10 October 1917. Anatoliy Lunacharskiy

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

Anatoliy Lunacharskiy

Petrograd, Russian Republic

My dearest Nyurochka!
I am simply ready to cry! First, on the tram, they took that little red wallet from Veve away from me—a memory of you.

Then, they stole the pen you gave me (now I have another one, a present from Dmitry Ilyich), and yesterday, they even stole my wonderful watch, the one that always made everybody jealous!
Today, I bought a new one. And you know how much it cost? 120 rubles!! And it’s not a jot better than the one I had. And that one only cost 45 franks!

It is especially eerie to me that things are leaving my hands one after the other that have connected me with you. It is inexpressibly sad. But nothing will ever be capable of weakening my tenderness for you, not by a hair. More than ever, I think about you, I love you, and I speak about you with an admiration that I must say attracts a bit of friendly mockery from the people around me.

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