Ювелирные сокровища Российского императорского двора

Соколов Александр Алексеевич

Приложение 4

Ювелирный альбом Николая II

Translation of the Notes in the Tsar's Album with Explanations

Papa = Tsar Alexander III

Mama = Empress Maria Feodorovna

Alix = Empress Alexandra Feodorovna

Dates: All dates are in the Old (Julian) Calendar style. The difference to the Gregorian Calendar used in Western Europe is 12 days in the 19th century, 13 days in the 20th century. For example, the birthday of Tsar Nicholas II on 6th May 1868 was according to the Western calendar on 18th May while his 40th birthday anniversary in 1908 fell on the 19th May.