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Tragic News from Alexander

Posted on January 11, 2008
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November 11, 1904 St. Petersburg

Dear Journal;

It has been a long time since my last entry, and many things have happened since then.

Probably the most tragic of which was the passing of my mother. She died of age at 48, to young in my books, but longer than many these days, just 1 ½ years after Viktor and his new wife Stokia moved to St. Petersburg. He got a job supervising production in a factory there. He was a good boy, but has turned into a great man. He has exceeded all expectations I ever had for him. His wife had twin boys about ½ a year ago; both are healthy and look as if they will be giants. So Tamary and I decided, with no one too look after Alexandra, and Viktor’s wife looking after his children at home we would move to St. Petersburg with them. I am now working UNDER Viktor and he continues to him amaze me.

Aimi’s husband Luka joined the military in 1902 and with the conflicts with the Japanese over Korea he has been called to war. Thus my sister, who is yet to have children of her own, has moved in with us all. Our family is yet again growing quite large. With most of the income coming from Viktor I feel bad, for he never hesitates to pay more than his share for everything. God bless him, I should have had more brothers.

The war however does not seem to be going in our favor, or so says Luka in his frequent letters. I also gather this from the “Journal of an Officer” posted in the newspaper. As poorly as the war is going I maintain hope through the power of the czar, and his great wisdom.

Viktor has been around less and less these days, or so it seems. I also have noticed him slipping out in the middle of the night, but I am yet to confront him. I have also noticed that he seems to be growing increasingly critical of the czar. I wonder if the two are related, but I doubt it? russian revolution

Hopefully the war will turn in our favor. It is said that the wart is being fought on the solders of the urban worker, and it is quite a load to bear, but we’ll survive. We always do.

Alexander

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