Alexei wrote this letter to his mother on September 9, 1916.
Source:
Transcript and scanned photos of letter courtesy of GARF (State Archives of the Russian Federation) via Olga Grigor'eva at lastromanovs on VK
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The letter:
Sept. 9 1916.
My dear Mama,
This is my first English letter to you. Today I took my cat into the garden but she was very timid and ran onto the balcony. She is now asleep on the sofa and Джой is under the table.
With much love to you and my sisters. From
Alexey Alexis
Алексей
Above: Alexandra.
Above: Alexei. Photo courtesy of tashusik2 on Flickr.
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