10 July 1917. Felix Yusupov

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

Felix Yusupov

the estate of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, Ai-Todor, Crimea, Russian Republic

While we were away, a court of inquiry visited regarding a complaint from Irina’s family: my mother- and father-in-law reported thefts that happened during the house-check in May. Everyone in the house was questioned separately. The Empress’ turn came. At the end of the interrogation they suggested she signs it “the former Empress”. She signed “Widow of Alexander III”.

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Sergey Prokofiev

Apartment house, 122, Fontanka embankment, Petrograd, Russian Empire

Today, as I lay sleepless in bed, I began thinking that even after death, it must be extremely unpleasant to be shut up in a coffin and buried underground. But to be cremated is also a pity—it is extremely stupid to sit there in a jar all day as a bunch of ashes. I decided to will my skeleton to a museum to be displayed there under glass. At my feet, there will be a placard that says, “My friends, I am so pleased you are here.”

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Vasily Rozanov

Petrograd, Russian Empire

A republic is simply youth, always youth, and it is limited by youth alone. It can be preserved only so long as it remains (almost physiologically) innocent, clean, fresh, and noble. As soon as these moral qualities disappear from a republic, it turns into a monarchy without fail, whether its republican form remains in place or not. See more

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Nicholas II

Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

I forgot to mention on the 26th. of June that our army broke a new gap and seized 131 officers, 7,000 men and 48 vehicles; among them there were some heavy vehicles. All the children came out in order to collect the cut grass. I took my usual walk. During the day we worked in the same place as yesterday. See more

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1916: Year in Review.

+15

in Petrograd

+20

in Moscow