Project1917.com:"Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

Project1917.com:"Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

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Leonid Andreyev

 1, Moyka embankment, Petrograd, Russian Empire

Today is one of the greatest and most joyous days for Russia. What a day!

Felix Yusupov

 Rakitnoe estate, Kurskaya guberniya, Russain Empire

The world has gone mad and is dying before our very eyes.

Alexandra Feodorovna

 Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

-9°C. I had lunch upstairs with Lily. Horrible things are happening in St Petersburg. Revolution.

Nicholas II

 Mogilev, Stavka, Russian Empire

Riots broke out several days ago in Petrograd; regrettably soldiers have begun taking part in them. A vile feeling to be so far away and to receive scraps of bad news.

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich

 Petrograd, Russian Empire

I went to the war minister and passed on through Nicky’s apparatus those measures that must be taken immediately as to calm the onset of the revolution, namely the resignation of the whole cabinet, and then entrusting Duke Lvov to chose a new cabinet at his discretion. I added that the answer should be given right now, since time does not wait, every hour is important. The answer was: do not make any changes before I arrive.

Mikhail Rodzianko

 32, Kirochnaya street, Petrograd, Russian Empire

The Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich arrived in Petrograd, and we had a meeting with him in the company of the Chairman of the State Duma, his comrade Nekrasov, the secretary of the State Duma Dmitriyukov and member of the Duma Savich. See more

Boris Anrep with Anna Akhmatova

 Anrepov's house, Ligovskiy avenue 3/9, Petrograd, Russian Empire

I don’t think much about the revolution. There is only one thought, one wish: to meet Anna Andreevna. I crossed the Neva on foot to avoid the barricades erected around the bridges. I remember a prison escapee, a boy aged about eighteen and seized by panic, who asked me for directions to the Varshavskiy train station. Staggering, I made my way to the house of Szreznevskiy, rung the bell and Anna Andreevna opened the door. “You? On a day like this? Officers are kidnapped on the streets”. – “I removed my epaulettes”. See more