’s last letter.

Dr. Eugene Botkin (1865-1918) was the court physician to the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas Romanov, and his family. When the family was arrested and imprisoned in 1917, Dr. Botkin elected to join them. Because doctors were so scarce, Dr. Botkin could have had his freedom at any time. But his physician’s oath was more to him than his life. I recently read Dr. Botkins’s last letter, addressed to his brother, Alexander . This letter was found by the White forces in 1918 when they captured the town where the t