I have been left with a great many indelible impressions from all these days. In particular, the memory of Protopopov (in a cell)...Some day people will no longer be judged, no matter what they have been like. When people experience pain and humiliation, their childlike traits return.
The steamer set sail down the Mother Volga. I delighted in the journey, gazing at the river banks and breathing in the fresh Volga air. The only hint of the recent revolutionary unrest was the fact that now and again, third class passengers went up onto the top deck to chew on sunflower seeds. But actually, they behaved themselves.
A telegram came in the night announcing the dismissal of General Alekseyev from his post, with an appointment at the disposal of the Provisional Government, and his replacement with General Brusilov. The commander-in-chief, who was asleep, was woken by the quartermaster general and handed the telegram. See more
I own that I feel very anxious for the safety of the Emperor… If he once gets inside the walls of the prison of St. Peter and St. Paul, I doubt he will ever come out alive.
All land belonging to landowners and all private land, as well as appanage holdings, church holdings and so on, must be given to the people immediately, without the need for any redemption payments. Private ownership of land must be eliminated altogether; See more
The new Commander-in-Chief of the South-West Front was General Gutor, who had commenced the war as Chief of Staff of the 4th Army. In 1915 he had been transferred to the command of the 34th Division, and he had since commanded the Vlth Corps and the nth Army. He had been wounded more than once. He appointed General Duldionin, late General Quartermaster, to be his Chief of Staff. See more