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Vospominaniya o Tsarskoe Sem'e (Recollections of the Tsar's Family)
by Tatiana Botkina-Melnik

159pages

Published: 2004

Genre: Memoir

Publisher: Zakharov

Languages: Russian

ISBN Hardcover: 978-5-8159-0934-2 (2009 reprint)

ISBN Softcover: No softcover edition available

Print Status: in print

Vospominaniya o Tsarskoe Sem'e (Recollections of the Tsar's Family)

description:

Memoirs of Tatiana Botkin, daughter of Nicholas II’s personal physician.


(Original ISBN: 581590399x)

(Title in Russian: Воспоминания о Царское Семье)

unique features:

One of the few memoirs to offer a child’s perspective on the imperial family.

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