Even before the Gorbachev regime had disintegrated, there was talk of restoring the Russian monarchy, and Prince Nicholas's was one of the names often mentioned. Here he speaks movingly and informatively of the country he regards as his homeland, although his parents had fled before he was born. "If you could just install a czar or a king in Moscow it would not solve problems.... What has to be recreated is something that has been partially lost... It's a national feeling, a feeling of pride, historical pride, national pride ... Then even a Romanov fits in the picture, because it's part of the past and can smoothly bring over the past and tie it up with the present. We need that. We, as exiles, also need to recognize present Russian history as part of our history."