28 December 1917. Osip Mandelstam

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

Osip Mandelstam

4, Pesochnaya Street, Petrograd, Russian Republic

When on the squares and in solitary silence
We slowly go out of our minds,
Brutal winter will offer us
Cold and clear Rhine wine.

The frost offers us in a silver pail
The white wine of Valhalla,
And for us it recalls
A clear image of a northern man.

But northern skalds are rude,
Don't know the joy of the game,
And to northern troops are dear
Amber, feasts and flames.

They only dream of the southern air,
The magic of a foreign sky.
-- Nevertheless the stubborn friend
Still refuses to try.

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Moscow, Russian Republic

The latest news. Armed guards have been introduced on the banks, yesterday in Petrograd and today in Moscow; what the result of this will be, no-one can say; but the panic is felt everywhere. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archive declassified. See more

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Nikita Okunev

Moscow, Russian Republic

I haven't written anything in a while, but what is there to write? The peace treaty is not signed yet, some secrecy surrounds peace talks, and the "inner" war continues. There's nothing positive to look forward to. The Constituent Assembly has still not begun its session. See more

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Harry Kessler

Berlin, German Empire

Berliner Zeitung has published an article today headlined "The final results of Brest-Litovsk": "Peace is mainly achieved with Russia, and the treaty was signed on favorable terms for us. Separation of Poland, Lithuania, Kurland, as well as some parts of Estonia and Latvia from Russia." See more

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Amedeo Modigliani

is working on "Woman with White Coat"

Paris, France

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Alexandra Feodorovna Anna Vyrubova

Tobolsk, Russian Republic

It is bright sunshine and everything glitters with hoar frost. There are such moonlight nights, it must be ideal on the hills. But my poor unfortunates can only pace up and down the narrow yard. How I long to take Communion. See more

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Kerensky is in hiding close to Petrograd

All Russian banks are nationalized

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in Petrograd

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in Moscow