miechen

G RAND D UKE G EORGIY : Georgiy Alexandrovich, Nicholass younger brother and tsarevich till his death in 1899

G RAND D UKE K ONSTANTIN : Konstantin Konstantinovich, father of Ioannchik

G RAND D UKE M IKHAIL : Mikhail Alexandrovich, Nicholass youngest brother

G RAND D UKE N IKOLAY : Nikolay Nikolaevich; Nicholass uncle, and until 1915 C-in-C of the Russian Army. Second husband of Stana

G RAND D UKE P AVEL : Pavel Alexandrovich, Nicholass uncle; father of Dmitri Pavlovich and Maria Pavlovna

G RAND D UKE P ETR : Petr Nikolaevich, husband of Militza

G RIGORY /F ATHER G RIGORY : Grigory Rasputin, the imperial familys religious guru

I OANNCHIK : Prince Ioann Konstantinovich, OTMAs second cousin

I VAN S EDNEV : OTMAs footman; Leonid Sednev s uncle

I ZA B UXHOEVEDEN : Baroness Sophia Buxhoeveden, Alexandras honorary lady in waiting; the post was made official in 1914

K ATYA : Ekaterina Zborovskaya, sister of Viktor Zborovsky , Anastasias most regular correspondent in captivity

K HARITONOV : Ivan Kharitonov, cook; with the family at Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg

K LAVDIYA B ITNER : the childrens tutor at Tobolsk; later married Evgeny Kobylinsky

K OBYLINSKY : Evgeny Kobylinsky, commander of the guard at Tsarskoe Selo. Commandant of the Governors House at Tobolsk

L EONID S EDNEV : kitchen boy; with the family at Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg. Nephew of Ivan Sednev

L ILI D EHN : Yuliya Dehn, one of the ladies closest to Alexandra in the final years, but who held no official position at court

L OUISE : Princess Louise of Battenberg; daughter of Alexandras sister Victoria; later Queen Louise of Sweden; OTMAs second cousin

M ADELEINE (M AGDALINA ) Z ANOTTI : Alexandras most senior personal maid, who had come with her from Darmstadt

M ARGARETTA E AGAR : OTMAs governess; dismissed in 1904

M ARIYA B ARYATINSKAYA : Princess Mariya Baryatinskaya, Alexandras maid of honour

M ARIA F EODOROVNA : the dowager empress, Nicholass mother; a sister of the Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra. Also known in the family as Minny

M ARIYA G ERINGER : Alexandras principal lady in waiting, responsible for her jewellery

M ARIA P AVLOVNA : Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the younger, sister of Dmitri Pavlovich and OTMAs cousin

M ARIYA (T UDELS /T OODLES ) T UTELBERG : Alexandras maid in waiting

M ARIYA V ASILCHIKOVA : Alexandras lady in waiting; dismissed 1916

M ARIYA V ISHNYAKOVA (M ARY ): OTMAs under nursemaid; later nursemaid to Alexey

M ASHKA : Marias pet name in the family

M ERIEL B UCHANAN : daughter of the British ambassador to St Petersburg, Sir George Buchanan

M ILITZA : Princess Militza of Montenegro; wife of Grand Duke Petr

N AGORNY : Klementy Nagorny, Alexeys sailor dyadka

N ASTYA /N ASTASKA : Anastasias pet name in the family

N ASTENKA (A NASTASIA ) H ENDRIKOVA : Alexandras personal maid of honour

N IKOLAY (K OLYA ) D EMENKOV : Marias favourite officer from the Guards Equipage

N IKOLAY R ODIONOV : officer on the Shtandart , Tatianas favourite tennis partner

N IKOLAY S ABLIN : Nikolay Pavlovich Sablin, officer on the Shtandart and a close friend of the imperial family. No relation to Nikolay Vasilievich Sablin

N IKOLAY V ASILIEVICH S ABLIN : a favourite officer on the Shtandart. No relation to Nikolay Pavlovich Sablin

O LGA A LEXANDROVNA : Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, OTMAs aunt, Nicholass youngest sister

O NOR : Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hoensolms-Lich, second wife of Alexandras brother Ernie

P ANKRATOV : Vasily Pankratov, commissar in charge of the imperial family at Tobolsk; dismissed January 1918

P AVEL V ORONOV : officer on the Shtandart with whom Olga fell in love in 1913

P HILIPPE : Maitre or Monsieur Philippe; Nizier Anthelme Philippe, French healer and mystic

P IERRE G ILLIARD : the girls Swiss tutor in French

P RINCESS H ELENA OF S ERBIA : wife of Ioannchik

P RINCESS G OLITSYNA : Mariya Golitsyna, Alexandras mistress of the robes till her death in 1910

PVP : Petr Vasilievich Petrov, the girls tutor in Russian language and literature

R ITA K HITROVO : Margarita Khitrovo, Olgas friend and fellow nurse at the annexe hospital