Selected Excerpts from the Diaries of Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich

Translated and annotated by Greg King

In this, Part IV and the last of the series, we come to the end of Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich’s diary entries as published by the Soviets.  The diaries were left in Russia when the Grand Duke fled the country in 1920.

All entries below are from 1917.

January 1: Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich left Petrograd tonight, following the Emperor’s order.  T…