Issue 3 (56)
| “IT IS ALL OVER!”: FROM THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF ALBERT STOPFORD ON SITUATION IN PETROGRAD, JULY–SEPTEMBER 1917 | |||
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| Year | 2017 | Number | 3 (56) |
| Pages | 31-40 | Type | scientific article |
| UDC | 94 (47) "1917" | BBK | 63.3 (2) 535-33 |
| Authors | Golubinov Yaroslav A. |
Topic | 1917 |
| Summary | In 1917 many foreigners from Entente powers became witnesses of tragic events in Russia. Their diaries, letters, memories of this period are extremely important, since they allow us to get a more objective picture of the processes taking place at this time in Russia. Of course, foreigners, like the residents of Russia, were biased in their assessments of what was happening, sympathized with certain political forces. The presented publication of excerpts from diary entries and letters of Brit¬ish subject Albert Stopford, who was in close contacts with members of the upper circles of the Russian Empire, vividly represents how the Russian revolution and the political and social chaos of 1917 were perceived by the British establishment. Stopford, carrying out the instructions of the British Embassy, describes a picture of the gradual collapse of the state. The main motive of Stopford’s records is uncertainty in the future due to the anticipation of bloodshed, which could happened because of the escalation of political struggle into the civil war. Unlike many other foreign observers Stopford did not intersect with the Bolsheviks, who remained for him a wild, unbridled force which was capable of finally destroying the world of old tsarist Russia. After his departure from Russia Stopford published anonymously in London the book of his diaries and letters. These records were an important milestone in the propaganda war during the years of foreign intervention and the Civil War. | ||
| Keywords | Revolution, Russia, 1917, Provisional Government, Russian imperial family, Bolsheviks, ego-documents | ||
| References |
Clarke W. M. Hidden Treasures of the Romanovs: Saving the Royal Jewels. Edinburgh, 2009. |
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