3 June 1917. Viktor Chernov

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

Viktor Chernov

mansion of von Derviz, 27, Galernaya str., Petrograd, Russian Empire

As long ago as April it was established that the war was costing the state 54 million roubles every day, and that the deficit would reach 40 billion dollars by the end of the fiscal year. At the same time, we all knew that the system for levying direct taxes has long been in a state of complete paralysis, and that the country has, without prior arrangement, been practicing a silent conspiracy of non-payment of taxes and duties.

Where, then, can the money be found with which to wage war? The ever-faithful printing press has been the sole “mechanism” capable of increasing the monetary assets of the state treasury without sabotaging its duties.

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Elizaveta Naryshkina

Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

I hear that nowadays, a Russian cannot even go to a restaurant in France. All the other diners get up and leave. We are spoken of openly as a nation of traitors. England can no longer offer sanctuary to the sovereign. It is a disgrace. We are justly treated with contempt.

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Zinaida Gippius

Kislovodsk, Russian Empire

Kerensky is a real man in his rightful place. At any rate, he has the right to speak about war, to speak in favour of the war, precisely because he is opposed to war (on principle).

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Bertrand Russell with Alexander Kerensky

Leeds, United Kingdom

When the Kerensky Revolution came, a great meeting of sympathisers with it was held in Leeds. I spoke at this meeting, and Colette and her husband were at it. See more

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Georgi Plekhanov

5, Sofiysky boulevard, Tsarskoe Selo, Russian Empire

On the third day of a dispute at the pipe factory, Pravda supporters grew so embittered with their opponents that they were about to throw the Socialist Revolutionary Kapanitsky into a furnace. Then, they abandoned this humane plan for another – they decided to take Kapanitsky off in a cart and drown him in the river. Luckily, he was freed by other workers. The clash resulted in some casualties.

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Maria Feodorovna with Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna

Ai-Todor, Crimea, Russian Empire

The first truly hot day. I went to church – today is the festival of the Holy Trinity. After breakfast I set off for Miskhor and on the way there, at the narrowest point of a bend in the road, a huge vehicle packed with soldiers drove out towards us. As there was no room to pass, it almost crushed us. I was outraged to see such shameless driving. They paid not the slightest attention at what was going on around them.

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Alfred Knox

Petrograd, Russian Empire

I arrived at Кamenets-Podolsk on Sunday, June 3rd, and spent a month in the nth, 7th and 8th Armies. General Brusilov was promoted to succeed General Alexyeev as Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and left the South-West Front for his new post on June 6th, with three princes, his personal Staff. French officers considered it a fatal mistake to remove the only man who might have induced the troops to attack just as the hour tor the final effort arrived. See more

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Nicholas II

Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

It was nice weather, without any clouds in the sky. I took a walk with Alexis until 10:00. At 10:30 we began lyiass and then vespers, which lasted until 12:30. See more

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The New York Times

Washington, D.C. After efforts on its own part to ascertain whether an important message of President Wilson sent to the American Embassy in Petrograd ten days ago had been delivered, the State Department has asked the cable companies to trace this dispatch, with a view to furnishing definite information as to whether it ever reached the hands of the American Ambassador.

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