2 August 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

During the night a life-giving rain fell. The morning was foggy. During my walk I went with my daughters and Valya to the Arsenal, where we examined the lower floor; the upper one appeared locked. After breakfast it rained for a while. We worked, as before, sawing up two of yesterday's thick fir trees. Aftervjards we all rested. The girls received a letter from Olga, who is in the Crimea.

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