#derevenko

Taken at Livadia Palace. Also in the car were Andrei Deverenko, Dr. Derevenko (no relation) and two boys, presumably one of the men's sons.

Kolya Derevenko + Alexei Nikolaevich edit

“I was a little boy, just twelve years old. I did not know of the evil in people’s souls. Until that sad day of July 17, 1918, my father, Gilliard, Gibbes, and others knew everything, but I knew nothing. Something terrible was going to happen, but I didn’t know what it was… In the last week of July 1918, myself, my father, Gilliard, Gibbes, and others entered the Ipatiev house. There was a terrible scene… The house was in complete chaos; diaries, letters, albums, and other things were strewn all around in the house.. “But where is Ieskela*?” I asked my father, but he stayed silent... I was confused. “Papa, where is my Ieskela?*’– I asked. “They killed him”, he said, and I started to cry. “But how?” – I replied. “They killed the Tsar, the Tsaritsa, and the Grand Duchesses too. They are all dead.” – said my father.”

— Kolya Derevenko, Alexei Nikolaevich’s best friend and son of his physician Doctor Derevenko

*Kolya and Alexei used to have special nicknames for each other where they spelled their names backwards. Kolya was Aylok and Alexei was Ieskela.