Memories of Emperor Alexander III by Nicholas Velyaminov, Part I
Translated and annotated by Greg King
Introduction
In 1920, shortly before his death, Nicholas Alexandrovich Velyaminov wrote a set of memoirs concerning his tenure as a physician at the Imperial Court under Alexander III. These memoirs covered the last years of the Emperor’s reign as well as his final illness and death.
Nicholas Velyaminov was born in 1855. He was educated in Wiesbaden and…
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