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My dear, deeply beloved Mama, Finally, I have the opportunity to write to you. I very much hope that this letter reaches you and finds all of you, my dearest ones, in good health. I think of you and ...
My deeply beloved, dear Mama, I am taking advantage of a lucky chance to write you a few lines. How long have we not heard anything from each other? My hand is shaking with trepidation – excuse my ha...
Ts Stavka, 23 November 1916 My dear Mama, I thank you with all my heart for your lovely letter, which touched me greatly. Alexis and I often recall those two days we spent with you in Kiev. It was so...
Ts Stavka, 17 October 1916 Darling dear Mama, I am taking advantage of the departure of Kaufmann to write you a few lines. I am sending this note from Madame von Richter, whose grandson is marrying o...
Ts Stavka, 25 May 1916 My darling, dear Mama, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your lovely letter with Sandro. I was so glad and did not at all expect to see you in Kiev, when we were trav...