, ▁And rei ' s ▁faithful ▁adj ut ant , ▁died ▁of ▁ty ph us . ▁ ▁The ▁group ▁of ▁refuge es ▁arrived ▁in ▁Nov or os si y sk ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁January . ▁They ▁lived ▁in ▁their ▁railway ▁car , ▁which ▁was ▁park ed ▁in ▁the ▁station . ▁By ▁February , ▁it ▁became ▁obvious ▁that ▁the ▁Wh ites ▁had ▁lost ▁the ▁civil ▁war . ▁General ▁W r angel ▁war ned ▁them ▁that ▁the ▁situation ▁was ▁beyond ▁hope ▁and ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁leave . ▁They ▁depart ed ▁on ▁the ▁Italian ▁l iner ▁Sem ir am isa ▁bound ▁for ▁Ven ice ▁on ▁ 3 ▁March ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁Grand ▁Duke ▁And rei ▁and ▁his ▁mother ▁were ▁the ▁last ▁Roman ov s ▁to ▁leave ▁Russia ▁for ▁ex ile . ▁ ▁Ex ile ▁▁ ▁Once ▁in ▁Ven ice , ▁Grand ▁Duke ▁And rei ▁accompanied ▁his ▁mother ▁via ▁train ▁to ▁C annes , ▁on ▁the ▁French ▁Riv iera . ▁Grand ▁Duch ess ▁Maria ▁Pav lov na ▁died ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁later ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁During ▁her ▁ill ness ▁in ▁Cont re x é ville , ▁Grand ▁Duke ▁And rei ▁was ▁reun ited ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ex ile ▁with ▁his ▁three ▁sib lings . ▁At ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁death ▁the ▁last ▁obst acle ▁for ▁Grand ▁Duke ▁And rei ▁to ▁marry ▁Math ilde ▁K ch ess in ska ▁was ▁lifted . ▁And rei ▁asked ▁permission ▁to ▁marry ▁K ch ess in ska ▁from ▁his ▁brother ▁Grand