Matil'da Kshesinskaya i lyubovnye dramy russkih balerin

Imperator Aleksandr III, pozdravlyaya Matil'du Kshesinskuyu v den' ee vypuska iz Sankt-Peterburgskogo teatral'nogo uchilischa, pozhelal: "Bud'te ukrasheniem i slavoyu russkogo baleta". Vsyu zhizn' balerina pomnila eti slova, oni vdohnovlyali ee na pobedy v samyh slozhnyh postanovkah, kak vdohnovlyala ee na nelegkih zhiznennyh rubezhah lyubov' k synu Aleksandra III, cesarevichu Nikolayu Aleksandrovichu, buduschemu imperatoru Nikolayu II. Matil'da perezhila uvlechenie velikim knyazem Sergeem Mihaylovichem, kotoryy oberegal ee v trudnye minuty, zhizn' ee byla ozarena bol'shoy lyubov'yu k velikomu knyazyu Andreyu Vladimirovichu, ot kotorogo ona rodila syna Vladimira i s kotorym venchalas' v emigracii, stav svetleyshey knyaginey Romanovskoy-Krasinskoy.