Savchenko P. Russian girl. (part 5)

V

Oh, if ever I saw your face.

What I knew itvery happy years!

A.K. Tolstoy

In early February 1917 Great Princess Olga was sick inflammation of the ear, and the whole family usually met in her child; ibid. played with Naslednikom came to him on a visit Kadet 1 - Fifth Corps, suspiciously kashlyavshy and on the other day the diseased measles. Ten days of the same disease and severe form of the Great Princess Olga became ill and her favorite Naslednik. The disease took very rapidly, at a temperature of 40.5 °. In poluzabyti Great Princess saw some Gosudarynyu themselves in a white robe, and until it invented talk about some bezporyadkah and riot in Petrograd.

The morning of March 8 Gosudarynya P. Zhilyaru said: "Gosudar back tomorrow, we should warn Alexei, all he needed to say. Want you to do it? I go to talk to girls ".

It looks like she suffered at the thought of the grief that it would cause the Great Knyazhnam, reporting on otrechenii their father - grief, which may complicate the disease. March 9, finally came to the Seme Gosudar suffered deeply and immediately took to the sick room daughters that brought them the greatest joy: Princess recovered to the point that may already be in the church in those days it had to be unwitting witness to the first meeting of the czarist families Kerenskim . Teglevoy According to the testimony, he was received by Their Highnesses in the classroom in the presence of Alexei Nikolaevich and Olga Nikolayevna.

Then again become ill Great Princess inflammation of the lungs and finally recovered until mid-April, so it was not able to be sad at all during the year and zautrene razgovenah.

All this time, it was surrounded by gentle attention sisters, caring for her Gosudarynya, in the evenings to come separated from Families at the time, Sovereign, which is usually something that they read.

After recovery of the Great Knyazhny her life, as throughout the czarist Families, a very peculiar.

Rose early, then - two walks: one of the eleven hours before breakfast and afternoon - from two and a half to five hours of the day. All were (except Sovereign, who walked separately) to meet in semi hall and wait for the head of the protection open the door to the park, "we are quitting - said P. Zhilyar - duty officer and the soldiers followed us and surrounded the place where We stop to the work. "

About this work we learn from the Great Princess Olga of letters sent from Tsarskoye Selo:

"May 1. We organize in the garden, around the house itself, a big garden and working together all day. "

"June 6. Now in the garden started felling trees dry, cut firewood, etc. Garden flourishes. If yesterday our first radish. It is bright red and tasty. "

June 29. We work in the garden has continued. Cut down the trees until more than seventy. "

"On 10 July. Today, very quietly. Ekaterininskom hear ringing in the cathedral, so sometimes you want to go Znamenyu. I write to you, lying on the grass, by the pond. Weather Munot, and so well. Alexei walks around and marching on track. All other dry cut trees in the forest. We have kept in the garden a few cucumbers, not to mention the small vegetables, which are many. "

Morning and afternoon sessions were younger. Great Princess Olga taught his sister and brother English.

The overall situation of living is deteriorating. For example, P. Zhilyar May 14, recorded in his diary: "Since then, some of us give little wood and very cold everywhere."

But, despite that, among King's children were cheerful mood, and at times even cheerful. Read P. Zhilyara record of 22 June: "Since the Great Knyazhon disease after falling heavily hair, shaved his head shaved, when they go into the garden, then put on a hat made to hide the lack of hair. The minute when I was going to photograph them, they are the mark of Olga Nikolayevna, quickly removed the hats. I protested, but they insisted zabavlyayas idea to see images of this kind. Despite all, from time to time, their humor is manifested again, a key effect of beating his youth.

Reluctant because all the terms were so hard: Russia, which they all loved so, boom, they are treacherously leave. Most relatives, the court, which in czarist Families spoke with the gentle caresses, and some of them sent to the Great Princess Bids their lovely letter, the people who were adopted as a native ( "Sashka breakfast with us, he remained the same and beautiful Olga, as always, "- wrote Gosudarynya in June 1917, about one of them), leaving almost all of the Seven orphaned. "S., their very close friend, Her Majesty and the children all the time expected, but he did not appear, and others are also fled" - wrote AA chamber.

The Grand Princess experienced it very hard. As early as December 1916, with sadness Gosudarynya Gosudaryu wrote:

"Yesterday evening, Olga was a committee, but it has not lasted long. Vladimir Volkov, who always has her one or two smiles, avoided her glance and never smiled. You see - our girls have learned to observe people and their faces - they are highly developed spiritually through all this suffering - they know everything through that we go - that is necessary and makes them mature. Fortunately, the times they are big baby, but they have a thoughtful and emotional feeling much more wise creatures. "

"All these people - the investigator said N. Sokolov - can be inadvertently oppose the other two. They were MS Hitrovo and O. Kolzakova. They are not afraid to have communication with the prisoner's family and in letters slali her words of love and deep devotion, not disguising their names to any conditionality "(Olga N. absolutely loved Hitrovo Margarita" - recalls Kobylinskii ES).

With deep sorrow and great tears leaving Grand Princess Tsarskoye Selo. Day 31 June they prostilis with expensive corners Царскосельского park, islands, garden. In hours every night, ready for departure, gathered in the hall and semi held here in anticipation of tedious and alarming to five o'clock in the morning. The Grand Princess many cried. As the train settled comfortably: The Grand Princess in a separate compartment in the wagon Sovereign, their servants - in the coming cars.

August 4, arrived in Tyumen, and 6 - the first - in Tobolsk in the steamer "Rus", which have lived for about a week, until prigotovlyali house for the czarist Families.

When he moved in, room Great Knyazhon was on the second floor, next to the bedroom and Sovereign Gosudaryni.

The letters from Tobolsk Great Princess Olga wrote:

"On 10 December. We have four live in extreme blue room. Settled very comfortably. When severe frosts, quite cold, blowing out the window. "

"February 5. There are plenty of sunshine, but cold, in general, not Siberia, there are often winds, and then in cold rooms, especially in our corner. Jive we continue, all healthy, a lot of walking. As many churches here that hears constantly ringing. "

The first time, about one and a half months, it was almost the best in the conclusion of the czarist Families life flowed smoothly and quietly ( "the Siberian calm" - said N. Sokolov). In 8 hours 45 minutes, then it was sent morning tea. Государь drank in his office always Olga Nikolayevna. After tea Gosudarynya and Olga usually read in 11 hours went for a walk in zagorozhennoe place.

T. Botkina remembers:

"His Majesty has its usual fast gait walked back and forth from fence to fence. The Grand Princess Olga and Tatiana, in the gray Macs and wearing down - blue and red, quickly marching next to his father. "

"Zagotovit wood for the kitchen and home - said P Zhilyar - now, it was our main entertainment on the air, and even the Grand Princess addicted to this new sport. Day walk again, if not very cold - as a frequent talk of Registration. -- The rooms are also very cold in some only six degrees ( "Great Knyazhon bedroom - noted P. Zhilyar - currently Glacier"); sat in the thick knitted koftah and put valenoks (lived getting poorer: 15 December Gosudarynya wrote: "shirts daughters in a hole ").

The main background of this life was melancholy, bitter sense of abandonment (Tobolsk - a quiet corner of the abandoned when the river freezes "- wrote the Great Princess Olga), and from here - although the desire something to entertain themselves.

Arranged swings - soldiers with bayonets to cut them totally impermissible inscriptions; themselves lay down icy mountain, which was great entertainment for Knyazhon, brought up in a healthy spirit of healthy physical entertainment, but a month later, soldiers destroyed its picks at night, though, on the grounds that up to This mountain, Their Highnesses were already outside the fence, in full view of the public.

Evening whole family gathered with the remaining faithful to them. Great Princess Olga played on the grand piano, worked, played cards, read Sovereign. Often children converge in the guard room Grand Princess, with its inherent simplicity, which was their main attraction, loved to talk with the soldiers safety, questioned about their families, villages, the battles.

Since February, the beginning P. Zhilyara, began to arrange home performances. Great Princess Olga took part in other less frequently, but it should be noted that in the play Chekhov's "The Bear" (February 18, a performance) played a role Popova Great Princess Olga, and her partner (Smirnova role) was Gosudar.

The play "We L and N on t e ir e", she played the role of Ma m and n M e tt i e.

Saturday Vigil happened in the room, and on Sundays allowed to walk through the town under the protection of the Church of Annunciation in the garden.

"December 24 - as he wrote one of the Great Knyazhon - was our priest; at the table with all the images, have a Christmas tree, so she and all prostoyala vigil at the tree, we do not hang." "But, - recalled one of us - all women's hands Semi all prepared several gifts, and together our spirits and all the surrounding privetlivostyu managed to arrange a true celebration."

By the new year, the Great Princess became ill rubella, diphtheria from a Naslednika comrades, with whom she continued to be nerazluchnoy.

Despite all this bonded, full of deprivation and anxiety, melancholy sirotlivuyu life, the Grand Princess had got spirit. "These brave and good, never complain, I am so happy with their souls" - wrote Gosudarynya of Tobolsk.

Soon to come are terrible test, they will go to their Calvary, and wants here, as if for the last time, closer to spiritual peace Great Princess Olga, it has grown well in these days of dating, but other people.

Colonel ES Kobylinsky, lived a year with the czarist Families (Tsarskoe Selo - Tobolsk), and observing it in a wide variety of settings, both of Grand Princess described the investigators:

"Olga - nedurnaya blond, twenty-three years. Young Lady in the Russian spirit. She loved to read, was capable, well-developed young woman, well-spoken in English and in German poorly.

She had the ability to Art: played on the grand piano, sang and studied singing in Petrograd (it was soprano), a well-painted. She was very modest and is not fond of luxury. Dressed very modestly, and in this regard continually odergivala other sisters. The essence of her life, I would say, here's what: it is - a good Russian girl with great spirit. She made impression girl, as if experienced any grief - such lying imprint on it. I thought that she loved his father more than a mother, and then she loved more Alexei Nikolaevich, and called it "small" or "baby". Nobody once overlooked a seniority Olga Nikolayevna. They were all very nice, attractive, easy to communicate, clean girls. "

Noblest, dedicated to the end of the czarist Families ordinary medical doctor E. C. Botkin noted in his diary especial sensitivity and tenderness Great Princess Olga to the people, to someone else's grief: "I will never forget thin, very nepokaznoe, but the sensitivity to my grief ... I still remember the late Princess M. Golitsyna, which has been very responsive enslaved cordial attitude to it by Olga Nikolayevna, still very small when poor princess mourned the loss of their charming granddaughter ... Now run-Olga right, just Angel, zaletom ... And what Olga musically, and what it does successes! "

A. Working Yakimov, a former in the protection, the investigators said: "Olga, Maria and Anastasia did not have any importance. Visibly on them was that they were simple and good. "

Summing up all the data he testified, NA Sokolov wrote: "The elder daughter Olga was a girl of twenty-two years. Skinny, thin, elegant blond, she inherited the father's eyes. A blessing, but othodchiva, had the heart of his father, but did not have his tolerance: its manners were "tough". It has been well established and developed. It felt "good Russian ladies, loved solitude, a book, poetry, not loved affairs of everyday life, unpragmatic. She was given great musical abilities and improvizirovala on piano. Direct, sincere, it has been unable to conceal his soul, and was probably closer to the father than the mother. "

Not for you whether consists of those with different levels and different from those estimates shower, a beautiful image of the girl, which we, the high-order soul, poet said:

By others' suffering you full of sorrows,

I draw your grief was not passing ...

But if you see a loving souls

Could have once by their grief --

About how you would itself become a pity

And how would you cried over one another sad!