20 August 1917. Nicholas II

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

Nicholas II

Tobolsk, Russian Empire

I slept well. The rain and cold had returned. We decided to remain on the ship. Some squalls came up, but at 1 o'clock the weather cleared up. The crowd continued to build up on the pier and the nearby bank. Some had their feet almost in the water and went back inside only when it rained.

A lot of work has gone into both houses, cleaning and bringing the rooms into presentable appearance. All of us and the guards wanted to go some place farther up the river while we waited. We ate lunch at 1 o'clock and dinner at 8 o'clock. The kitchen in the house had already been fixed up, and our food was brought to us from there. All evening I went with the children around our cabins. The weather was cold, with a northwest wind.

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