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The diary of a Russian lady
- A
- Abruzzi, Prince of, 391
- Aden, 425, 442
- Admirers, see Love affairs
- Adriatic, storm in, 309
- Afghan Pretender, 508
- Alexandria, 299, 308
- America, journey across, 329-35
- Americans—manners, etc., 199, 200, 205-208, 217, 309, 321-2, 332, 343
- Amou-Daria river, 492, 509
- Amour Provinces, refer to Siberia
- Amour river, 511
- Anarchists in Russia, 144, 147
- —New York, 320
- Andidjan disturbances, 488, 496, 505
- Aoste, Prince Amédée de, 155
- Armenians in Erzeroum, see Erzeroum
- Astrakhan, 513, 514
- Athens, 298
- Atlantic voyage, 316-320
- B
- Baku, 489
- Balkan troubles, 73
- Barcelona, 263
- Batavia, 416-20
- “Batchas,” 516
- Batoum, 126
- Beethoven—Birthplace, 236
- —Anecdote, 407
- Bellinfanti, Señorita Estrella, 395, 396
- Berlin Congress, 120, 125
- Bernardines, Convent of, 253
- Bernhardt, Sarah, 145-6
- Betrothal, 66
- Biarritz, 39, 252
- —Bathing incident, 253
- Bicycling, 510, 519
- Bobrinsky, Princess (Countess Dürkheim), 233
- Bokhara, 487, 492, 514-15
- Bonn, 236
- Boulogne-sur-mer, 159
- Bourbon, Prince Jaime de, 519
- Brest, 249
- Brindisi, 309
- Brussels, 19
- Bull-fights, 255, 257-61
- Buriates, 511
- C
- Cairo, 299, 302, 307, 483
- Canton, 465-7
- Carisbrooke, 244
- Casamicciola earthquake, 229
- Caspian, Ice in, 523
- Castellamare, 226
- Caucasus, 60
- Cernobbio, 193, 199, 210
- Certosa Convent, 218, 229
- Ceylon, 423, 444-7
- Chamonix, 185
- Channel crossings, 21, 160, 163-4
- Chicago World’s Fair, 322-34
- Childhood and education, 13-21
- Chillon, 182
- China and the Chinese, 346, 380, 383, 387
- Boxer Rising, etc., 534, 536
- “Boys,” 342
- Women, 345, 401-2
- See also names of places
- Chino-Japanese War, 390-1
- Cock-fighting and wolf-hunting, 147
- Commander Islands, 455
- Como, 193, 196
- Constantinople, 291
- Copenhagen Exhibition, 270
- Coptic village, 305
- Corea, 398, 453
- Corniche Railway, 251
- Coronation Ceremonies
- Alexander III, 151-5
- Nicholas II, 435-6
- Cowes, 244
- Crimea, 52
- Czar, see Tzar
- D
- Dauville Races, 282
- Début in Society, 33
- Denmore, Lady, 298
- Dieppe, 164, 282
- Dolgorouki, Prince, 249, 287
- Dolgik, 15, 48, 141
- Domestic life, 135
- Doumtcheff, Kostia, violinist, 383
- Doukhovskoy, General, see Sergy
- Doukhow, Wilhelm, 379
- Dürkheim, Countess (neé Princess Bobrinsky), 233
- Duse, Eleonora, 284
- E
- Egypt, 299-308
- Emperor of Russia, see Tzar
- Empress Dowager, 315
- England, 21, 161-3, 240-6
- Erzeroum, 98-130
- Armenians, 99, 100, 102, 103, 109, 116, 124
- Armenians and Turks, 123, 125, 126
- Christian Schools, 117, 124
- Earthquake, 105
- Russians, feeling towards, 104, 120
- Sanitation, 102
- Tribute to Sergy’s administration, 131
- Typhus, 108, 118
- Euphrates, 116, 125
- Evil Eye, 155
- F
- Ferni-Germano, 284
- Flirtations, see Love affairs
- Florence, 217, 218
- France
- National Festival, 165
- See also names of places
- Fuji-Yama, 347
- G
- Galitzine, Prince Theodore, 13, 14
- Death, 268
- Galitzine, Princess (Mamma), 14, 19, 20, 75, 86, 519
- Geneva, 187, 189
- Genoa, 250
- German frontier experience, 156
- Gervais, Admiral, 288
- Golde Tribe, 381, 383
- Grand Duchess Olga Fedorovna, 74, 85
- Grand Dukes
- Michael, 150, 154
- Nicholas, 149
- Nicolas Constantinovitch, 494, 495, 499, 518
- Sergius, 288
- H
- Harems and Harem life, 107, 112, 293, 295
- Health exhibition, 240
- Helsingfors, 273
- Holland, 237
- Holland, Mr. and Mrs., 298, et seq.
- Hong Kong, 405-7, 463, 472
- Horses, Adventures with, 48, 64, 71, 224, 267, 268, 274
- I
- Illnesses, 36, 137
- Interlaken, 179-81
- Ischia, 229-31
- Italy, King Humbert and Queen Margareta of, 213, 214, 217
- J
- Jalta, 52
- Japan, 347-60, 399
- Chino-Japanese War, 390-1
- Russia, feeling against, war rumours, etc., 400, 460
- See also names of places
- Japanese Sea, 357, 361, 397
- Java—Batavia, 416-20
- Jews in Russia, 143
- Johore, Sultan of, 475, 476
- K
- Kahns, 459, 460
- Kaiser Wilhelm II., visit to Denmark, 272
- Kamtchatka, 455
- Kars, 90, 91, 131
- Kars to Erzeroum, 94-7
- Kassatkin-Rostovski, Prince, 354
- Kazan, 511
- Khabarovsk, 368-84, 387-92, 453
- Tigers, 454
- Railway to Vladivostock, 387, 456
- Khodinka Field, 144, 248, 288
- Kirghees, 493
- Kissingen, 533
- Kobe, 355, 356
- Komaroff, General, 87
- Kontski, Antoine, 402, 403, 404, 406, 456, 510
- Kopanski, General, 368, 369, 384, 393
- Korea, see Corea
- Korff, Baron, 313, 314, 343, 344, 375
- “Koulikovo Field” Anniversary, 141
- Kourakine, Princess, 33
- Kremlin, 151
- Kronstadt, 269
- Kurds, 114-5, 124, 357
- L
- Latin Road, 222
- Lebrun, Mme., Anecdote of, 219
- Li Hung Chang, 435
- Liszt, 407
- Lobanoff-Rostovski, Prince, 347
- London, 21, 161-3, 240
- Longchamps, 279
- Loubet, President, 526
- Lourdes, 251
- Loussavoritch-Vank, Monastery of, 118
- Love Affairs, Flirtations and Admirers, 17, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, 35, 37, 39, 43, 44, 45, 48, 50, 53, 56, 57-9, 60, 72, 74, 76, 139, 148, 171, 197, 311, 315, 343, 424, 480, 482
- Lucerne, 171, 172
- M
- Macao, 468-71
- Madrid—Bull-fights, etc., 255-61
- Malmö, 270
- Marriage with General Doukhovskoy, 70, 133
- Marseilles, 431
- Masowah, Italian Soldiers from, 440
- Mediterranean Voyage, 430
- Mechrali, Brigand, 123, 127
- Melikoff, General Loris, 73, 76, 103
- Menaggio, 197
- Merv, 492
- Milan, 192, 194, 211-13
- Monaco, 266
- Monsoon, 442
- Mont Blanc Excursion, 185
- Monte Carlo, 266, 432
- Montenegro, Prince of, 35
- Montreux, 182-3
- Moscow—Gaieties, Society doings, etc., 135, 137, 142, 148, 248, 268, 274, 284, 286, 313
- Mouravieff-Amourski, Count, 376
- Munich, 235
- Music, Love of—Music lessons and musical triumphs, 42, 286-7, 311, 404, 454, 479, 499, 510, 513, 520
- Musicians, see their names
- Mussulmans of the Russian Empire, 511-12
- N
- Nagasaki, 359, 399, 452, 460
- Nagasaki to Shanghai, 400
- Naples, 27, 224-5, 231, 310
- “Natives and Mustard,” 501
- Nerves and Moods, 154, 174, 194, 198, 366, 499
- New York, 320-6
- Plot to assassinate Sergy, 327-8
- Newport, 245
- Niagara, 330
- Nice, 26, 251, 265
- O
- Oldenbourg, Prince of, 505, 507, 509
- Oussouri River, 373
- P
- Pacific Voyage, 340-6
- Paris, 19, 87, 167-70, 316, 434
- Exhibitions, 276-81, 524-31
- Peissenberg Sanatorium, 232-5
- Perim Islands, 441
- Persia, Shah of, 280, 282, 285
- Persian Princes, 60, 61
- Petrograd, see St. Petersburg
- Plague, 505-8
- Pompeii, 225
- Port Saïd, 429, 440, 485
- Portraits of the Authoress, 27, 218, 220
- Prospezi, Signorina Sofia, of the Hôtel Diomède, 226
- R
- Red Sea, 426, 428
- Rhine Voyage, 236-7
- Rigi, Ascent of, 175-7
- Roerberg, Aunt Nathalie, 60
- Roerberg, General, 491
- Romanelli, 219
- Rome, 221
- Rosen, Baron, 197, 222
- Rothschild’s dinner—Musician-guests, 407
- Rotterdam, 238
- Rougitzki, Volodia, Boy-Pianist, 510
- Rubinstein in Moscow, 146
- Ryde Family, 22-32, 240, 242
- Ryde, I.O.W., 241, 245
- S
- Saigon, 409, 410-12, 474
- St. Gothard, 190-1
- St. Petersburg—Gaieties, Society doings, etc., 33, 42, 50, 56, 133, 487, 505, 510, 518, 537
- St. Petersburg to Tashkend, 489-94
- Samarkand, 493
- Samoyedes at Geneva, 189
- San Francisco, 338-9
- San Remo, 265
- San Sebastian, 39-40, 254
- Sandown, 242
- Saragossa—A Bull-fight, 257-61
- Seliverstoff, General—Assassination, 326
- Sergy (General Doukhovskoy), 61-66, 69
- Appointments, distinctions, &c.
- Amour Provinces, Governor of, 313, 314
- Ardagan Exploit—Cross of St. George, 85
- Caucasus, Army of—Chief of Staff, 73
- Chinese Order, 436
- Coronation gift from the Tzar, 155
- Demarcation Commission, President of, 90
- Erzeroum, Governor-General of, 91
- General-Lieutenant, 249
- General-in-Chief, 510
- Italian Order, 212
- Légion d’Honneur, Grand Cross, 530
- Moscow Circuit—Chief of Staff, 134
- Siberian Deputation, presentation to Tzar, 435
- State Council, Member of, 537
- Turco-Russian War, 80
- Turkestan, Governor-General of, 487
- Resignation, 537
- Cure at Kissingen, 533-4
- Devotion as husband, 135, 167-8
- Failure of Health, 524, 535, 537—Death, 537
- Shah of Persia, 280, 282, 285
- Shanghai, 400, 401-2, 462
- Shanklin, 241, 243, 246
- Siberia—Sergy as Governor-General of the Amour Provinces, 362
- Colonists and Emigrants, 370, 378
- Convict Labour, 371, 377
- Cossack Settlements, 373, 385
- Official duties, 376-7
- Postal Arrangements, 379
- Roads, 371, 372
- see also Khabarovsk
- Sick Leave by Stratagem, 133
- Singapore, 413-14, 421, 449, 475-6
- Singapore to Suez, 478
- Skobeleff, General, 145
- Sledging with dogs, 383
- Socotra, 424
- Sorrento, 226
- Soungatcha, travelling on, 372
- Spa, 17
- Starving Plain, 495
- Steppes of Central Asia, 491
- Stockholm, 269
- Stuttgart, 21-26
- Suez, 428, 441, 482
- Suez Canal, 440
- Sumatra, Cannibalism in, 478
- Sunday in England, 21, 246
- Sven-Hedin, 515
- Sweden, King Oscar of, 246
- Swetchine, Aunt and Cousins, 42, 86, 87
- T
- Tashkend, 495-502, 515-7, 519-22, 535-7
- Tashkend to St. Petersburg, 489, 502-4, 522
- Tiflis, 60, 65, 73, 131
- Tiflis to Vladicaucasus, 67, 73
- Tifountai, 384, 435, 454
- “Tiger,” 137
- Tokio, 352-55
- Toumanoff, Prince, 113, 490
- Toutolmine, General, 519
- Trouville, 282
- Turco-Russian War, 73, 75, 79-93
- Turkish Barbarism, 103, 118
- Turks in Erzeroum, 123, 125, 126
- Turkestan, 487, 516
- see also names of places
- Typhoon, 355
- Typhus fever in Kurdistan, 89, 92
- Tzars
- Alexander II., 33, 133, 137
- Assassination, 142
- Ghost, 147
- Alexander III.
- Attempt on, during voyage to Japan, 354
- Coronation, 151-5
- Death, 388
- Nicholas II.
- Betrothal, 388
- Coronation, 435-6
- V
- Vanderbilt, Mrs., 326
- Vatican, 221-2
- Venice, 30, 215
- Ventnor, 244
- Verona, 250
- Vesuvius, 224, 227-9
- Vladivostock, 362-7, 394-6, 453, 459
- Volga, voyages on, 140-1, 510-14
- W
- Weidemann, Frau, and her boarders, 199-210
- Wight, Isle of, 241-6
- Windt, Mr. de, 383
- Y
- Yang-tse-kiang river, 400
- Yokohama, 347-51