About the book: year / Loyal subjects of the Russian emperor should not only honor their sovereign, but also love him. The emperor and his family members were supposed to awaken people's love through their actions. This was achieved through elaborate rituals of royal trips and award ceremonies, official speeches and informal meetings, and widely distributed portraits and patriotic poems. During the First World War, the awakening of people's love became the most important element of the monarchical-patriotic mobilization of Russian society. B.I. Kolonitsky studies how members of the imperial family tried to increase their popularity - Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. The author also explores the perception of the images of the Romanovs. Among the numerous sources on which the book is written are petitions, diaries and letters from contemporaries, materials from criminal cases against people accused of insulting members of the royal family in absentia.