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Russia in Revolution: Being the Experiences of an Englishman in Petrograd ... Stinton Jones No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 191 - ... exerting his final efforts against us ; and already the hour draws near when, thanks to our army, in company with our Allies, the enemy will be brought to his knees. At this decisive moment of the fortunes of Russia, we find it our bounden duty to take such steps as will enable our people to attain the unity of purpose and power, indispensable for the earliest possible conquest of the enemy; and in accordance with the advice of the Imperial Duma, we abdicate from the throne of Russia, and renounce...
Page 190 - To prevent the enslavement of our country by foreign enemies we are still fighting a War which has already been proceeding for three years, and God has now seen fit to visit a still further trial on our sorely-tried Russia.
Page 245 - The crew were mustered in divisions at nine o'clock in the morning, and at six o'clock in the evening...
Page 89 - March loth (February 25th) the crowds which had remained overnight in the streets were very early joined by still larger crowds, and assumed a far more serious aspect. As soon as they formed into processions, they were continually charged by Cossacks and mounted police at full gallop, the latter using the flat of their drawn swords. Unlike the Cossacks, the police when charging made no effort whatsoever to avoid riding down the people.
Page 94 - Throughout the day Cossacks had been charging the people, but they refrained from using unnecessary violence, and in their turn were cheered by the people. It was this attitude of the Cossacks that gave the crowds a sense of security, and made them instinctively feel that strange events were about to happen. Throughout the nights of terror of the Revolution, perhaps the...
Page 115 - Close by a workman would be seen awkwardly holding an officer's sword in one hand and a bayonet in the other. One man had two revolvers, another a rifle in one hand and a tram-line cleaner in the other. A student with two rifles and a belt of machine-gun bullets round his waist was walking beside another with a bayonet tied to the end of a stick. A drunken soldier had only the barrel of a rifle remaining, the stock having been broken off in forcing an entry into some shop.
Page 190 - Fatherland makes final victory vital to us. " Our cruel enemy is exerting his final efforts against us and already the hour draws near when, thanks to our army in company with our Allies, the enemy will be brought to his knees. " At this decisive moment of the fortunes of Russia, we find it our bounden duty to take such steps as will enable our people to attain...
Page 89 - Several regiments of soldiers were impressed by the processions of the workpeople. Being in agreement with the Revolutionary Party, they decided to appoint a representative to approach the officers of the regiments. This representative endeavoured to discuss with the officers the question of assisting the people, but was shot by their order. This was the first bloodshed of the Revolution. On March loth (February...
Page 262 - As our new partners were men who had spent the best part of their lives in the mountains, and were seemingty
Page 90 - Later in the day a tremendous crowd collected in the square outside the Nikolai Station, and endeavoured to hold a meeting. Here the Head Police Officer of that particular district ordered them to disperse and then drew his revolver, but before he had time to use it he was shot dead by a Cossack. This was the first real indication that the Cossacks were in any way inclined towards...