Handwritten 4 page letter to Ekaterina Erastovna Zborovskai͡a describing the life of the Imperial family in Tsarskoe Selo.

Rough English translation:

No. 7 26 June 1917 T[sarskoe] S[elo]

Dear Katia,

I am sending this letter to you with Vera, and this time you will most likely get it. Well, how are all of you doing? I have not gotten anything from you for a long time, and I always look forward to your letters. Pass on all these pictures, as designated, to A.K., Vct[or], N. A., Iuzik, and P. G. Erg. Our pictures were taken in May and recently; they are not very good, but we do not have any others so far. It is awfully chilly, and I have difficulty writing, as I cannot move my hand. A poisonous fly bit my hand recently and it got swollen, but it is already fine. We have plenty of flies that bother us awfully. We continue working; we cut and saw dead trees. Our kitchen garden is flourishing. It has been raining a lot lately, so we did not have much work to do. Does Marusia write to you? She is here with her husband. Where is your girl-friend who visited you in our hospital? My sisters are now sitting on the window[-sill] and they are laughing an awful lot. I forgot to write to you that Olga’s cat “Zubrovka” (the one from Mogilev, remember?) that, well, she has two small kittens, but she has had them for a while already. They have already grown, and run around the house an awful lot. Do you have any news? How is the wife of Ivan Andr[eevich] doing? Pass on my regards to her. Are Mikh. Al. and Yevg. Mikh. with you? We think of you often, a lot, and for a long time. Well, now I have to finish this letter, my sweet Katia. Everybody sends regards. I wish you all the best. I kiss you many times. A[nastasiia]. Write to me!