Mathilde Kschessinska

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Age: 45

Lives in: Petrograd, Russian Empire

Occupation: ballet dancer

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Non-fiction

Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

Mathilde Kschessinska

9 Vokzalny lane, Kislovodsk, Russian Republic

30.12.17

I have many friends and acquaintances in Kislovodsk, and we were constantly gathering together in someone’s place for tea, dinner or to play cards, to calm our souls a little bit. To be alone is painful in such troubling times. See more

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Mathilde Kschessinska

9 Vokzalny lane, Kislovodsk, Russian Republic

22.12.17

As soon as we decided to remain in Kislovodsk, Vova entered the local grammar school, an excellent establishment with first-class teachers, where he finished his secondary education. He made many friends there, "all as troublesome as himself!" according to Ivan, who was indignant at seeing Vova return home, his suit and overcoat torn, still breathless from running and playing in the park.

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Mathilde Kschessinska

9 Vokzalny lane, Kislovodsk, Russian Republic

29.10.17

My life was taking shape and I was surrounded by a wide circle of friends from Petrograd. But I was harrowed by the thought that the Grand Duke Serge Mikhailovitch was still exposed to the dangers of the capital. See more

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Mathilde Kschessinska

9 Vokzalny lane, Kislovodsk, Russian Republic

14.10.17

By luck I found a magnificent villa belonging to Beliaievsky, an engineer, charmingly furnished and having a little garden. My sister and Baron Zeddeler settled there with me. I immediately engaged a cook and organised my household. See more

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Mathilde Kschessinska

Shcherbinin's House, Emirovskaya street, Kislovodsk, Russian Republic

11.10.17

VladimirovPeter Vladimirov - dancer, the last partner of Matilda Kshessinskaya came over to see me from Sotchi, where he was following a cure. While he was staying with me he fell off a horse; he suffered a broken nose and severe bruises, and was confined to his room for a long time.

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Sherbinin's dacha, Emirovskaya street, Kislovodsk, Russian Republic

09.10.17

It soon became clear that there was no point in even thinking of returning to Petrograd. My hopes of recovering my home vanished daily. Moreover, in view of the general situation, it was better to spend the winter in Kislovodsk. So I started to look for a new house.

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Mathilde Kschessinska

Shcherbinin's House, Emirovskaya street, Kislovodsk, Russian Republic

04.10.17

The Grand Duke Boris Wladimirovitch and one of his best friends, Leon Mantachev, an oil magnate, also arrived from Petersburg.

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Mathilde Kschessinska

21.07.17

We met Fokine and his wife, who were also in Kislovodsk, and who shared our hopes and fears. There was only one subject of conversation: Should we stay or leave? What was going to happen? What should we do?

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Nadezhda Teffi

Petrograd, Russian Empire

14.07.17

On a daily basis, a figure would appear on the balcony of Kschesinskaya’s house, wave its hands around, and scream in a husky voice. After having screamed for a couple of hours, it would go inside to warm up. A different figure would replace it. All of these figures carried the shared title “Lenin.”

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Mathilde Kschessinska

P. N. Vladimirov's apart., 10, Alekseevskaya str., Petrograd, Russian Empire

14.07.17

Passing by my house, I saw Kollontai walking in my ermine coat. As I was told, she also used some of my other things, but I do not know if that is true.

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Mathilde Kschessinska

P. N. Vladimirov's apart., 10, Alekseevskaya str., Petrograd, Russian Empire

11.07.17

The calmer it got, the more painfully I felt that there was nothing more of my own, neither my home nor my things, but other had it even worse.

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Pavel Dybenko

Mathilde Kschessinskaya's mansion, Petrograd, Russian Empire

22.06.17

As I was passing through Petrograd, I casually stopped at the palace of Kshesinskaya. It was interesting, after all, to visit the apartments of the Tsar’s former mistress, which are now occupied by the Bolsheviks, who send panic throughout all of Petrograd. And frankly, I wanted to meet Lenin himself. See more

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Mathilde Kschessinska

P. N. Vladimirov's apart., 10, Alekseevskaya str., Petrograd, Russian Empire

21.06.17

My faithful DjibiThe beloved dog of Mathilde Kschessinska died after a visit to Tsarskoie Selo. This made me very sad. He had shared in our joys and sorrows; and I still remember one night during the terrible time we had just been through when, exhausted and near to nervous prostration, I flung myself weeping on my bed. Djibi had sprung towards me, with an expression of human compassion, whimpering that he could not comfort me. See more

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Nikolai Wrangel

Petrograd, Russian Empire

28.05.17

Kschessinsky’s house on the Kamenny Prospekt has been taken over by a gang, an insignificant gang of communists with Lenin at their head, who appear on the terrace every morning to inspire the people to steal from and murder the bourgeois. See more

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Mathilde Kschessinska

P. N. Vladimirov's apart., 10, Alekseevskaya str., Petrograd, Russian Empire

25.05.17

Many thought, probably the participants themselves, that with the disappearance of Rasputin everything would improve; the evil surrounding the throne would be removed, the malevolent forces on the Emperor would subside, Russia would finally breathe again, and the glory days would arrive. But oh, how everyone was mistaken. Maybe some of it counted. But from that very moment, everything began to roll towards the fateful conclusion.

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Age: 45

Lives in: Petrograd, Russian Empire

Occupation: ballet dancer

In a relationship with

Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich

Friends

Nicholas II