10 August 1917. Grigory Trubetskoy

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

Grigory Trubetskoy

Mogilev, Russian Empire

I met General Kornilov after his appointment as Supreme Commander in Chief. My general impression of Kornilov is as follows: he is, first and foremost, a soldier, and he doesn't understand a great deal when it comes to complex political questions.

During our failure at Tarnopol, General Kornilov decided to carry out executions despite the abolition of the death penalty, and nevertheless it was he, the man who actually introduced the punishment, who was offered the post of Supreme Commander in Chief.

This promotion created and strengthened in his consciousness the idea that it is not observing the letter of the law, but carrying out his duty, even if it is very severe, which will be justified and approved.

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Lavr Kornilov

I am a soldier and a democrat; they look at me from both the right and the left, but my convictions mean that I couldn’t side with those whose aim it is to restore the monarchy, nor could I join the leftist organisations which, while putting freedom before all else, cannot simultaneously provide order.

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Maxim Gorky

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People have been sending me nooses, images of axes, chopping blocks and hundreds of expletives—and this is in the year of my fiftieth birthday. I have served Russian culture for 25 years! Does this kill me, does it depress me? Well, no, not really, but I will not hide, I’m afraid, that it irritates me. I’d rather they didn’t.

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Alexander Blok

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Nicholas II

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9 August

Bolsheviks are becoming more and more popular

"Lunacharskys, Trotskys, Lenins abound, Soviets, ministries, crises. And so many idiots!"

"Provisional Government decided to transport the Royal family. Destination is kept in a secret."

1916: Year in Review.

Map of the Royal dynasties of Europe

Romanovs dangerous liaisons

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in Petrograd

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in Moscow