18 April 1917. Winston Churchill

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

Winston Churchill

London, United Kingdom

Surely to no nation has Fate been more malignant than to Russia. Her ship went down in sight of port. She had actually weathered the storm when all was cast away. Every sacrifice had been made; the toil was achieved. Despair and Treachery usurped command at the very moment when the task was done. The long retreats were ended; the munition famine was broken; arms were pouring in; stronger, larger, better equipped armies guarded the immense front; the depots overflowed with sturdy men. Alexeieff directed the Army and Koltchak the Fleet. Moreover, no difficult action was now required: to remain in presence: to lean with heavy weight upon the far-stretched Teutonic line: to hold without exceptional activity the weakened hostile forces on her front: in a word, to endure—that was all that stood between Russia and the fruits of general victory.

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Ivan Bunin

Restaurant and hotel «Medved'» 27, Bol'shaya Konyushennaya str., Petrograd, Russian Empire

I am staying at "The Bear," the room is 12 rubles, but is rather comfortable, with a bathtub. Oh, how little comfort I have experienced in life and how pleasant it is!

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Pol'yana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Diligently read the newspapers. Everything is terrifying, there is always something menacing. And the war, and the hunger.

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Zinaida Gippius

Petrograd, Russian Empire

Here is Lenin... The meeting was pompous, with projectors. But...he came through Germany. The Germans collected a whole bunch of these mischievous Trishkas, gave them a whole train, sealed it (so that the spirit did not drift to German soil) and sent to us: here, collect. See more

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Rurik Ivnev

Lahtinskaya street, Petrograd, Russian Empire

There is nothing baser than humankind. It is the most disgusting and horrible of living creatures inhabiting the earth, because humans combine consciousness, of which animals are deprived, with simian nastiness. Really, "nasty monkeys”—one can’t think of a better name for people.

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Nikolai Berdyaev

Bol'shoy Vlasyevskiy Lane, 4, Moscow, Russian Empire

Revolution is the great revealer, and it revealed only what has been hiding in the depths of Russia. The modes of old regime contained the manifestations of many Russian traits, brought them within enforced limits. The fall of these decrepit modes resulted in a Russian man becoming completely unbridled and appearing naked. The evil spirits that Gogol saw in their stasis, broke free and are having an orgy. See more

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Alexander Kerensky

Petrograd, Russian Empire

Russian democracy is presently the lord over Russian land. We have decided to stop, once and for all, all attempts at imperialism and seizure in our country, for we, Russian democrats, don't want anyone's enslavement, don't want any seizures; we serve the idea of freedom, equality, and fraternity of all people.

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Alphonse Mucha

is working on a painting called "Libusha"

25, Thunovska st., Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire

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Pablo Picasso

Grand - Hotel "Vesuvio" 45, Partenope street, Naples, Italy

Brothel — via Tomaselli, 140... Girls of Naples have four hands.

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Maurice Paleologue

10, Kutuzova embankment, Petrograd, Russian Empire

This morning Miliukov gleefully remarked to me:

"Lenin was a hopeless failure with the Soviet yesterday. He argued the pacifist cause so heatedly, and with such effrontery and lack of tact, that he was compelled to stop and leave the room amidst a storm of booing. He will never survive it.." See more

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Nicholas II

Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

During the night it rained; almost all of the snow has disappeared. The day became overcast and cool. I slept poorly and got up late. During the morning I took a walk. During the day I worked for a while with Alexis and the staff on both bridges. We did not see too many people near us as there was very much water. Till dinner I read from lây books, and in the evening I read aloud to Tatiana.

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