Mr. Rene Guerra Yulianovich (France). By A. Chatsky
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The story of Rene Guerra, I'll start with his hometown - Nice, which in the second half of the XIX century chosen by the Russian imperial family, and after 1917 - the Russian emigres.
"Nice - the Russian city outside of Russia", - says R. Guerra. Before joining France in 1860, Nice, part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, was a favorite vacation spot of the Russian nobility. These often come Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (wife of Nicholas I). So Nice called "winter capital" of Russia's ruling house.
In 1857, Russia and the Kingdom of Sardinia signed an agreement to open next door to the town of Nice Villefranche-sur-Mer, in a former prison, coal-go storage for Russian ships. Tsarist government funded the construction of the road from Nice to Villefranche, which opened Alexandra. Russia fleet base existed for 20 years. In 1997, Academician DS Likhachev was opened in Villefranche bronze bust of the Empress. And in a city park, which goes on the Avenue of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, there are two statues of the Orlov brothers, who were here at the end of XVIII century, and the bust of Admiral Ushakov.
In Nice, was built by Russian library out Russian-language newspapers ( "The Russian-French Journal" and "Voice of the Riviera"), hence went direct train to St. Petersburg.
In 1865 in Nice, the Villa Bermon died heir to the throne Nicholas, son of Alexander II.
In Nice there were Gogol and Saltykov-Shchedrin (stayed at the hotel "Oasis", which was then called "Russian-board"). Herzen bequeathed to bury him in Nice, and today the town cemetery - a bronze monument to the publisher's Bells.
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