23 December 1917. Serge Diaghilev

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

Serge Diaghilev

Madrid, Spain

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Feodor Chaliapin

Petrograd, Russian Republic

I keep reading about the civil war in the South, and if even half of it is true - it is absolutely horrible. All the situation is terrible and I'm so sick of it!

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Bertrand Russell

London, United Kingdom

The materialistic conception of history is all very well, but some care for the higher things of civilization is a relief. The Bolsheviks are sometimes said to have done great things for art, but I could not discover that they had done more than preserve something of what existed before.

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Alfred Knox

Petrograd, Russian Republic

Lunching with some friends one day, I was given some excellent Madeira, and noticed that the bottle came from the Imperial cellar. My hostess’s little boy of five, while playing in the Alexandrovski garden with his nurse, had found two bottles in the snow.

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Nicholas Roerich

is working on «Bay»

Izvara estate, Russian Republic

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Grand Duchess Anastasia Anna Vyrubova

Tobolsk, Russian Republic

My darling and dear: Thank you tenderly for your little gift. It was so nice to have it, reminding me especially of you. We remember and speak of you often, and in our prayers, we are always together. The little dog you gave is always with us and is very nice. We have arranged our rooms comfortably and all four live together. See more

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George Buchanan

4, Dvortsovaya embankment, Petrograd, Russian Republic (British Embassy)

Roudneff, the Mayor of Moscow, Goltz, who belongs to the left wing of the social revolutionaries, and the Mayor of Petrograd, sent me a message the other day saying that they wanted to see me and suggesting that I should meet them in the Summer Garden so as not to attract attention. See more

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22 December

Preventative censorship for newspapers and martial law introduced in Moscow

Peace talks begin between Germany and Russia

Former Empress writes to Anna Vyrubova

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in Petrograd

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in Moscow