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in the hope the Tsarina would produce a male heir.

According to Lili Dehn Rasputin visited the palace (allowed to take a side-door and avoiding all the security measures) once a month in 1914 and 1915.

It is possible he realized the weaknesses of the couple and was able to use it.

During the inquiry, Rasputin disappeared and "the effort of local priests to discipline their most troublesome parishioner failed."

claiming he paid too much attention to young girls and women. The nurse Sofia T. complained about his behaviour.

Similar charges had already been investigated in September 1907, but proved to be false.

According to Rasputin's daughter Maria, Grigory did "look into" the group's ideas.

"Father Grigory" did not have any obvious role to play in the formal hierarchy of the Court and he and the Russian Orthodox Church had a very strained relationship. His position as an intermediary had been dramatically validated. -->

Khvostov and Beletsky

It does not seem important to me that Shelley noticed the apartment was quite bare. It should not become an issue, as here were others too who described his apartment. It is not something to worry about. At the moment there are other, more important questions to solve

and in the meantime the territory conquered during First Balkan War was agreed to have status of the Condominium. --><!--After five centuries, the Ottoman Empire lost virtually all of its possessions in the Balkans. The countries were eager to enlarge their territory, looking at the neighboring countries; Serbia would like to have a port at the Adria. Russia was interested in the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. In November Albania declared its independence. In May 1913 the Treaty of London (1913) was signed.

<!--The Austrian-Hungarian government decided on 14 July 1914 (N.S.) to send an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia. The text was agreed on 19 July. On 23 July, Austria issued its ultimatum to Serbia. On 24th the State Council gathered in the afternoon and decided to support the Serbs. The next day the Tsar confirms their decision. According to Bark 'Krivoshein's declaration was the most instrumental in influencing our decisions'. Before Sazonov, with a desire for partial mobilisation, met with Poincaré and Viviani, who both left StP

(The preponderance of evidence suggests ... that the crisis was initiated by a group of radical Serbian nationalists and was turned into a casus belli by Austria." ) Period Preparatory to War comes into force (on the 26th)

Sazonov, Grand Duke Nikolas, and Poincaré war against peace, according to Sukhomlinov. Vladimir Sukhomlinov was against partial mobilization for logistic reasons. Goremykin and Alexander Krivoshein begged the Tsar not to lead the army and leave the captial.

"On July 31 (sic!), 1914, the Russians ordered a general mobilization, fearing the consequences if they only mobilized on a partial basis, given the complexity of the operation and the amount of time it would take to have every part of their armies in the right place."

Through an ultimatum Germany demanded that Russia would cease the mobilization but Russia refused. On Saturday 1 August Germany and on 6 August Austria declared war to Russia.

At midnight on 18 July 1914 (O.S.) the German Ambassador handed Russian Minister of foreign Affairs an ultimatum, plunging Russia into a war to which she was not ready.

On the German side 1.7 million people have been killed, wounded, missing and taken prisoner in the six months of the war. Austria has suffered almost the same losses. as he came to be personally associated with the continuing losses at the front.

The Emperor got rid of those of his Ministers who were at best half-hearted about the war, according to R.C. Moe p. 326. more liberal, Ivan Shcheglovitov (on 9 October) and Vladimir Sabler, as the head of the Holy Synod, and replaced them by men who had the confidence of the country. --> <!--This was especially the case after August 1915 when the Emperor left Petrograd for Stavka at the front, leaving his wife Alexandra Feodorovna to act in his place.

According to Fuhrmann a symbiotic relationship developed between the Tsarina and Rasputin, in which "each fed from the other".

Prince Orlov (1868-1927), their driver, a reactionary, and the President of the Council of the Patriot's League?