Although we did not know it at the time, our fate really hung on the outcome of a Congress of Soviets which was then being held in Petrograd, and to which both Sheiman and Ostrovsky were delegates. See more
I’ve not been seen with anyone for all this time I’ve spent in New York, because from morning till night we’ve spent all our time at the academy doing our work. I was commissioned to work on some purely technical issues, and I’ve been occupied with this. See more
Everything is in chaos. I feel absolutely exhausted - as if the only thing left is to retire.
Peter Sergeenko has arrived. He's telling us he was sent by Minister Nikitin to inquire about the unrest at Yasnaya Polyana.
General KornilovCommander in Chief of the Petrograd command - from 18 March 1917 has rheumatism. Moreover, his battle wounds have begun to take their toll. Baths have been prescribed to him, but there are no baths where he's currently held.
Events have fully proved the correctness of the proposal I made at the time of the Democratic Conference, namely, that the Party must put the armed uprising on the order of the day. Events compel us to do this. See more
A new cabinet has finally been formed: Konovalov at Trade, Kuzma Gvozdev at Labour, Malyantovich at Justice, Neverovsky at Transport, Smirnoff as State Controler, Bernatsky at Finance, Kishkin as Social Minister, Tretyakov as Chair of the Economic Council, Salazkin at Education, Prokopovich at Supply. See more
My dearest Nyurochka!
I am simply ready to cry! First, on the tram, they took that little red wallet from Veve away from me—a memory of you.
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Stage set should be a pure ornamental fantasy, completing the illusion by drawing color and linear parallels to the play.
In the poison of imperial houses, youthful creativity decayed.
And under the oppression of those awful barriers, only exceptional powers were able to break through to the surface of the stinking pool, bringing with them the holy and the living, despite the heavy enclosures of circumstance. See more
Westfallen visited me today. He allowed me to go for a walk and to drive but strictly told me to lie down for an hour after lunch. Everyone went mushroom-picking to the Black Lake. I took a 45-minute walk in the garden, it was very nice to finally be outside.