Coronation

Also known as: Coronation

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The coronation of Tsar Alexander III, held at Moscow in May 1883 (en.wikipedia «Alexander III of Russia»); it brought the traditional coronation amnesty.

Marie mentions it once, on 1883-10-13 (101.0589), in her complaint about the one Russian affair still open (13 October, 101.0588): Georges, Alexandre and another had beaten a policeman, and her mother and aunt, who saw it from their windows, were summoned as witnesses under the old Russian procedure. Her aunt and her mother «m'ont juré que tout était fini, grâce à ce je ne sais quelle combinaison et à l'occasion du couronnement. Ça aurait dû me paraître étrange qu'à l'occasion du couronnement on amnistie des témoins, mais j'ai cru presque et j'ai écrit en Russie. Naturellement c'était un mensonge, ma tante a été appelée de nouveau en septembre, et grâce à un certificat de médecin c'est remis au mois de mai.» So the family used the supposed coronation amnesty to calm Marie; it did not exist for a witness, and the aunt was summoned again in September 1883.

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