25 July 1917. Inessa Armand

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

Inessa Armand

Moscow, Russian Empire

On our front blood is being spilled again, again they are mutilating our husbands and brothers in the name of capitalists' and landowners' interests. Contrary to the wishes of the people, contrary to the wishes of our soldiers, our troops are being thrown into an offensive.

The current war was not started in the name of people’s interests, neither the peasants nor the workers needed it, it could only bring new suffering to all of them, only new hunger, only new hardships.

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Igor Stravinsky Serge Diaghilev

Diableler, Switzerland

I am absolutely broke!! I would be most grateful if you could see your way to sending me those 300 francs you still owe me. See more

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Alexander Blok

57, Ofitserskaya street, Petrograd, Russian Empire

Again I see no future because this accursed war is dragging out, again the air is heavy with it. Much confuses me, that is to say, I am unable to comprehend it.

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Elizaveta Naryshkina

Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

Terrible news from the front: the army has melted away completely. In the very heat of battle soldiers begin to question whether their officers are really worth following, often resulting in their taking off and leaving their comrades in greater danger. See more

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Alexander Zamaraev

Totma, Vologodskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

A northern wind and rain. The situation with the army is far from good. The soldiers, thoughtless and blind, are leaving the front in their thousands. Nevertheless there are some, who have conscience and understanding, who are dying in their thousands. See more

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Ilya Ehrenburg

Petrograd, Russian Empire

In the Vyborg quarter they curse the “bourgeois”, on Nevsky the “Bolsheviks”. On a tram an old man declared:

- It’s the yids, I say kill them... See more

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Nicholas II

Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

The day was windy and cold — only 10 degrees. I took a short walk with all my daughters. During the day we worked as before. We chopped down four trees. We all thought and talked about the forthcoming journey; it seems strange to leave here after four months of seclusion.

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Provisional Government

Petrograd, Russian Empire

Recently we have observed numerous instances of publication of military information in periodicals, the disclosure of which had a detrimental effect on the course of military action, and sometimes directly helped the enemy. In light of this, the Provisional Government, fully realizing its duty to the motherland, considers it necessary to quickly establish new rules of military censorship.

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