Letter to Ekaterina Erastovna Zborovskai͡a describing the life of the Imperial family while in exile at Tsarskoe Selo.

Rough English translation:

30 April 1917 T[sarskoe] S[elo]

A lot of thanks for your letter my sweetheart angel Katia. On April 16 I received your letters and the same day responded to both of you. I am always so happy to hear from you. Did you have a good time with Magyar?! - Olga and Maria have already recovered and joined us for walks. Recently we all together started to dig our own kitchen garden. This is a very pleasant thing. The weather is wonderful today, and it is very warm; so we have worked for a long time. We arranged it in front of our house. Please pass on all these cards [postcards? pictures?] as designated to V. – A. K. - A. A. – S. I. – N. V. – Well, how are you? What are you doing? - We are all now sitting together and writing in the same Red Room, where we still live, as we do not want to move to our bedroom. Now we have a new thing in our rooms – a swing and a hammock are hanging there; we arranged everything by ourselves, and it turned out well. We secured the rope of the swings onto the gymnastic rings between the doorway. We swing so nicely that the screws probably won’t last long. Now, my darling Katia, I have to finish [this letter]. Are you going to stay at the same place or are you leaving for some other place? I will be happy to hear from you.

I wish you all the best.

I kiss many times both you and your Mom. My best regards to the rest.

Yours, A[nastasiia]