Aleksandra Tolstaya

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Age: 33

Interests: Christianity, charity, medicine, the Red Cross

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Sofia Tolstaya

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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

Aleksandra Tolstaya

Yasnaya Polyana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Republic

26.12.17

Sinister rumours crept in, terrifying the inhabitants of Yasnaya Polyana. It was said that peasants from neighbouring villages are coming to smash up Yasnaya Polyana. The rumours turned out to be a reality. The crowds came closer, closer. See more

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Aleksandra Tolstaya

18, Merzlyakovsky per., Moscow, Russian Republic

14.12.17

It has become hard to live in this world, but I still believe in a brighter future.

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Aleksandra Tolstaya Sofia Tolstaya

napravlenie Minsk-Molodechno-Smorgon', Russian Republic

09.10.17

What happened in Yasnaya? I read the messages here and I worry. I am thinking of coming to yours in about a week. I dream of going to the south, as my autumn bronchitis has started and i feel ill, and yesterday I fell from my horse again and hurt my chest…

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Aleksandra Tolstaya

napravleniye Minsk-Molodechno-Smorgon', Minskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

05.06.17

The entire front was awash with the most desperate propaganda. Meetings are endless. This propaganda, of course, has had its desired effect. Which is hardly surprising: the soldiers have sat tired and hungry for months in the trenches, when someone comes along and says “go home, the land will be yours, the factories will be yours. A new life is beginning”.

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Aleksandra Tolstaya with Alexander Kerensky

napravleniye Minsk-Molodechno-Smorgon', Minskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

25.05.17

I drove up to the first detachment; the staff and the chief ran out of the tent to meet me: “Please, let us go to the rally. Kerensky is speaking. It’s really close, only just over three kilometres from here, he’s going to speak!”
I too wanted to hear him, so we all jumped into the car and drove off. We were too late. Kerensky had already spoken. See more

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Aleksandra Tolstaya

Surgical infirmary of the Minsk Provincial Zemsky Committee, Minsk, Russian Empire

05.04.17

The slogan “war until a victorious end” sounds inspiring away from the fighting, where people are busy with their 8-hour day, but in the trenches, where soldiers sit idly for 8-10 hours in waist-high mud, the words ring with a pathetic and false note.

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Aleksandra Tolstaya

Surgical infirmary of the Minsk Provincial Zemsky Committee, Minsk, Russian Empire

03.04.17

I hold an ever gloomier view of the current situation. The Germans are swarming all over the place, discipline is in tatters, and there’s nothing now that can force the troops to defend themselves. The soldiers flee and hide. Things will be even worse in the future.

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Age: 33

Interests: Christianity, charity, medicine, the Red Cross

Mother

Sofia Tolstaya