Kolya Derevenko’s Nightmare

Kolya Derevenko’s Nightmare Kolya was interviewed sometime in the 1990’s, as part of a promotion for the release of Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya Sem’ya, in 2003. Rough translation: I was a little boy, just 12 years old. I didn’t know anything about the evil in people’s soul. We were living at the Popov house, nearby the Ipatiev house. In the middle of the summer of 1918, I was afraid and worry for Alexei. I wanted to see him and at the same time I’m sure, he wanted to see me. Until that sad day of July 17, 1918. My father, Gilliard, Gibbes and others knew everything, but I knew nothing. Something terrible was going to happen, but I didn’t know what... In the last week of July 1918, Me, my father, Gilliard, Gibbes, etc. entered the Ipatiev house. A terrible scene there... The house was in complete chaos; diaries, letters, albums, and other items were all around in the house.. “But where is Leskela?“ I asked my father, but he stayed quiet. Leskela’s d