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Impressive list of what was found from the jewels of Empress Alexandra in Tobolsk
from alexanderpalace.org
List of Imperial Jewels found hidden in 1933 in Tobolsk
During their imprisonment in Tobolsk, Empress Alexandra managed to have many of the family's most valuable jewels smuggled out by the family valet Chemodurov, who gave them to the mother superior of the Tobolsk Ivanovski Monastary. Shortly before the Mother Superior died, she gave them to her assistant, the nun Marfa Uzhintseva, who hid them in the convent. In the mid 1920's, the nuns were evicted from the convent by the government. Uzhintseva gave the jewels to a trusted acquaintance, Vasily Michaelovich Kornilov, who then hid them. In October 1933, she confessed under interrogation to the Tobolsk authorities, and revealed Kornilov's name to them. The Soviets then interrogated Kornilov, who showed them where they were. The amazing truth of this story was kept Top Secret in the Russian Counter-Intelligence files until 1996.
This list will be of interest to those who are interested in the life of the Imperial family in capivity and their ultimate fate. They represent a small but critical fraction of the possessions of the family in exile. The true story was well hidden, until the fall of Communism in Russia and published in 1996. Our thanks to Rob Moshein for transcribing the list as printed in "The Last Act of a Tragedy" by V.V. Aleskeyev, Yekaterinburg, 1996. ISBN 5-7691-0394-9; 5-7691-0597-6.
This information is for educational purposes only and is protected by copyright belonging to V.V. Alekseyev and the Interregional Fund "Russian Heritage" 1996. It may not be reproduced or used commercially for any purpose without prior written approval of the copyright holders.
List of Imperial Valuables Found in Tobolsk, 1933: "On November 20, 1933, we the undersigned appraisers Zverev and Borovskikh, evaluated the valuables below, shown to us in the presence of ECD PR officials Maksevich and Borodin, whereupon it was found:
Item Quantity (when more than one)
Value 1. Diamond brooch 100 carats 1,200,000 2. Diamond crescent with 5 big diamonds up to 70 carats 310,000 3. Diamond hairpins, 2, 36 carats each 700,000 4. Diamond pin 44 carats 700,000 5. Diamond necklace with pearls and ruby pendants 50,000 6. Tsar's diamond emblem with big diamonds 8 carats 22,000 7. Diamond pins for headdress, 2 7,000 8. Diamond brooches - bows, 2 6,000 9. Diamond brooch with a pearl twig 8,000 10. Hairpins with diamonds and pearls, 2 20,000 11. Diamond diadem with big middle diamond of 8 carats and others of small size 25,000 12. Diamond diadem with pearls 25,000 13. " " with kuntzite stones 2,000 14. " " with almandin stones 5,000 15. " " with turquoise 7,500 16. Diamond hairpin 1,000 17. Diamond medals, 5 25,000 18. " panagia, 2 4,000 19. " " 2 3,000 20. Pendant with diamonds and double gems 9,500 21. Brooch with diamonds 1,500 22. Gold chain with emeralds 3,000 23. " with pearls 2,500 24. " with pearls and small trinkets 1,500 25. Pendant " with medals, roses and pearls 1,500 26. Gold chain with small turquoise and trinkets 120 27. Twisted chain with petals of pure gold and diamonds 150 28. Gold chain with emerald dross, pearls and diamonds 250 29. Gold chain with amethyst cabochon and pendants 150 30. " " with small medals and pendants 200 31. " " with big pearl, turquoise and trinkets 150 32. Lady's waistband with amethyst and moonstone 100 33. Lady's enamel watch with gold colored chain 50 34. Lady's watch with engraved monogram [cyrillic] "T.N." 50 35. Gold necklace with little bells 50 36. " " with pearls, open work 150 37. " " of aquamarine, with diamonds and pearls 2,500 38. Pendant with diamond portrait and small pearl chain 2,500 39. " " with a diamond of 5 carats, amethyst and pearl weave 6,000 40. Brooch with a diamond and a beryl 2,000 41. Necklace with small diamonds and amethyst 1,200 42. Bracelet with diamonds and amethyst 800 43. Pendant with chain of diamonds and kuntzite stone 600 44. " with platinum chain with shorls [sic] and chrysophases 150 45. Diamond band 600 46. Pendant with gold chain and 4 small hanging balls 200 47. Cross with pearls and emeralds 100 48. Pendant with hanging cross and mounted gems 700 49. Pendants with platinum chains, 9 900 50. Brooch in form of twigs studded with diamonds and aquamarine 800 51. Hairpins with small diamonds, 4 1000 52. Watch in bracelet with diamonds, rusty 200 53. Pin in form of anchor with diamonds 300 54, Pendant with moonstone 80 55. " studded with diamonds and aquamarine 100 56. " with a small diamond and aquamarine 120 57. Pendant - globe with shorls [sic], with diamonds 130 58. Aquamarine trinket 40 59. Studs with moonstone, 3 30 60. Small trinket with agate 20 61. " lily of the valley with moonstone 15 62. " studded with diamonds 80 63. " and an ametheyst [sic] 60 64. Studs with diamonds, 2 70 65. Platinum trinket with date 1912 20 66 Cross with aquamarine 40 67. National brooches, 4 20 68. Brooches - fascist symbol 5 69. " medal shaped 15 70. Trinket - fascist symbol 2 71. " with monogram "T", 2 10 72. " " [cyrillic] "A.F" 5 73. Silver " with monograms, 3 5 74. Various pins, 3 6 75. Trinket with roses and rubies 30 76. Red medical crosses, 2 5 77. Gold pencil with pearl 15 78. Trinket with a monogram and a sapphire 10 79. Gold coin of 7 rubles, 50 kopecks 7.50 80. Gold cross with alexandrite 5 81. Gold trinkets, 2 10 82. Pendant with emerald bas-relief of woman, with diamonds 7,000 83. Pearl pinhead studded with diamonds 2,000 84. Pearl pendants, 3 3,600 85. Brooch of gems with diamonds 2,000 86. " with gem of golden rock crystal studded with diamonds 2,000 87. " acquamarine studded with diamonds and roses 800 88. " round, of aquamarine and studded with uncut diamonds 800 89. Pendant of colourless amethyst with diamonds 700 90. Aquamarine brooch inside rim with small diamonds 200 91. " of aquamarine, triangle with diamonds 300 92. " with emerald, ellipsoid, studded with diamonds 300 93. " of agate with small diamonds 100 94. " citrine, studded with diamonds 120 95. " of amethyst with diamonds and two pearls 250 96. " with colourless amethyst and studded with diamonds 200 97. " of beryl with diamonds 150 98. " with colourless amethyst with diamonds in form of marquise 400 99. " with a moonstone in form of a heart with small diamonds 175 100. Pendant from small pearls 700 101. Brooch with small emeralds and diamonds 500 102. Amethyst brooches studded with diamonds, 2 300 103. Brooch with small aquamarine of ellipsoid form with diamonds 75 104. " with rubies, square and diamonds 250 105. " with three small crowns with sapphire and garnets 120 106. " with four moonstones and studded with diamonds 75 107. Quadrangular brooch with an inner small crown with pearls and small diamonds 60 108. " with two small clasps with amethyst and studded with diamonds 45 109. " in form of cross with almadin gems and studded with diamonds 85 110. " agate studded with small roses 40 111. " of sapphire, 2 30 112. " round, enameled with small pearls and studded with diamonds 60 113. " shorl 20 114 " with oblong aquamarine and roses 120 115. " with three pendants - carnelian, garnet and amethyst 60 116. " with image of flag 3 117. Pendant with sapphires, diamonds and uncut diamonds 175 118. Brooch with a round aquamarine 300 119. Cut blue aquamarine, ellipsoid 300 120. Pendant of aquamarine in form of pear, studded with diamonds 180 121. Chain bracelet with three rubies and diamonds 2,500 122. Platinum bracelet with three aquamarines in form of heart and 2 kuntzite stones and small pearls 250 123. Bracelet with small emeralds cabochon, one pearl and studded with diamonds 50 124. " with four aquamarines 35 125. " with turquoise and studded with diamonds 50 126. " with agate 30 127. " with amethyst 55 128. " with two rubies 250 129. " with gold, ordinary form, 2 20 130. " gold, engraved "Alexandra" studded with uncut diamonds 500 131. " Chain bracelet with trinket 1914 10 132. Bracelet, ordinary, iron, 2 - 133. Gold locket 5 134. [illegible] with emeralds and studded with diamonds, one of them is platinum, 2 750 135. " with diamond and rubies 500 136. " with ruby 500 137. " with aquamarine and small uncut diamonds 50 138. " with two sapphires and diamond 75 139. " with agate and small uncut diamonds 20 140. " with diamond 150 141. Waistband from small pearls with 11 big rubies, studded with diamonds and rubies 75,000 142. Silver panagia with gold chain 200 143. Silver " with gold chain and gems 300 144. Silver panagia with gems 100 145. Mother of pearl " with silver chain 50 146. Silver " with pearls 150 147. Silver " 25 148. Crosses " with gems, 3 450 149. " ", 1 80 150. " " 75 151. Mother of pearl " 25 152. Silver " with pearls 180 153. A gold chain with Father Superior's Cross 100 154. Small silver icons, 5 -
TOTAL according to our expert's appraisal 3, 270, 693 rubles, 50 k Signed by Appraisers Zverev and Borovskikh, Officials ECD 8th Department. Urals OGPU Operations Plenipotentiary Maksevitch and Borodin. [Note: the addition is incorrect in the total in the original document, the actual total is 3, 270,793 rubles 50 k.]
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