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Rafael Padial, Vladimir Okhnich and 8 others

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Pablo Picasso

 Grand - Hotel "Vesuvio" 45, Partenope street, Naples, Italy

All the women in Naples are beautiful. Everything is very easy here.

Rafael Padial, Lisa Evreinoff Linker and 5 others

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Feodor Chaliapin

performs the role of the Miller in A. Dargomyzhsky's opera "The Mermaid"

 Big Hall of People's house, Petrograd, Russian Empire

Matthew Klauber, Oleg Savitskii

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Alexander Spiridovich

 Petrograd, Russian Empire

Legitimate power was gone. There is anarchy in the city. There is no other solution. We need to assume power. Rodzianko hesitates. He has already made many revolutionary moves but keeps repeating, “I do not wish to rebel.” Wavered in his conviction by heated arguments, tired, and stressed out, Rodzianko asked to give him “a quarter of an hour” to think it through calmly. See more

Rafael Padial, Vladimir Okhnich and 2 others

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Aleksandr Kerensky

 Petrograd, Russian Empire

We signed a law that permitted the publication of a first revolutionary newspaper, “The Duma Report Bulletin,” since all the city publications were on strike and the capital did not have accurate news of what was happening. I remember that, while signing it, I could not stop myself from laughing.  See more

Letitia Rydjeski, Lisa Evreinoff Linker and 5 others

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Mathilde Kschessinska

 Kshessinska mansion, Petrograd, Russian Empire

The next day it was clear that the abscess was not going to burst, and that it would be foolish to count on any lull. The situation was growing worse from hour to hour. See more

Natalia Lapotko, Lisa Evreinoff Linker and 3 others

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Nicholas II  Alexandra Feodorovna

 Mogilev, Stavka, Russian Empire

My own Treasure,

Tender thanks for your dear letter. This will be my last one. How happy I am at the thought of meeting you in two days. I had much to do & therefore my letter is short. See more

Anna Portoraro, Lori Stuart and 1 other

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Pavel Milyukov

 Shpalernaya, 47, the Tauride Palace, Petrograd, Russian Empire

By evening we already felt that we were not alone in the palace, and, furthermore, that we were no longer the palace’s masters. The Council of Workers’ Deputies – hastily convened by party organizations that had hitherto refrained from spearheading the revolution – was already assembling at the other end of the building. See more

Kate Dohrti

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Maurice Paleologue

 10, Kutuzov embankment, Petrograd, Russian Empire

At half-past eight this morning, just as I finished dressing, I heard a strange and prolonged din which seemed to come from the Alexander Bridge. I looked out: there was no one on the bridge, which usually presents such a busy scene. But, almost immediately, a disorderly mob carrying red flags appeared at the end which is on the right bank of the Neva, and a regiment came towards it from the opposite side. It looked as if there would be a violent collision, but on the contrary the two bodies coalesced. The army was fraternizing with revolt.See more

Letitia Rydjeski, Marina Daiman and 3 others

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Lili Dehn

 Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

The winter afternoon was fast drawing in, and I found the Empress alone in her boudoir. At the sight of the Empress, so tragically alone, so helpless in the midst of the signs and splendour of temporal power, I could hardly restrain my tears. Controlling myself with an effort, I tried to steady my voice: “Permit me to remain with you, Madame," I entreated. See more

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Vasily Shulgin

 Shpalernaya, 47, the Tauride Palace, Petrograd, Russian Empire

When it became evident that the government was no more, it simultaneously became apparent that it wasn’t viable to remain without a government for so much as an hour. And that the State Duma Committee, which was promptly swamped with appeals for directives, would therefore have to don Monomakh’s hat.

Rodzianko was in two minds for a long time. What would this prove to be, he kept asking – an insurrection or not?

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Carl Mannerheim

 Petrograd, Russian Empire

An elderly, venerable porter put his head round the door. Utterly shell-shocked, the old man stammered that the revolution had begun: the insurgents were on their way to arrest officers, he said, and they very keen to know the number of my room. I had to hurry. Already in my uniform and boots, I threw over my shoulders an insignia-free winter overcoat, ripped off my spurs and put on a hat worn by civilians and military men alike.

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Maxim Gorky

 23, Kronversky ave., Petrograd, Russian Empire

“The soldiers are fraternizing with the public and in general there’s a positive mood. But it's difficult to say how all this will end. See more

Marina Daiman, Anna M. Plestovic and 4 others

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Aleksandr Kerensky

 Tavrichesky Palace, rooms of the Provisional Committee, Petrograd, Russian Empire

By the end of the day, the whole of Petrograd was in the hands of the insurgent troops. The state machine had ceased to function, while certain ministry offices and government agency buildings had been occupied by the revolutionary forces. Some buildings – the Okhrana headquarters, police stations, courthouses – were set alight. By that time, we had established in the Duma a central body that would exercise control over the actions of the troops and insurgents.See more

Alexander Kerensky, Matthew Klauber and 3 others

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11 March

"The first red banner has appeared, a vile rag"

Guardsmen are shooting their commanders, and not the striking workers

"The palace is deadly quiet"

Alexandra Feodorovna with Grigori Rasputin

 Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

The sun shines so brightly and I felt such peace and tranquility next to his precious grave! He died to save us.

Sebastian Clare, Henry Molumphy and 2 others

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Olga Paley

 Tsarskoye Selo, Russian Empire

The first red banner has appeared, a vile rag.

Letitia Rydjeski, Bren Ke and 3 others

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Maxim Gorky

 23, Kronversky ave., Petrograd, Russian Empire

There are no pleasures, only profanity.

Smiljana Antonijević, Robert Rehe and 2 others

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Alexander Balk

 Petrograd, Russian Empire

At around ten o’clock, reports came from the outskirts of the city that the troops had begun to fire on the crowds.

A company of the Pavlov regiment refused to put down the disturbances, they shot at the mounted police patrol (a policeman and two horses were killed). The battalion commander, Colonel Eksten, was badly wounded in the head.

Sebastian Clare, Claire Melvin and 1 other

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Alexander Spiridovich

 333 ap., 54, Fontanka embarkment, Petrograd, Russian Empire

The palace is deadly quiet. It is unsettling. And most importantly- his Majesty is not here. It is necessary for his Majesty to return immediately from Stavka.