History of Russia: Diaries of the teacher of Nicholas II’s children Gibbs are first published in Russia

In the Solzhenitsyn House of the Russian Abroad in Moscow are presented the first published in Russia diaries of the teacher of Emperor Nicholas II’s children Englishman Gibbs, who completed life as an Orthodox priest in Oxford.

Charles Sydney Gibbs (1876-1963) for ten years was a teacher of English in the royal family. Among others arrested, he accompanied the imperial couple and their children to Yekaterinburg, but was separated from them before the death of the royal family. Gibbs returned to England, where he did much to preserve the memory of dear to him people.

The presentation of the book in Moscow coincided with the day of remembrance of Gibbs, who later became Archimandrite Nicholas; he died on March 24, 1963 in London.

"Especially for this edition was translated from English diaries Gibbs. The source was the manuscript, which is stored in France at the grandson stepson of Gibbs. Diaries, which Englishman-governor kept from the beginning of the First World War in Tsarskoye Selo and Stavka, are published in full", - said the originator and executive editor of the book Tatiana Manakova.

The publication cites a letter of Gibbs from Tobolsk to his aunt Kate, where he describes the interesting life of royal prisoners in exile. The book also includes memories of Gibbs about the royal family, written in July 1949 in Oxford, as well as the publication of two British authors John Trewin and Frances Welch, telling about Charles Sydney Gibbs, published in London in 1975 and 2002. Especially valuable are the pictures from the personal archive of Charles Sydney Gibbs. For the first time are published photos of babysitter of royal children Elizabeth.

During the preparation of the book, the compilers of editions had valuable materials for two other persons close to the royal family - the maid of honor Margarita Sergeevna Hitrovo and Countess Anastasia Vasilevna Gendrikova.