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Meriel Buchanan (1886 - 1959) was British memorialist. The daughter of the last British Ambassador to Imperial Russia, she wrote a number of articles and books about her experiences during that time, most notably: Recollections of imperial Russia (1919) and Ambassador's daughter (1958).Although several books have been written about Russia and the Revolution in its time period, few of them are illuminating. One of them that does really send some gleams of light through the mist is Miss Meriel Buchanan's Petrograd, the City of Trouble, 1914-1918. The writer is the daughter of the late British Ambassador in Russia. She was in the capital all through the war and the Revolution till the beginning of its last year, having opportunities for seeing all sorts of people, from the Emperor and his Consort to street-loafers and policemen, and keeping a calm, clear, untroubled, and yet sympathetic English eye upon everything. She gives us the atmosphere of that huge, bewildered, fate-stricken capital, that fair Northern giantess spellbound and helpless in the coils of an unholy wizardry, better than any other writer of these times. Even if her judgment of men and events may be erroneous the book would be worth reading for the singular charm of its descriptive passages. Miss Buchanan's word-painting is exquisite, and her pictures of the Kremlin, and the Crimea, and of Petrograd in the rose and gold of its summer pageantry, or lying white and still under the thin blue wintry sky, linger on the memory. She writes well of Russia and the Russians, for she loves them, and moves us to pity and sorrow for the great, simple, helpless people, preyed upon by surely the shabbiest and most ignoble gang of miscreants whom the frothy waves of revolution ever drifted out of the underworld.This book of Miss Buchanan's is the first attempt of any writer in any language to give to the world a sense of the atmosphere of Russia under the shock and terror of those world-shaking events. Miss Buchanan has placed us all under a very real and serious debt. She has also done Russia a noble service. ContentsI. THE EVENING REVIEW AT KRASSNOEII. JULY 24III. DECLARATION OF WARIV. MOSCOWV. FIRST DAYS AT THE HOSPITALVI. 1915VII. THE SECOND WINTERVIII. THE CRIMEAIX. SUMMER, 1916X. THE COURTXI. THE MURDER. OF RASPUTINXII. THE GATHERING OF THE STORMXIII. MONDAY, MARCH 12XIV. THE EMPEROR'S ABDICATIONXV. THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE REVOLUTIONXVI. SPRING, 1917XVII. THE WOMEN OF RUSSIAXVIII. BOLSHEVIK RISING OF JULYXIX. JULY 17 AND 18XX. THE TAKING OF THE FORTRESSXXI. THE FAILURE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMYXXII. THE COUP D'ETAT OF KORNILOFFXXIII. A SOLDIERXXIV. AUTUMN, 1917XXV. THE BOLSHEVIKS STRIKEXXVI. THE BOLSHEVIKS IN POWERXXVII. THE MOCKERY OF GOVERNMENTXXVIII. NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACEXXIX. RULE OF THE RED GUARDXXX. ANARCHYXXXI. EAST DAYS IN PETROGRADXXXII. THE SOUL OF RUSSIAXXXIII. THE JOURNEY FROM RUSSIA

Excerpt from Petrograd: The City Trouble, 1914-1918It has been one of the characteristics of the Russian Revolution - perhaps of every revolution - that the spectators of its evolution have named every fresh development a climax. Looking back now through the events in Russia during 1917, one sees the abdication of the Tsar, the revolt of Korniloff, the Bolshevik coup d'etat as successive climaxes; but none of them as, in any sense, an ultimate climax. Although one is now a year and a half from that first wonderful day in March when the Cossacks lined the Nevsky and reassured the people who pressed against their horses that they would not shoot on their "brothers," the perspective is still not clear, and the day is still too soon for the authority of history.There is, however, one thing that may be done, and I believe that I am speaking without any exaggeration when I say that this book of Miss Buchanan's is the first attempt of any writer in any language to give to the world a sense of the atmosphere of Russia under the shock and terror of those world-shaking events.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

It has been one of the characteristics of the Russian Revolution perhaps of every Revolution that the spectators of its evolution have named every fresh development a climax. Looking back now through the events in Russia during 1917, one sees the abdication of the Czar, the revolt of Korniloff, theB olshevik coup dS tat as successive climaxes, but none of them as, in any sense, an ultimate climax; although one is now a year and a half from that first wonderful day in March when the Cossacks lined theN evski and reassured the people who pressed against their horses that they would not shoot on their brothers, the perspective is still not clear and the day is still too soon for the authority of history. There is, however, one thing that may be done, and I believe that I am speaking without any exaggeration when I say that this book of Miss Buchanan sis the first attempt of any writer in any language to give to the world a sense of the atmosphere of Russia under the shock and terror of those world-shaking events.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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