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Название книги: Rasputin's Daughter
Автор(ы): Robert Alexander
Жанр: Современная проза
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© 2006
FOR MARLY RUSOFF
Author’s Note
All dates in the book are Old Style, as the Julian calendar was in use until 1918, when the Gregorian calendar was instituted. The original Russian spellings of proper names have also been maintained. And for purposes of clarification, a chronology of events and a complete glossary are located at the end of the book.
In the beginning of the twentieth centuryRussia found itself at a rasputiye,When all of a sudden there appeared a rasputnikAnd Russia became mired in a rasputitsa.– M. Tarlova| crossroad | debauched person | season of horribly muddy roadsBelieve me, I’d tell you if I knew. But I really have no idea how Rasputin was introduced to the former imperial family, and I will swear to my death that I took no part in it. I’ve heard rumors that he was eager to penetrate the palace, that he did so via dubious means, and that he was assisted by one of the former grand duchesses-I think the one from Montenegro. It seems quite possible, but of all that I
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