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description: In the house of the Romanovs, as in that of theAtrldes, a mysterious curse descends from generationto generation. Murder and adultery, blood and mud,the fifth act of a tragedy played in a brothel.Peter I kills his son; Alexander I kills his father;Catherine II kills her husband.,.The block, the rope,and poison - these are the true emblems of the Russianautocracy.Merejkovsky commenting on the 1905 Revolution. Nicholas II kept a diary in which he wrote an entrynearly every day. This diary has never been translatedinto English, and there is only a partial translationinto French which appeared in 1925 under the titleJournal Intime de Nicolas II. Sections of the diaryare translated here from Krasnyi Arkhiv—Red Archives—vol. 20, pp. 123-52; vol. 21, pp. 79-96; vol. 22, pp.71-91; vol. 27» pp. 110-38; and vol. 64, pp. I3O-38. Thetranslation from the Russian was done by Itr. Arlo Furnis,a student of Russian language at the University of Ifontana.Mr. Furnis and the writer worked closely to ensure theaccuracy of the translation.To give some understanding of the character of theTsar, the writer has prefaced the diary with a picture ofthe Tsar's habits, family background, and personal life.The Tsar wrote in his diary at 11:00 nearly everynight. To it he confided family events, people who visitedhim, and items of interest in his personal life.
title: Diary of Nicholas II, 1917-1918, an annotated translation