waiting for the signal to throw themselves upon the ministers and cut their throats. I will never again set foot among those people." Later life His private mansion in St. Petersburg was pillaged and set on fire on the first day of February Revolution. After the Revolution, Freedericksz lived in Petrograd before being allowed in 1925 to leave for Finland, where he spent the last years of his life. Honours and awards Russian orders and decorations Knight of St. Stanislaus, 2nd Class, 30 August 1869; 1st Class, 15 May 1883 Knight of St. Vladimir, 4th Class, 30 August 1873; 3rd Class, 19 February 1880; 2nd Class, 30 August 1889; 1st Class, 6 December 1906 Knight of St. Anna, 2nd Class, 26 August 1876; 1st Class, 30 August 1886 Knight of the White Eagle, 2 April 1895 Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky, 1 January 1899 Knight of St. Andrew, 25 March 1908 Medals Medal "In Memory of the War of 1853-1856" Medal "In Memory of the Coronation of Emperor Alexander III" Medal "In Memory of the Coronation of Emperor Nicholas II" Medal "In Memory of the Reign of Emperor Alexander III" Medal of the Red Gross "In Memory of the Russo-Japanese War" (1906) Medal "In Memory of the Russo-Japanese War" (1906) Medal "In Memory of the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Poltava" Foreign orders and decorations Cultural depictions He was portrayed in the 1971 film Nicholas and Alexandra by Jack Hawkins. In 1983, he was portrayed by Vsevolod Safonov in the 1983 film Anna Pavlova directed by Emil Loteanu. He was also portrayed in 1997's Anastasia as Woldemar. References Sources Out of My Past: The Memoirs of Count Kokovtsov Edited by H.H. Fisher and translated by Laura Matveev; Stanford University Press, 1935. Margarita Nelipa (2015) Servant to Three Emperors: Count Vladimir Frederiks. In: Royal Russia Annual No. 7. Freedericksz (Russian) Born a statesman, Minister of the Imperial Count Vladimir Borisovich Frederiks (Russian) Counts of the Russian Empire Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Government ministers of Russia 1837 births 1927 deaths Politicians of the Russian Empire Monarchists from the Russian Empire White Russian emigrants to Finland Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia) Grand Crosses of the Order of