31 July 1917. Nicholas II

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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

Nicholas II

Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

The weather got nice, with a deep blue sky. I read a lot until dinner time. The smell of lime trees in bloom drifted in the air. During the morning I took a good walk. During the day we worked for a while to the right of the path near yesterday's place.

We chopped down four dry fir trees, but we only cut two of them up into firewood because they were rather rotten. The sun felt hot and healthy. I took a bath until tea time.

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