Anna Lunacharskaya

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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

Anatoliy Lunacharskiy Anna Lunacharskaya

Petrograd, Russian Republic

06.11.17

The situation is dire. The Military Revolutionary Committee and the General Headquarters are waiting to see who goes first.

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Anatoliy Lunacharskiy Anna Lunacharskaya

Smolny Institute, Petrograd, Russian Republic

06.11.17

Do the Soviets have enough strength to seize power? It is very likely that they do. Do the Soviets have enough strength to save Russian and the revolution? It is likely that they do not.

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Anatoliy Lunacharskiy Anna Lunacharskaya

Petrograd, Russian Republic

04.11.17

It's a difficult time. No glimpses of light. The mood is close to a heroic despair. See more

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Anatoliy Lunacharskiy Anna Lunacharskaya

apt.17, 25/20, Lakhtinskaya, Petrograd, Russian Empire

26.07.17

The situation is still the same. Terrible misfortunes at the front and other circumstances provoke a sharp reaction in us, but also in Germany. Times are dismal. Perhaps, I will also be arrested on charges of "incitement" or something like that. But it’s not important. See more

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Anatoliy Lunacharskiy Anna Lunacharskaya

apt.17, 25/20, Lakhtinskaya, Petrograd, Russian Empire

18.07.17

I’ve just sent you a telegram so that you’d know at the very least that I’m alive. You’ll know all the details already from the newspapers of course, by the time you receive this letter. I’ve had to show solidarity with the Bolsheviks. But… they ignore my advice. True, the movement sprang up spontaneously, but it was nevertheless right in fighting against the partially armed uprisings prompted by the anarchists and the awful state of Petrograd’s underbelly, in keeping with our prior agreement. See more

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Anatoliy Lunacharskiy Anna Lunacharskaya

apt.17, 25/20, Lakhtinskaya, Petrograd, Russian Empire

05.06.17

It’s Trinity Day. Every decent restaurant is closed. I had a horrible dinner and went to see Filippov for hot chocolate. Suddenly someone calls me. -– It’s Kamenev! Purely by chance. A little of this, a little of that. "Let's go to the Soviet." Today, Minister Kerensky is giving speech and trying to defend himself from the leftwing "attacks." So I went. See more

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Anatoliy Lunacharskiy Anna Lunacharskaya

apt.17, 25/20, Lakhtinskaya, Petrograd, Russian Empire

29.05.17

My dear, beloved daughter, yesterday I was horribly tired (conference in “New Life,” a meeting in the city elections commission, a big female demonstration), and now they are phoning me that a special ship has arrived for me from Kronstadt, where they have invited me to deliver a speech at a large demonstration of soldiers and sailors. Life here is grandiose in everything, and is tragic and tremendous. See more

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