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~BRIEF CONTENTS
1 An Introduction to Chemistry 1
4 Properties of Matter 68
13 Liquids 288
14 Solutions 312
~CONTENTS
1 An Introduction to Chemistry 1
Paired Exercises, Additional Exercises
Challenge Exercises 41
Answers to Practice Exercises 47
1.1 The Nature of Chemistry 2
Thinking Like a Chemist 2
1.2 A Scientific Approach to Problem Solving 3 3 Elements and Compounds 48
CHEMISTRY IN ACTION Egyptians, the First 3.1 Elements 49
Medicinal Chemists 4
Natural States of the Elements 49
The Scientific Method 4 Distribution of Elements 50
1.3 The Particulate Nature of Matter 5 Names of the Elements 51
Physical States of Matter 6 Symbols of the Elements 51
1.4 Classifying Matter 7 CHEMISTRY IN ACTION Naming Elements 52
Distinguishing Mixtures from
Pure Substances 9 3.2 Introduction to the Periodic Table 53
Review 10 Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids 54
APPENDICES A1 INDEX 11
I. PREFACE
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concepts from other chapters. In our new edition we have changed a number of exercises
per chapter, In addition we have expanded the electronic Enhanced Examples to a total of
178 throughout the chapters and developed two new electronic practice methods.
PRACTICE 7 . 7
Calculate the percent composition of Ca(N0 3)z.
PRACTICE 7 . 8
Calculate the percent composition of K 2Cr0 4 .
Practice Problems
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Organization
We continue to emphasize the Jess theoretical aspects of chemistry early in the book, leav-
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course where students are encountering chemistry for the very first time. Atoms, molecules,
and reactions are all an integral part of the chemical nature of matter. A sound under-
standing of these topics allows the student to develop a basic understanding of chemical
properties and vocabulary.
Chapters 1 through 3 present the basic mathematics and the language of chemistry,
including an explanation of the metric system and significant figures. We added a new
section in Chapter 2 (2.7) on Percents to assist students in understanding how the concept
is applied in chemistry. In Chapter 4 we present chemical properties- the ability of a sub-
stance to form new substances. Then, in Chapter 5, students encounter the history and
language of basic atomic theory. In Chapter 8 we added a new section 8.3 "Why Reactions
Occur" and revised the section discussing types of reactions extensively to better reflect
the level and needs of our students.
We continue to present new material at a level appropriate for the beginning student by
emphasizing nomenclature, composition of compounds, and reactions in Chapters 6 through 9
before moving into the details of modern atomic theory. Some applications of the Peri-
odic Table are shown in early chapters and discussed in detail in Chapters 10 and 11.
Students gain confidence in their own ability to identify and work with chemicals in the
laboratory before tackling the molecular models of matter. As practicing chemists we
have little difficulty connecting molecular models and chemical properties. Students, espe-
cially those with no prior chemistry background, may not share this ability to connect the
molecular models and the macroscopic properties of matter. Those instructors who feel
it is essential to teach atomic theory and bonding early in the course can cover Chapters
10 and 11 immediately following Chapter 5.
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FOR THE15TH EDITION
KEY TERM A knowledge of chemistry is useful to virtually everyone- we see chemistry occurring
Chemistry around us every day. An understanding of chemistry is useful to engineers, teachers,
health care professionals, attorneys, homemakers, businesspeople, firefighters, and en-
vironmentalists, just to name a few. Even if you're not planning to work in any of these
fields, chemistry is important and is used by people every day. Learning about the benefits
and risks associated with chemicals will help you to be an informed citizen, able to make
intelligent choices concerning the world around you. Studying chemistry teaches you to
Key terms are highlighted in solve problems and communicate with others in an organized and logical manner. These
bold to alert you to new terms skills will be helpful in college and throughout your career.
defined in the text. What is chemistry? One dictionary gives this definition: "Chemistry is the science of
the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially of atomic and
molecular systems." A somewhat simpler definition is "Chemistry is the science dealing
with the composition of matter and the changes in composition that maller undergoes."
Neither of these definitions is entirely adequate. Chemistry and physics form a fundamen-
tal branch of knowledge. Chemistry is also closely related to biology, not only because
living organisms are made of material substances but also because life itself is essentially
a complicated system of interrelated chemical processes.
The scope of chemistry is extremely broad. It includes the whole universe and every-
thing, animate and inanimate, in it. Chemistry is concerned with the composition and
changes in the composition of matter and also with the energy and energy changes asso-
ciated with matter. Through chemistry we seek to learn and to understand the general
principles that govern the behavior of all matter.
The chemist, like other scientists, observes nature and attempts to understand its
secrets: What makes a tulip red? Why is sugar sweet? What is occurring when iron rusts?
Why is carbon monoxide poisonous? Problems such as these- some of which have been
solved, some of which are still to be solved- are all part of what we call chemistry.
A chemist may interpret natural phenomena, devise experiments that reveal the com-
position and structure of complex substances, study methods for improving natural pro-
cesses, or synthesize substances. Ultimately, the efforts of successful chemists advance the
frontiers of knowledge and at the same time contribute to the well-being of humanity.
A health care professional needs
to understand chemistry in order Thinking Like a Chemist
to administer the correct dose of
medication. Chemists take a special view of things in order to understand the nature of the chemi-
cal changes taking place. Chemists "look inside" everyday objects to see how the basic
components are behaving. To understand this approach,
let's consider a lake. When we view the lake from a distance,
we get an overall picture of the water and shoreline. This
overall view is called the macroscopic picture.
As we approach the lake we begin to see more details-
rocks, sandy beach , plants submerged in the water, and
aquatic life. We get more and more curious. What makes
the rocks and sand? What kind of organisms live in
the water? How do plants survive underwater?
What lies hidden in the water? We can use a
microscope to learn the answers to some of
these questions. Within the water and the
plants, we can see single cells and inside
them organelles working to keep the organ-
isms alive. For answers to other questions,
we need to go even further inside the lake. A
drop of lake water can itself become a mys-
Inside a drop of lake water we find terious and fascinating microscopic picture full
water molecules and some dissolved substances. of molecules and motion. (FIGURE 1 .1) A chemist
1.2 • A Scientific Approach to Problem Solving 3
looks into the world of atoms and molecules and their motions. Chemistry makes the
connection between the microscopic world of molecules and the macroscopic world of
everyday objects.
Think about the water in the lake. On the surface it has beauty and colors, and it
gently laps the shore of the lake. What is the microscopic nature of water? It is composed
of tiny molecules represented as
H H
\./
0
In this case H represents a hydrogen atom and 0 an oxygen atom. The water molecule
is represented by H 20 since it is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
PRACTICE 1.1
You are given ten hydrogen atoms and eight oxygen atoms. How many water
molecules can you make from them?
• You leave for school and learn from the radio that there is a big accident on the free-
way. What is your fastest alternate route to avoid the traffic problem?
• You need to buy groceries, mail some packages, attend your child's soccer game, and
pick up the dry cleaning. What is the most efficient sequence of events?
We all face these kinds of problems and decisions. A logical approach can be useful for
solving daily problems:
1. Define the problem. We first need to recognize we have a problem and state it
clearly, including all the known information. When we do this in science, we call it
making an observation.
2. Propose possible solutions to the problem. In science this is called making a hypothesis.
3. Decide which is the best way to proceed or solve the problem. In daily life we use
our memory of past experiences to help us. In the world of science we perform an
experiment.
Using a scientific approach to problem solving is worthwhile. It helps in all parts of your
life whether you plan to be a scientist, doctor, businessperson, or writer.
4 CHAPTER 1 • An Introduction to Chemistry
(analysis) (explanation)
Hypothesis
Experiment
!(analysis)
modified. Such changes do not mean that the discoveries of the past are any less significant.
Modification of existing theories and models in the light of new experimental evidence is
essential to the growth and evolution of scientific knowledge. Science is dynamic.
The entire universe consists of matter and energy. Every day we come into contact KEY TERMS
with countless kinds of matter. Air, food, water, rocks, soil, glass, and this book are matter
all different types of matter. Broadly defined, matter is anything that has mass and solid
occupies space. amorphous
liquid
Matter may be quite invisible. For example, if an apparently empty test tube is sub-
gas
merged mouth downward in a beaker of water, the water rises only slightly into the tube. The
water cannot rise further because the tube is filled with invisible matter: air (FIGURE 1.3).
To the macroscopic eye, matter appears to be continuous and unbroken. We are
impressed by the great diversity of matter. Given its many forms, it is difficult to
believe that on a microscopic level all of matter is composed of discrete, tiny, fun-
damental particles called atoms ( FIGURE 1.4). It is truly amazing to understand that
the fundamental particles in ice cream are very similar to the particles in air that we
breathe. Matter is actually discontinuous and is composed of discrete, tiny particles
called atoms.
Although matter is discontinuous, attractive forces exist that hold the particles together
and give matter its appearance of continuity. These attractive forces are strongest in solids,
giving them rigidity; they are weaker in liquids but still strong enough to hold liquids to
definite volumes. In gases, the attractive forces are so weak that the particles of a gas are
practically independent of one another. TABLE 1.1 lists common materials that exist as
solids, liquids, and gases. TABLE 1.2 compares the properties of solids, liquids, and gases.
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i TABLE 1.1 I Common Materials in the Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous States of Matter i
Solids Liquids Gases
Aluminum Alcohol Acetylene
Copper Blood Air
Gold Gasoline Butane
l Polyethylene Honey Carbon dioxide
l Salt Mercury Chlorine
l Sand Oil Helium
l Steel Syrup Methane
l Sugar Vinegar Nitrogen
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! TABLE 1.2 I Physical Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases
The term matter refers to all materials that make up the universe. Many thousands of dis- KEY TERMS
tinct kinds of matter exist. A substance is a particular kind of matter with a definite, fixed substance
composition. Sometimes known as pure substances, substances are either elements or com- homogeneous
pounds. Familiar examples of elements are copper, gold, and oxygen. Familiar compounds heterogeneous
phase
are salt, sugar, and water. We'll discuss elements and compounds in more detail in Chapter 3.
system
We classify a sample of matter as either homogeneous or heterogeneous by examining it. mixture
Homogeneous matter is uniform in appearance and has the same properties throughout.
Matter consisting of two or more physically distinct phases is heterogeneous. A phase
is a homogeneous part of a system separated from other parts by physical boundaries.
A system is simply the body of matter under consideration. Whenever we have a system
in which visible boundaries exist between the parts or components, that system has more
than one phase and is heterogeneous. It does not matter whether these components are in
the solid, liquid, or gaseous states.
A pure substance may exist as different phases in a heterogeneous system. Ice floating
in water, for example, is a two-phase system made up of solid water and liquid water. The
water in each phase is homogeneous in composition, but because two phases are present,
the system is heterogeneous.
8 CHAPTER 1 • An Introduction to Chemistry
A mixture is a material containing two or more substances and can be either hetero-
geneous or homogeneous. Mixtures are variable in composition. If we add a spoonful of
sugar to a glass of water, a heterogeneous mixture is formed immediately. The two phases
are a solid (sugar) and a liquid (water). But upon stirring, the sugar dissolves to form a
homogeneous mixture or solution. Both substances are still present: All parts of the solu-
tion are sweet and wet. The proportions of sugar and water can be varied simply by add-
ing more sugar and stirring to dissolve. Solutions do not have to be liquid. For example,
air is a homogeneous mixture of gases. Solid solutions also exist. Brass is a homogeneous
solution of copper and zinc.
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Many substances do not form homogeneous mixtures. If we mix sugar and fine white
sand, a heterogeneous mixture is formed . Careful examination may be needed to decide
that the mixture is heterogeneous because the two phases (sugar and sand) are both white
solids. Ordinary matter exists mostly as mixtures. If we examine soil, granite, iron ore, or
other naturally occurring mineral deposits, we find them to be heterogeneous mixtures.
FIGURE 1. 7 illustrates the relationships of substances and mixtures.
PRACTICE 1 . 2
Which of the following is a mixture and which is a pure substance?
Explain your answer.
(a) vinegar (4% acetic acid and 96% water)
(b) sodium chloride (salt) solution
(c) gold
(d) milk
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REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Explain the difference between 5. Define a phase.
(a) a hypothesis and a theory 6. How many phases are present in the
(b) a theory and a scientific law graduated cylinder shown here?
2. Consider each of the following statements and determine 7. What is another name for a homoge-
whether it represents an observation, a hypothesis, a theory, or neous mixture?
a scientific law: 8. Which liquids listed in Table 1.1 are not
(a) The battery in my watch must be dead since it is no longer mixtures?
keeping time. 9. Which of the gases listed in Table 1.1
(b) My computer must have a virus since it is not working properly. are not pure substances?
(c) The air feels cool. 10. When the stopper is removed from a partly filled bottle contain-
(d) The candle burns more brightly in pure oxygen than in air ing solid and liquid acetic acid at 16. 7°C, a strong vinegar-like
because oxygen supports combustion. odor is noticeable immediately. How many acetic acid phases
(e) My sister wears red quite often. must be present in the bottle? Explain.
(f) A pure substance has a definite, fixed composition. 11. Is the system enclosed in the bottle in Question I 0 homoge-
3. Determine whether each of the following statements refers to a neous or heterogeneous? Explain.
solid, a liquid, or a gas: 12. Is a system that contains only one substance necessarily
(a) It has a definite volume but not a definite shape. homogeneous? Explain.
(b) It has an indefinite volume and high compressibility. 13. Is a system that contains two or more substances necessarily
(c) It has a definite shape. heterogeneous? Explain.
(d) It has an indefinite shape and slight compressibility. 14. Distinguish between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
4. Some solids have a crystalline structure, while others have an amor- 15. Which of the following are pure substances?
phous structure. For each of the following five descriptions, deter- (a) sugar (d) maple syrup
mine whether it refers to a crystalline solid or an amorphous solid: (b) sand (e) eggs
(a) has a regular repeating pattern (c) gold
(b) plastic 16. Use the steps of the scientific method to help determine the
(c) has no regular repeating pattern reason that your cell phone has suddenly stopped working:
(d) glass (a) observation (c) experiment
(e) gold (b) hypothesis (d) theory
PAIRED EXERCISES
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1. Refer to the illustration and determine which state(s) of matter 2. Refer to the illustration and determine which states(s) of matter
are present. are present.
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waiting, an officer arrived to say that everything was in order. I was
to be permitted to enter Bukovina.
Now I was having my last look toward my troubled country, leaving it
to the darkness of night.
When this long journey had started I had had no real wish to leave
my country. I was ill in body and soul. I needed rest and quiet. My
resistance was low. I wished for security. Willy-nilly, I went along with
my early companions, then with Alexander and Nikolai, and lately
with my new acquaintances.
With quivering lips, I had now left behind me the land I loved so
much, and, somewhere in the wilderness, the remains of my beloved
family. There were, also, Alexander and Nikolai. With deep feeling I
had left all the tragedies behind.
God wanted it that way—to lay their swords and their lives at the
altar of their country. May He grant them rest in Heaven. Father
departed with his family very young, but in true Christian faith and
fidelity to Russia. Now free from the cruel human lies, injustices and
misunderstandings, he left the world not in pomp and glory, but in
greater glory. He died for his country and his people whom he loved
best.
With these thoughts in my mind I left behind the land of my heritage
forever.
XXXIV
REFUGE
The rain came down in torrents and washed my tears from my
sunken cheeks. Now I was alone with strangers. As we walked away
from the border, we were drenched, hungry, and tired, with no
prospect of a place to sleep. We spied a faint light ahead and hurried
toward it. The man of the house would not accept Russian paper
money. At that point the Austrian soldier produced some of his
money, which he had been saving, and bargained with the proprietor
for us to stay briefly, hoping that I would feel better quickly. I
consulted the woman whom we also saw about my itching. She
suggested pouring sour milk over a bed sheet and rolling me in it.
This she did so completely that only my eyes and mouth were left
uncovered. The only unaffected parts of my body were the palms of
my hands and soles of my feet. This treatment brought great comfort
and relief. My leg was better, though still swollen.
I was ready to resume my travel. The woman provided us with
sufficient food to last for several days’ journey. She also gave me
some rags with which I wrapped my feet so that they would not slide
around in my boots. We passed many wheat fields and woods of tall
oak trees; many had been uprooted and were lying dead, leaving big
holes in the ground which were now filled with water and mud. The
trenches were uncovered and deserted and the rain made rivers of
them. The war had turned this area into a battleground. We could
see pieces of clothing, brass artillery shell cases, chains, pieces of
iron and other odds and ends of metal buried in the trunks of trees—
mute testimony to the destructive power of artillery. Tragedy was all
around us. Rains had washed away the traces of blood shed here
during the past four years. Suddenly I spied a geranium plant in the
midst of the holocaust. Here and there were pieces of blankets and
abandoned, rusty canteens.
Unexpectedly, here something gave away under my feet, uncovering
some leaves. I screamed. It was a pair of feet—the flesh was all
gone, just bones. They fell apart under the impact of my weight. The
others responding to my scream came over and removed the leaves
from the sunken body of a Russian soldier. His uniform was so rotted
and stained, it was impossible to tell that he was an officer, but a
rusty watch was still wrapped around his wrist bone. The woods
showed all kinds of tragedies.
Father knew this battlefield as he himself had been shelled several
times while inspecting the troops. For this he and Alexei received
their St. George decorations. Father had had his to the last day. He
knew the devotion and bravery of his men, those heroes who
sacrificed everything. In the end they, too, paid with their lives,
making room for Lenin and Trotsky.
The day before the war in 1914, I dreamed that woods like these I
had just crossed were in flames, the fire was red and went high up to
the sky. I heard the crackling of the trees. I knew then that the war
was unavoidable, especially when in the evening for the first time
Father appeared late for dinner. Now I recalled my dream as I saw
this place of suffering. In distress I left the touching scene.
The men carried me through the deep mudholes, taking turns. I
worried that I was too heavy. Actually I weighed only forty kilograms,
not quite ninety pounds. The latest companion to join us, the
Austrian soldier, had been stationed in these parts with the Austrian
army and knew well the nearby villages. Moreover, he himself came
from this part of the country. He volunteered to be our guide. A day
or two later, in the afternoon, we came to a stretch of woods where
we saw some women picking yellow mushrooms.
A young woman among them already had her baskets full. We spoke
to the young woman who said she was going home, part way to the
nearby village.
We joined her. The men carried her baskets. The odor of these
mushrooms brought back gnawing memories. Toward the end of the
day, we reached the village. The Austrian soldier knew this village,
having relatives here. Through him we were able to be taken care of
for the night. He went into the house while we waited outside. An
elderly woman came out and in a Slavic language I understood, said,
“Come in, my child, I hear you have an injured foot. I know you are
hungry. I will have supper ready for you in a minute.” She seemed so
clean and kind and motherly, I was drawn to her immediately. We
followed her into the house and there we met her daughters who
also welcomed us.
I sat on a low stool shivering, while one of the girls took off my
muddy boots and the other brought pails of water from outdoors
which they poured into a large kettle on the wood-burning stove. My
muddy stockings were stuck to my feet. Warm water was poured
over them to take off the worst of the plastered mud. The mother
took a sharp knife and scraped some salt into a fresh pail of warm
water to serve as disinfectant. By the time we finished with my foot,
the supper was ready. It consisted of warm mamaliga—a yellow
mush made out of maize—with warm milk poured over it. It was a
new dish to me, but nothing ever tasted better.
The mother examined my wound. While she washed it a tear
dropped on my ankle. Our eyes met. “I think it will be all right, I do
not see any infection.”
The warm milk soon stopped the chattering of my teeth. The good
girls had already made up a bed for me: a small wooden bed with
linen sheets spread over a narrow mattress. They had hardly left the
room when I was fast asleep. The girls shared the same room with
me, but I was not aware of them. When I woke up the next day, the
girls told me that the men had been waiting for me since eleven in
the morning.
“What time is it now?” I asked.
“Four in the afternoon,” they laughed. “Several times the men came
in and looked to see if you were asleep or dead, and were
reassured.”
Evidently I felt safe at last. The girls told me excitedly that the men
had slept in the barn and later had helped their mother clean the
stable. The Germans had left her one horse and one cow,
confiscating all the rest of the livestock before the Russian invasion,
fearing that the Russians would take it.
When I started to dress, to my surprise I could not find my wet
travelling clothes. Instead of my clothes I found a new outfit:
everything from a cotton dress to a pair of shoes. This humble family
had presented me with Sunday clothes belonging to their youngest
daughter, six months my junior.
I located the men in the garden eating half-dried plums still on the
trees. They were relaxed, free and happy after getting me safely
across the border.
I, too, was relaxed and free.
At long last I had found a peaceful refuge with this unknown but
friendly family which had taken me into its midst and made me a
welcome member.
It was October 24th, 1918 ... for me a new day ... and the beginning
of a new life.
INDEX
Abalak Monastery, 207, 229, 231
Ai-Todor, 50, 177, 239
Alapaevsk, 110
Alexander I Pavlovich, Emperor, 48, 49, 79
Alexander II Nicholaevich, Emperor, 22, 23, 61, 96, 160, 206
Alexander III Alexandrovich, Emperor, 21, 48, 75, 95, 121, 122,
128, 138, 140, 144, 162, 178, 194, 204, 205, 208, 244, 245,
301
Alexander Mikhailovich, Grand Duke, 126, 127, 135, 138, 369
Alexander (the rescuer) 358, 360, 363-372, 375, 377
Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, 23, 24, 47, 144, 165
Alexander Park, Tsarskoe Selo, 117, 160
Alexander Station, Tsarskoe Selo, 96, 200
Alexandra, Queen of Great Britain (subsequently Dowager
Queen), née Princess of Denmark, 18, 29, 31-33, 36, 37
Alexandra, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (previously
Hereditary Princess), née Princess of Great Britain, 77
Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress, née Princess Alix of Hesse-
Darmstadt, 3-9, 12-20, 23, 24, 26-28, 30-40, 43-51, 53-64, 66-
69, 71, 72, 75-78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86-92, 95-124, 126-162,
164, 165, 173, 176-78, 181, 183-87, 189, 190, 195-97, 199,
201-03, 206-08, 211, 213, 214, 217-20, 225-36, 240-44, 248-
52, 254-56, 259, 260, 265, 269-77, 279-81, 283, 284, 287,
288, 291-94, 297, 298, 300-03, 305, 307-12, 314, 316, 317,
324, 325, 327-29, 331, 332, 334, 338, 340, 341, 343, 344,
360
Alexandra Georgievna, Grand Duchess (Paul Alexandrovich), née
Princess of Greece, 136
Alexandra, 363, 367
Alexandria Cottage, Peterhof, 25, 62, 80, 84, 134
Alexandrovka, 160
Alexei I Mikhailovich, Tsar, 70, 206
Alexei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke, 6
Alexei Nicholaevich, Grand Duke and Tsesarevich, 5-11, 13, 15-
17, 19, 23, 26-29, 31-35, 38-40, 42, 45, 50, 51, 54-61, 63-66,
77, 79, 84-86, 89, 98-102, 106, 109-11, 114, 116, 119, 121-26,
128-30, 136, 137, 140-43, 148, 149, 155, 157, 161, 162, 165,
167, 168, 174, 180, 183, 184, 187, 188, 190, 192, 194, 196,
203, 208, 212, 214, 215, 217, 219, 222, 226, 228, 232, 233,
239, 242, 243, 246, 248, 249, 251, 252, 254-57, 259, 265-71,
276-78, 281, 283, 284, 286-88, 301, 303, 305, 307, 308, 310-
12, 314, 316, 317, 338, 341, 372, 379
Alexeiev, General, 101, 113, 152, 154, 163, 166, 192
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 77
Alfonso, Infante of Spain, 77
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince of Great Britain,
Duke of Edinburgh, 76
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt, née Princess of Great
Britain, 75, 185
Alice, Princess (Andrew) of Greece, née Princess of Battenberg,
37
American, the, 18
Anastasia Nicholaevna, Grand Duchess, esp., 3, 4, 14, 16, 30, 41,
64, 67, 156, 345
Anastasia Nicholaevna, Grand Duchess (Nicholai Nicholaevich),
previously Princess (George Maximilianovich) Romanovsky,
Duchess of Leuchtenberg, née Princess Petrovich Niegosh of
Montenegro, 134
Andrei Alexandrovich, Prince of Russia, 19, 132, 230, 369
Andrew, Prince of Greece, 37
Andrew Vladimirovich, Grand Duke, 138
Anglo-Russian Hospital, Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg, 159
Anichkov Palace, St. Petersburg, 92
Annunciation, Church of the, Tobolsk, 229
Apraxin, Count P.N., 157
Archayerevsky woods, Mogilev, 129
Artasalev (?), 201
Assumption, Cathedral of the, Kremlin, Moscow, 85
Augusta Victoria, German Empress, née Princess of Schleswig-
Holstein-Sonderborg-Augustenburg, 37-39
Austria-Hungary, 81-84, 146, 147, 199, 235, 301, 313, 373, 374,
379
Austrian, the, 374-76, 378-80
Avdiev, Commissar, 275
Danilov, General, 20
Darmstadt, 35
Dartmouth, 33
Dehn, Captain Charles, 26, 148, 149
Dehn, Mme. Charles (“Lili”), 26, 148, 161, 176, 370
Dehn, “Titi”, 27, 148
Demidov, Prince, 205
Demidova, Anna, 211, 214, 249, 252, 259, 273, 274, 279, 307,
315-17
Dendeniev, 129
Denmark, 14, 27, 29, 30, 54, 71, 78
Derevenko, Dr., 8, 33, 57, 66, 128, 148, 211, 218, 219, 243, 248,
257, 259, 265, 268-71
Derevenko, Nikolai, 218, 219, 243
Derevenko, “Dina”, 8-10, 15, 17, 32, 39, 99, 149
Dieterichs, General, 113
Dimitri Alexandrovich, Prince of Russia, 19, 230, 369
Dimitri Constantinovich, Grand Duke, 128, 137
Dimitri Ivanovich, Tsesarevich, 206, 231
Dimitri Pavlovich, Grand Duke, 75, 115, 135-37, 139
Dmitriev, Alexei, 265
Dnieper River, 126, 256, 370
Dobrovolsky, General, 157
Dolgorukov, Prince, 206
Dolgorukov, Prince Vasily, 50, 70, 71, 127, 128, 152, 153, 163,
164, 168, 179, 184, 188, 195, 203, 205, 211, 231, 232, 236,
244-47, 249, 252, 253, 272-74, 282, 341
Dreifuss, Dr., 57, 128
Drenteln, Captain, 27, 33, 129, 164, 168
Dubensky, General, 113, 128, 168
Dudendorff, 131
Duma, Imperial, 93, 95, 111, 121, 135, 138, 152, 155, 158, 162,
166, 167, 199
Dumbadze, General, 49
Dundakova, Princess, 148
Dyulber, 239
Jagernsfeld, 31
Japan, 224, 242, 292, 309
Japan, Emperor of, 224, 292
Japan, Empress of, 224
Japan, two Princes of, 224
Japanese Navy, 5, 6
Japanese Red Cross, 224
Jemmy, 196, 227, 309, 310, 316
Jews, 21, 105, 274, 300, 301, 304
Johnson, Nicholas, 194, 369
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 197
Joy, 180
Jubilee of Romanov Dynasty Tercentenary, 66, 68, 71, 308