Today I was going through the attic in my house and I found this old trunk with the name Alexi Iavok painted on the side. When I opened up the trunk I found several pages written by Russian peasant living in St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolution. This man was there to experience the March Revolution, the attacks in Petrograd, and the beginning of War Communism by the Bolsheviks. I was amazed by all of the things he lived through and what he experienced, and how lucky I was to find these. I got them checked out and found out they were authentic and the entries were from the years 1917-1922. I was so astonished by the fact that these letters have been just sitting up in my attic for years. Come to think about it, my Grandfather loved collecting
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All of those women who participated in the riot were extremely brave. I can’t believe they had an impression on the entire government and all the people of the town.
As I kept digging through the truck, I found several more letters about events, and they were in order. The next series of letters talked about when Nicholas abdicated on March 15th, 1917. This was a pretty big feat for the start of a revolution and it should be interesting to read about it from someone who was living there at the time.
March 12th, 1917
The Duma have officially declared a provisional government to try and restore peace and order in the town. No one is listening to Nicholas anymore and the people want him out of power. This is all because of a simple but powerful march by the women of the town. With the provisional government in place, now we can tell that Nicholas is losing power and something is about to happen.
March 14th 1917
I can feel it, Nicholas is so close to being done. We’re going to drive him straight out of power soon. There are more uprisings because of him, and the Duma are having trouble dealing with
All of those women who participated in the riot were extremely brave. I can’t believe they had an impression on the entire government and all the people of the town.
As I kept digging through the truck, I found several more letters about events, and they were in order. The next series of letters talked about when Nicholas abdicated on March 15th, 1917. This was a pretty big feat for the start of a revolution and it should be interesting to read about it from someone who was living there at the time.
March 12th, 1917
The Duma have officially declared a provisional government to try and restore peace and order in the town. No one is listening to Nicholas anymore and the people want him out of power. This is all because of a simple but powerful march by the women of the town. With the provisional government in place, now we can tell that Nicholas is losing power and something is about to happen.
March 14th 1917
I can feel it, Nicholas is so close to being done. We’re going to drive him straight out of power soon. There are more uprisings because of him, and the Duma are having trouble dealing with