Matilda Kshesinskaya is known to the general public as a talented artist and favorite ballerina of the royal court. Her skill extended far beyond the art of ballet: obeying the natural charm of this little Polish girl, those around her joined in her magical dance of life. Alexander III, Nicholas II, Grand Dukes Vladimir Alexandrovich, Sergei Mikhailovich, Andrei Vladimirovich - they were all fascinated by the beauty and lightness that Matilda literally radiated. She knew how to please and find an approach to a person. She was different for everyone, always remaining herself. How did people who loved her remember her? This book contains diary entries of royalty who favored Kshesinskaya, as well as their memories, which will help to understand the controversial personality of the great ballerina. For the first time, the famous letters and diary entries of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, addressed to the fatal ballerina, are published.