See also Constantinople; Sèvres, Treaty of;
dissolution of, 1.
See also Turkish National Movement
Paris, 1
Paris, Hôtel de, 1, 2
Pera Palace Hotel, 1
police. See Moscow: bribery of public officials in
Polish–Soviet War, 1, 2
aftermath, 1
Polyakova, Nastya, 1
Proctor, Bertha, 1, 2, 3, 4
prohibition in Russian Empire, 1, 2
Provisional Government, 1, 2
Pullman, George M., 1
Quinlan, Joseph B., 1
racial attitudes, 1
in Constantinople, 1, 2
in Paris, 1
in Russia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
in United States, 1, 2.
See also Coahoma County
in Victorian England, 1
Randolph, John, 1
Rasputin, Grigory, 1, 2, 3
Ravndal, Gabriel Bie, 1, 2, 3
background and overview, 1
Elvira Thomas and, 1, 2, 3
Ermano Mendelino and, 1
Frederick’s debt and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Frederick’s passport application and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
telegram to Washington, 1
Wilbur Carr’s letter to, 1
real estate, 1, 2
Red Army, 1
Revolution of 1905, 1, 2
Revolution of 1917, 1
See also October Revolution
Reyser, Arthur, Jr., 1, 2, 3
Richardson, Officer, 1
Riviera, 1
Royal Dancing Club (“Jockey Club”), 1
Rue, Larry, 1
Rumbold, Horace, 1
Russia, 1
See also specific topics
attitudes toward foreigners, 1
blacks in, 1, 2
entering, 1, 2
Frederick’s first thought of going to, 1
Frederick’s “love” for, 1
racial attitudes in, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
revolutionary changes in, 1
See also October Revolution;
Revolution of 1905;
Revolution of 1917
Russian citizenship (of Frederick), 1, 2
citizenship application, 1
concealing of, 1, 2, 3, 4
Odessa and, 1
reasons for seeking the protection of, 1
United States and, 1, 2
Russian Civil War, 1, 2, 3
See also October Revolution; Odessa
Russian patriotism, Frederick’s public expressions of, 1, 2
Russian Revolution. See Revolution of 1917
Russo-Japanese War, 1, 2
Scott, Daniel, 1, 2
Sergey, Grand Duke, 1, 2
Serpoletti (Fronshteyn), Andrey, 1, 2
Serra, Mario, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Sèvres, Treaty of, 1, 2, 3
Shchukin, Yakov Vasilyevich, 1
Shelton, Frank, 1
Skinner, Robert, 1
“soldiers’ theater,” 1
Speransky, Mikhail Mikhaylovich, 1
St. Louis, 1
State Department, U.S., 1
Frederick’s Russian citizenship unknown by, 1, 2
passport applications and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
William Jenkins and, 1
“Stella Club.” See Anglo-American Garden Villa
Strelna, 1
Sudakov, Aleksey Akimovich, 1, 2, 3, 4
Sukhodolsky, 1
tango, 1
Tannenberg, Battle of, 1
terror, 1, 2, 3, 4
See also Cheka
terrorism, 1, 2, 3
Thomas, Bruce (son), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
birth, 1, 2, 3
death, 1
marriage, 1
in New York City, 1, 2
in Turkey, 1
Thomas, Elvira Jungmann (3rd wife)
background and overview, 1
children, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
citizenship, 1
in Constantinople, 1, 2, 3
in Czechoslovakia, 1
death, 1
departure from Soviet Union, 1, 2
finances, 1
Frederick’s death and, 1, 2
Frederick’s first meeting with, 1
Frederick’s marriage to, 1, 2, 3
Frederick’s relations with, 1, 2, 3
Isaiah Thorne and, 1, 2
Mikhail Thomas and, 1
nationality, 1, 2
Olga Thomas and, 1
Ravndal, U.S. protection of Frederick, and, 1, 2, 3
Valentina Thomas and, 1, 2, 3
Thomas, Frederick Bruce, 1
alternative names and aliases, 1
“Fridrikh Brus (Fyodor Fyodorovich) Tomas,” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
birth, 1
characterizations of
as Constantinople’s “Sultan of Jazz,” 1
as Moscow “Merchant of the First Guild,” 1
death, 1
education, 1, 2, 3, 4
employment, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
See also specific businesses
family background and early life, 1
farm life, 1
finances, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
See also under Anglo-American Garden Villa; Aquarium; Maxim
becoming rich, 1, 2, 3
generosity, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
loans and debt, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
lost his fortune escaping from Odessa, 1, 2.
See also Odessa: Frederick’s escape from
taxes owed, 1, 2
homes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
imprisoned in Angora, 1
never denied anyone a free meal, 1
as parent, 1, 2.
See also specific children
passports and passport applications, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Charles Allen and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
first passport application in Paris, 1, 2
Gabriel Bie Ravndal and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Russia and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
people he may have been named after, 1
personality, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
physical appearance, 1, 2
pneumonias, 1, 2, 3
privacy, 1
reinventing himself, 1
religion and, 1.
See also churches
siblings, 1, 2
See also Thomas, Ophelia
speech and language skills, 1, 2, 3
threats against, 1
was never tempted to return to U.S., 1
Thomas, Frederick “Fedya,” “Fred,” Jr. (son), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Thomas, Hannah (mother), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Thomas, Hedwig Antonia Hähn (1st wife), 1
background and overview, 1
children, 1, 2
death, 1, 2
marriage to Frederick, 1
Thomas, India P. (stepmother), 1
background and overview, 1
churches and, 1
and the farm, 1
finances, 1, 2
Frederick Thomas and, 1
house rented by, 1
Lewis Thomas’s murder and, 1
in Louisville, 1, 2, 3
marriage to Lewis Thomas, 1
Ophelia Thomas and, 1, 2, 3
William Dickerson and, 1, 2, 3
Thomas, Irma (daughter)
in Berlin, 1, 2
birth of, 1, 2
Hedwig Thomas’s death following, 1, 2
finances, 1
Frederick Thomas and, 1, 2, 3, 4
suicide, 1
Valli Thomas and, 1, 2, 3, 4
Thomas, John (brother), 1, 2
Thomas, Kate (sister), 1
Thomas, Lewis (father), 1
background and overview, 1, 2
character, 1
children, 1
churches and, 1, 2
farm, 1, 2, 3, 4
finances, 1, 2, 3, 4
house rented by, 1
influence on Frederick, 1, 2
marriage to India, 1
in the newspapers, 1
Sheltons and the murder of, 1
William Dickerson and, 1, 2
Thomas, Mikhail (son), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
birth, 1, 2
Bruce Thomas and, 1
children, 1
education in Prague, 1, 2
finances, 1
Frederick Thomas and, 1, 2, 3, 4
later life, 1
Thomas, Olga (daughter). See Golitzine, Olga Thomas
Thomas, Ophelia (sister), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5