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Zinaida Gippius
Sergievskaya 83, Petrograd, Russian Empire
Actually, it seems that things are not settling down but heating up, slowly but surely. It’s interesting that the government is showing no obvious signs of life. It is difficult to tell where the government is, or who is even in charge. This is something new. It’s as if the Prime Minister (I can’t even remember for the moment who it is) has died at home in his apartment.
Sebastian Clare, Natalia Lapotko and 2 others
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Amedeo Modigliani
paints “Girl in a Green Blouse”
Emil Gudo's square, 13, Paris, France
Светлана Павликова, Oleg Savitskii
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Elizaveta Naryshkina
Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire
There are riots in the city. The troops refuse to shoot the masses. The tsarina and the children have fallen ill with measles.
Oleg Savitskii
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Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich
Kiev, Russian Empire
I telegraphed Nicky and put himself at his complete disposal. At the same time, I called my brother Sergei Mikhailovich on the phone. His voice sounded very worried:
“The situation in Petrograd is getting worse and worse,” he nervously said. “Street clashes continue, and you can expect the troops to go over to the rebels at any moment."
“But what about cavalry guard? Can you also not rely on them?"
“There’s something weird and mysterious about way the order of their dispatch to St. Petersburg was canceled. The cavalry guard didn’t think to quit the front."
Sebastian Clare, Lori Stuart
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Nadezhda Udaltsova
82 apartment, 65, Smolenskiy blvd, Moscow, Russian Empire
I saw Rodchenko today. He’s just the person with whom I can work.
Rafael Padial, Melina Revuelta and 1 other
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Alexander Balk
Petrograd, Russian Empire
The situation is considered threatening; General Khabalov has declared his intention to take up arms tomorrow.
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Mathilde Kschessinska
Kshessinska mansion, Petrograd, Russian Empire
I went quite normally to the Alexandre Theatre, where Youriev's twenty-fifth stage anniversary was being celebrated with Lermontov's The Masquerade, produced by Meierhold. The audience was tense and nervous. There was a sound of firing in some quarters. But I was able to return without trouble.
Natalia Lapotko, Alexandra Shtein and 2 others
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Anna Akhmatova
Sreznevskikh's ap., 9, Botkinskaya, Petrograd, Russian Empire
I spent the day as follows: in the morning I went to the embroiderer’s to inquire concerning a new dress. Then I wanted to take a cab home. The first cabbie I saw was an old man, who answered: “sorry, madam, I’m not going there…. There’s gunfire on the bridge”.
Letitia Rydjeski, Marina Daiman and 6 others
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Maurice Paleologue
10, Kutuzov embankment, Petrograd, Russian Empire
The hair-raising problem of food supplies has been investigated to-night by an "Extraordinary Council," which was attended by all the ministers (except the Minister of the Interior), the President of the Council of Empire, the President of the Duma and the Mayor of Petrograd. Protopopov did not condescend to take part in the conference; he was no doubt communing with the ghost of Rasputin.See more
Sebastian Clare, Oleg Savitskii
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Anna Vyrubova
Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire
Half-asleep I saw my parents and my sister and remember overhearing their conversations with Her Majesty about some kind of riots.
Sebastian Clare, Lori Stuart and 1 other
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09 March
A Russian revolutionary freezes in Switzerland
The Petrograd city governor describes the situation in the city
The Grand Duchess Anastasia cares for her sick sisters and writes to her father
Maxim Gorky
Petrograd, Russian Empire
I would like to give you some good news, but there is none of it!
Kenneth Whyte, Nick Short and 7 others
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Zinaida Gippius
Sergievskaya 83, Petrograd, Russian Empire
The riots are continuing. But, for the time being, they are innocent enough. Young Cossacks are riding up and down Nevsky Prospect.
Brooke McMurray, Iain Jessup and 1 other
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Nicolas Chkheidze
Tauride Palace, Petrograd, Russian Empire
Disregard of streets is a feature of government and many among us. But the street has already spoken, gentlemen, and this street is now to be reckoned with.
Brooke McMurray, Simon Pirani and 2 others
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Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich
Gatchina, Russian Empire
At 12 o'clock I had breakfast, and at 1 o'clock I rode horseback to the Tsarsko-Slavic forest, where they hunted a wolf. The circle was behind the railway, to the left of the road, in the same place where they had hunted before. The wolf broke through the people, they tried to cover it, but despite the fact that riders were cathing the wolf up, they could not cover it because it did not stop.
Lori Stuart
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Julius Martov
Zurich, Switzerland
It’s winter again here, it’s snowed and it’s very cold: I’ve fallen ill (a cold) and must stock up on menthol.
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Alexander Balk
Petrograd, Russian Empire
Most factories have gone on strike since the morning. A thick crowd is filling up Nevskiy. Crowds are moving and protests have begun.
Leaders of the left have already made a decision to take advantage of tomorrow’s crowds, should these gather, to agitate. If the crowds will be supportive, rioting is to be initiated, and, depending on the circumstances, weapons might be used. I reported this to General Khabalov. The military leadership has so far decided to refrain from using weaponry.
Jess Zilla
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Claude Debussy
attended a charity concert in support of musicians.
Paris, France
Smiljana Antonijević
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Pablo Picasso with Jean Cocteau
Grand - Hotel "Vesuvio" 45, Partenope street, Naples, Italy
Heading from Rome to Naples.
Chiara Zavarka
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Alexandra Feodorovna Nicholas II
Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire
My precious! Yesterday there were disturbances on Vasilievsky Island and on Nevsky Prospect, because the poor tried to storm the baker’s shops.
May God bless you and keep you. I send countless kisses from your warmly devoted and passionately loving dear old Wifey.
Chiara Zavarka, Jess Zilla and 1 other
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Alexander Spiridovich
Petrograd, Russian Empire
They sing revolutionary songs. Chants of “Down with the government!”, “Long live the republic”, “Down with war!” can be heard. A police patrol lunges towards the crowd, it is met with a barrage of ice chunks. The cossacks stay idle, merely passing through the crowd on foot, some of them laughing. The crowd is extatric and chants “hooray!”, the cossacs meet the chants with nods and bows. The police are infuriated. One phase was passed around among groups of dispersing workers: “the cossacks support us, the cossacks support the people!”…