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Zinaida Gippius
Sergievskaya 83, Petrograd, Russian Empire
England is deeply indifferent toward us. But it cares so much about the war, which it understands to some degree.
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18 February
Fitzgerald on the ladies
A Russian socialist in Norway enjoys Grieg and Munch
The Duma chairman proposes a daring plan to the tsar’s relatives
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Princeton, USA
My remark about 2 beautiful girls is a drama — fifty is only a chorus.
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Petrogradskaya Gazeta
Petrograd, Russian Empire
No matter how hard the authorities try to ban the baking of sweet pastries and cakes, throngs of customers continue to congregate at the city’s confectioners.
Judging by the quantities in which they devour them, the public’s appetite for sweets seems only to grow.
Henrik Gabrielsen Sletta
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Leon Trotsky
1522, Vyse Ave, Bronx, NY, USA
The janitor of the house was a negro. My wife paid him three months’ rent in advance, but he gave her no receipt because the landlord had taken the receipt-book away the day before, to verify the accounts. When we moved into the house two days later, we discovered that the Negro had absconded with the rent of several of the tenants. See more
Henry Lin
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Carl Mannerheim
Tsaritsyn, Russian Empire
I travelled to Tsarskoye Selo, having learned that the Emperor was currently in residence there. As a member of His Majesty’s retinue, I could expect to be granted an audience. Only two people were scheduled to be received by the tsar that day, and an audience was indeed promptly granted. Normally, the Emperor was all attention at debriefings, and I had assumed that an update about the situation on the Romanian front would spark his interest. It appeared to me, however, that, in this particular moment, his thoughts were preoccupied with completely different problems.
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George Buchanan
4, Dvortsovaya embankment, Petrograd, Russian Empire (British Embassy)
I had been instructed to report, for the information of the Imperial conference that was about to meet in London, as to the prospects of Russia continuing in the war; and, after consultation with Lord Milner, with whom it had been my privilege to work during his stay in Petrograd, I telegraphed to the Foreign Office on February 18 as follows: See more
Taco Tichelaar
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Alexandra Kollontai
«Turisthotell», Holmenkollen, Norway
Attended a symphonic concert at the local National Theatre. An evening of Greig. In the hall of the university I marveled at the works of my beloved Munch (a Norwegian artist). An atmosphere of aestheticism, art and beauty reigns in Norway, which comes as great relief after the earthy and business spirit of America! Yet still I have come to appreciate America. I saw her close up and learnt to appreciate her.
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Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich
Petrograd, Russian Empire
Chairman of the State Duma Rodzianko barged his way into my presence with an endless stream of news, theories, and anti-dynastic plans. His audacity knew no limits, which, together with his obvious intellectual failings, gave him the air of a character straight out of Moliere.
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Natalia Goncharova
Hotel Minerva, Piazza della Minerva, 69/A, Roma, Italy
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Kikimora's сostume design by Mikhail Larionov for the ballet "Russian fairy tales". 1915
How precious to me is every scrap of news I receive from Moscow. You start to understand the Chinese, who are said to sew a handful of earth into the soles of their shoes upon leaving home so as always to walk upon native soil. We’re doing a great deal of work at the moment. Mikhail Fedorovich’s ballet will soon be arriving here in Rome before transferring to Paris, Spain and South America. It’s a series of Russian pieces, so each act is a separate ballet – there’s no common storyline connecting them, and they develop completely independently from one another.
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Vladimir Lenin
Zurich, Switzerland
Dear Mark Timofeyevich,
From the enclosed you will see that Nadya is planning the publication of a Pedagogical Dictionary or Pedagogical Encyclopaedia.
I am strongly in favour of this plan because, in my opinion, it fills a very serious gap in Russian pedagogical literature; it will be a very useful work and will provide an income, which for us is extremely important.
With the increase in the number of readers and the broader circles involved, there is now a quickly growing demand for encyclopaedias and similar publications. A properly compiled Pedagogical Dictionary or Pedagogical Encyclopaedia will become a handbook and go through a number of editions.
I am sure Nadya can do this because she has been working in pedagogy for years, has written about it and has undergone systematic training. Zurich is an exceptionally convenient centre for work of this kind; it has the world’s finest pedagogical museum.
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Moskovskie vedomosty
Moscow, Russian Empire
By some kind of miracle, Moscow’s restaurants continue to be able to get their hands on things that, for most people in Moscow, are unimaginable luxuries. Do you wish to eat the finest meat on fasting days? Well, you can, for ten times the price of course. Pining for wine? They have cellars full of the best sorts, only at shocking prices: from 25 to 75 roubles a bottle. They even have cognacs for 400 roubles. The leading restaurateurs have flour, and butter, and cream. These are the sorcerers of our times, and every first-class restaurant is like a state within a state with fine white tablecloths as the flags of their sovereignty. It’s enough to make one cry for our dear Russia.
Zhenglei Shi
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Russkoe Slovo
advertising section
Moscow, Russian Empire
Donate to the bathhouses in the trenches. Malyi Gnezdnikovskii Lane, Building 12, Apartment 5. Telephone: 2-05-87.
Elenaabout Gurdjieff
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17 February
Vladimir Lenin: “What a swine this Trotsky is!”
Nicholas II: “Wrote to Georgie”
A general close to the tsar on the tragic role played by the Empress’ best friend
Claude Debussy
Paris, France
I have been put to bed... yesterday, when I left to fetch some coal, the cold got to my lower back and now I’m suffering like St. Sebastian.
Grigore Pintea
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Paul Klee
paints "Wanderer-birds"
Summer school, Gersthofen, Bavaria, German Empire
Elenaabout Gurdjieff, Anton Zotov
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Alexandre Benois
38, 1st line of Vasilyevsky Island, Petrograd, Russian Empire
Coka is interested in home cinema and spends his savings on the purchase of second-hand films.
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Mikhail Rodzianko
32, Kirochnaya street, Petrograd, Russian Empire
If it is unthinkable that a doctor should be entrusted with the building of a bridge, or an engineer the curing of patients, it is even more inconceivable that the economic life of the country should be taken from the direction of those who are informed as to the minutiae of its operations and handed over to those who are, at best, amateurs, and at worst – pure ignoramuses.