Nikolai Kishkin

17 Calendar

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Age: 52

Non-fiction

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

Semyon Maslov

08.11.17

Antonov pronounced everyone arrested in the name of the MRC and started making a list of everyone present. Minister Konovalov signed his name first, then Kishkin and others. Kerensky was not in the palace.

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Semyon Maslov

08.11.17

We started putting on our outdoor clothes, and it turned out that Kishkin's coat had already disappeared. They gave him a soldier's watch-coat.

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Nikolai Kishkin

Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russian Republic

07.11.17

Summon Polkovnikov and hear him out;
Remain in the Winter Palace until the arrival of the Chairman;
Select a figure to be responsible for all orders regarding battle with the revolting Bolsheviks;
Immediately clarify the state of all powers that remain on the side of the Provisional Government.

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Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russian Republic

07.11.17

The Provisional Government is discussing whether to confer dictatorial powers to Nikolai Kishkin, Minister of Social Welfare.

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Nikolai Kishkin

Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russian Republic

07.11.17

We’re not the Petrograd Provisional Government but the All-Russian Provisional Government. If we’ve no clout to rely on in Petrograd, this doesn’t mean it’s non-existent throughout Russia as a whole.

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Nikolai Kishkin

07.11.17

If we lack physical strength, we must try to rely on moral strength.

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07.11.17

Minister of Social Welfare Kishkin is put in charge of defending the Winter Palace.

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Nikolai Kishkin

07.11.17

By the authority conferred on me by the Provisional Government, I release the Commander in Chief of the Petrograd Military District, Georgy Polkovnikov, from the fulfillment of the duties entrusted to him and transfer him to the reserve ranks of the Petrograd Military District. 2) By the authority conferred on me by the Provisional Government, I entrust the duties of Chief of the Petrograd Military District to the District chief of staff of the district, Major-General Bagratuni.

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07.11.17

Kishkin and Bagratuni are going to the Winter Palace to inform government members of the ultimatum. They sent a cyclist back to the Peter and Paul fortress to ask for additional 10 minutes to give an answer.

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Age: 52