" People from all walks of life now fled Russia. The major centers of Russian emigration were understandably those old favorite haunts, Paris and Berlin. But Prague and Belgrade, Sofia and Riga also lured refugees. Some places treated Russians better than others did. Russians found England the worst place to go, despite the British tradition of hospitality to political refugees. The British were still reluctant to grant visas, especially to Romanovs, and Russians in London were always the last, it seemed, to get jobs. "

― , The Flight of the Romanovs: A Family Saga