Glossary and Bibliography
ACER: Association Chrétienne des Etudiants Russes; Christian Union of Russian Students. Marshall of Nobility: the most important task of a Marshall of Nobility was the presidency of the zemstvo; besides that he was an important link between the local population and the government in St. Petersburg. The district Marshalls of Nobility were appointed by the nobility itself, while the provincial Marshalls of Nobility were appointed by the Tsar.
Bedniaki: poor farmers; they who didn't possess cattle and granaries.
Bolsheviki: members of the majority party. This notion was used very wrongly, because the bolsheviki were in fact a party of the minority.
Chin: the `steps' of Peter the Great's table of ranks.
Govenie: preparation for confession.
Igumen: superior of a monastery.
Intelligentsia: progressive population group of which the members usually had more than a secondary school education.
Kabala-slaves: probational slaves; contract workers.
Mensheviki: members of `the' minority party.
Mir: village council.
Muzhik: peasant. Sometimes also used as vituperation.
Obrok: lease.
Pomyestye: land tenure.
Prikaz: department; predecessor of ministry.
ROVS: Union of Russian Veterans Outside Russia.
Ryurikides: descendants of Rurik. All of them were grand monarchs, but since Peter the Great they may only call themselves `prince'.
Starets: elderly monk with strict ascetic way of living.
Tayinstvo: sacrament of the Russian-Orthodox Church.
Trudovik: member of the Social-Democratic People's Party
Uezd: district.
Veche: urban assembly of all free men.
Zemsky sobor: national assembly of all free men.
Zemstvo: regional home rule.
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Bibliography
Most important written sources
Dolgorouky, Prince Pierre Notice sur les Principalles Familles de la Russie, Berlin 1859
Ponfilly, Raymond de Guide des Russes en France, Paris 1990
Sumner, B.H. Survey of Russian History, Oxford 1947
Vernadsky, G. A history of Russia, New Haven, Conn. 1961
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Other written sources
Blair Lovell, James Anastasia, the lost princess Washington, 1991
Botkine, Tatiana Anastasia retrouvée, Paris 1985
Buckle, Richard George Balanchine, London 1988
Daniloff, Nicholas Two lives, one Russia, London 1988
Denikin, A.I. The White Army, Cambridge 1992
D”mling, Wolfgang Igor Strawinsky, in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten, Hamburg 1982
Dragadze, Peter The White Russians, in Town & Country, March 1984
Figner, Vera Night over Russia, Amsterdam 1930
Heresch, Elisabeth Feigheit, Lüge und Verrat, Munich 1992
Ignatieff, Michael Russian Album, London 1991
Jussupoff, Fürst Felix Rasputins Ende, Munich 1985
Massie, Robert K. Nicholas and Alexandra, London 1969
Massie, Robert K. Peter the Great - his life and world, New York 1985
Metternich, Tatiana Verschwundenes Russland, Vienna 1980
Nijinsky, Romola The diary of Vaslav Nijinsky, London 1963
Ouspensky, P.D. Letters from Russia 1919, London 1978
Rachmanowa, Alia Studenten, Liebe, Tscheka und Tot Vienna, 1931
Radzinsky, Edvard The Last Tsar - The Life and Death of Nicholas II, London 1992
Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Henriëtte Foundations and problems of the new culture in Soviet-Russia, Amsterdam 1932
St. John of Kronstadt Press 1991-1992 Directory of parishes and clergy, church organizations and suppliers of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Liberty, USA 1991
Summers, Anthony & Mangold, Tom The file on the Tsar, New York and London 1976
Sutherland, Christine The princess of Siberia, London 1984
Troyat, Henri La vie quotidienne en Russe au temps du dernier Tsar, Paris 1959
Vishnevskaya, Galina Galina, London 1984
Ware, Timothy The Orthodox Church, London 1963
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Good afternoon. I am finish a biography of Nathalie Sergeuiew, cousin of General Miller, who was double agent «Treasure», on behalf of the British XX Committee. She was first recruited by the Germans, contacted Felix Dassel, in Berlin [1933], who met Miller in Paris.
After yhe kidnapp she went to Berlin, investigating the case, where the Gestapo arrested her for a while.
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You have left out my family, Wolkonsky. We are still here in the US. Feel free to contact me at amberbarbara@hotmail.com or at myspace.com/amberbarbara
if you would like to learn about the life of Princess Tatiana Dmitrievna WOLKONSKY, born around 1907 in Russis & escaped to US & California where she raised her family.
Regards,
Barbara Kelley
As far as Russian nobility in exhile, you have left out my Grandmother, Princess Tatiana Dmitrievna WOLKONSKY , born in Russia around 1907 & came to the US to escape the Bolsheviks. She raised a family & died in 1988. WE still have the family Coat of Arms & are still Russian nobility born & living in exhile in the US.
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& many other places online if you wouldlike to discuss more.
Regards,
Barbara Kelley
now in Central Texas
You have left out my family, Wolkonsky. We are still here in the US. Feel free to contact me at amberbarbara@hotmail.com or at myspace.com/amberbarbara
if you would like to learn about the life of Princess Tatiana Dmitrievna WOLKONSKY, born around 1907 in Russis & escaped to US & California where she raised her family.
Regrads,
Barbara Kelley
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