Tuesday. Everything is closed down due to the Constituent Assembly day, everything is covered in flags. Serezha went to get papers twice. He was forlorn. He suggested shooting ourselves, but I told him I believed that the strong-willed will win, we just need to be patient. Serezha calmed down a little, painted a little portrait of me in a fur coat and a turban.
I was awoken by the sounds of music (the window above my head being open). Outside it was minus ten degrees but bright as spring. An endless flag-bearing procession was making its way to the Tauride Palace. See more
While I will be working, I must finish everything and still pieces of 10 new drawings. Art is the only thing that is natural, everything remaining is demonic obsession. See more
An opportunity to talk over the telephone availed itself, and I spoke to my godmother, who, naturally enough, told me more or less everything. I asked her to send a fur coat to me here in Petersburg, but I’ve still not received anything and don’t know whether or not she sent it. See more
A decree (proposed by Lenin) authorising the arrest of “the most prominent members of the Central Committee of the party of the enemies of the people” and their trial before revolutionary tribunals:
“Members of the leading bodies of the Constitutional Democrat Party, as a party of the enemies of the people, are liable to arrest and trial by revolutionary tribunal. See more
To the demonstration slogans, I advise adding:
Shame to the Right S.R.s and Chernovites, who have broken away from the peasant congress! See more
The British took Jerusalem yesterday. It's more of a romantic accomplishment than a political one.
Leo! Yesterday I was at S’s. He offered to help with selling the house. To some Pole. Regarding another subject, he says I should write you down as a candidate for some economic society. See more