Embossed postcard of the flag and coins of Russia, with fixed exchange rates for major currencies including Germany, Austria-Hungary, England, the Latin Monetary Union, Netherlands, and the United States of America. The Russian Ruble equaled 100 Kopeks. Tsar Nicholas II is on the obverse of most of the gold and silver coins; Tsar Alexander III is on the 7 1/2 ruble gold piece.
"Friday, June 11, 1915There has been unrest in Moscow for several days. Rumours of treason were circulating among the crowd and accusations have been made openly against the Emperor and Empress, Rasputin and all the influential persons at Court.Yesterday grave disorder broke out and it is continuing today. A large number of shops belonging to Germans, or with signs with German terminations, have been looted."
Entry from the memoirs of Maurice Paléologue, French Ambassador to Russia, for Friday, June 11, 1915. The Tsaritsa, Empress Alexandra, wife of Tsar Nicholas, was German by birth. On October 14, 1914, Paléologue had recorded that, 'the Empress and those about her are suspected of carrying on a secret correspondence with Germany . . . The Emperor's weakness with the Empress, Vyrubova, and Rasputin comes in for severe criticism.' Nicholas and his family were isolated from the public and from the court. Among the few people they saw regularly were the monk Rasputin and the Tsaritsa's companion Madame Vyrubova.
An Ambassador's Memoirs Vol. I by Maurice Paléologue, page 12, publisher: George H. Doran Company, publication date: 1925
1915-06-11, 1915, June, Moscow, unrest, Rasputin, Vyrubova, Tsaritsa, Tsaritsa Alexandra, Tsar Nicholas, Nicholas II, Nicholas Romanoff, Romanoff
