In the collection of Museum of the Family of Romanov, the bills for products from the Ioanno-Vvedensky Convent are kept. These documents refer to the period from August 12, 1917 to May 19, 1918. When Tsar’s family members were in exile in Tobolsk, nuns of cloister provided them with products: eggs, bread, butter, milk and fresh cream for seriously ill Tsarevich Alexei. Documents were signed by Mother Superior of convent. She indicated in them names and number of products, the price of each one and the sum total, which should be paid.
Initially, the case in point was that Provisional Government would grant an allowance for maintenance of royal family. However, head of the Romanovs security, Yevgeny Kobylinsky, reminisced: ‘Provisional Government seem to forget about family and was not sending replenishment… neither for maintenance of family, nor for maintenance of detachment’. In order to get money if only for basic needs, Kobylinsky had to turn to Tobolsk merchants for help more than once.
Initially, the case in point was that Provisional Government would grant an allowance for maintenance of royal family. However, head of the Romanovs security, Yevgeny Kobylinsky, reminisced: ‘Provisional Government seem to forget about family and was not sending replenishment… neither for maintenance of family, nor for maintenance of detachment’. In order to get money if only for basic needs, Kobylinsky had to turn to Tobolsk merchants for help more than once.
