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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Until then," the Tsarina went on, "we enjoyed a pleasant, if rather insubstantial, life. We used to haunt the Casino at Monte Carlo. But after the partition of Poland, Nicky insisted on returning to Russia. He began to attend the meetings of the Politburo. The Politburo! Oh, those interminable speeches. . . . Ah, Katorga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GHOSTS ON THE ROOF | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...Nicholas-how nice to see you again!" cried History. "Wherever have you been? And the Tsarina Alix! Your four charming daughters, I presume-gracious, but those bullet holes are disfiguring. And the little hemophiliac-Tsarevich Alexei! Ah, yes, I understand-doomed for a certain term to walk the night. . . . Why, I've scarcely given you a thought since that time when the Communists threw your bodies down the mine shaft in Ekaterinburg [now Sverdlovsk]. Whatever brings you here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GHOSTS ON THE ROOF | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...From the alleyways of the Livadian Park. . . .' " Here the Tsarina cut her husband short with a stamp of her ghostly foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GHOSTS ON THE ROOF | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

...began," said the Tsarina wearily, "with the German-Russian partition of Poland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GHOSTS ON THE ROOF | 1/5/1948 | See Source »

Divorced. By Maria Rasputin Bern, 45, animal-taming daughter of mad, murdered Grigory Rasputin, spiritual adviser to the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia: Gregory Bern (formerly Bernadsky), 44, electrical engineer; after six years of marriage, no children; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 10, 1946 | 6/10/1946 | See Source »

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