Petrograd, the City of Trouble, 1914-1918
Meriel Buchanan
34 chapters · 6 h 55 min · English
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The author of this work was the daughter of the British ambassador to Russia. She was in St. Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914) from before World War I to after the Bolshevik Revolution, leaving in January 1918. Rather than a dry retelling of the history of this period, the author gives a more personal view of the events, as she lived through them. - Summary by TriciaG
Chapters
1 Foreword by Hugh Walpole 4 min 2 The Evening Review at Krassnoe 12 min 3 July 24 6 min 4 Declaration of War 9 min 5 Moscow 12 min 6 First Days at the Hospital 10 min 7 1915 10 min 8 The Second Winter 10 min 9 The Crimea 10 min 10 Summer, 1916 16 min 11 The Court 10 min 12 The Murder of Rasputin 14 min 13 The Gathering of the Storm 10 min 14 Monday, March 12 13 min 15 The Emperor's Abdication 11 min 16 The First Weeks of the Revolution 15 min 17 Spring, 1917 18 min 18 The Women of Russia 12 min 19 Bolshevik Rising of July 18 min 20 July 17 and 18 14 min 21 The Taking of the Fortress 25 min 22 The Failure of the Russian Army 8 min 23 The Coup D'Etat of Korniloff 11 min 24 A Soldier 12 min 25 Autumn, 1917 11 min 26 The Bolsheviks Strike 11 min 27 The Bolsheviks in Power 10 min 28 The Mockery of Government 14 min 29 Negotiations for Peace 21 min 30 Rule of the Red Guard 10 min 31 Anarchy 10 min 32 Last Days in Petrograd 10 min 33 The Soul of Russia 14 min 34 The Journey from Russia 13 min
