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Swann, Herbert, Home on the Neva: A Life of a British Family in Tsarist St Petersburg, and After the Revolution, London: Gollancz, 1968.
Thurstan, Violetta, Field Hospital and Flying Column, Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium and Russia, London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1915.
—— The People Who Run, Being the Tragedy of the Refugees in Russia, London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916.
Tyrkova-Williams, Ariadna, From Liberty to Brest-Litovsk, London: Macmillan & Co., 1919.
—— Cheerful Giver: The Life of Harold Williams, London: P. Davies, 1935.
Walpole, Hugh, The Secret City, Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1997 [1919].
Wilcox, E. H., Russia’s Ruin, New York: Scribner’s, 1919.
Williams, Harold, Russia of the Russians, London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1920.
Windt, Harry de, Russia as I Know It, London: Chapman & Hall, 1917.
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Newspaper & magazine articles
‘The Anglo-Russian Hospital’, British Journal of Nursing, 9 October 1915, 293–4.
Barnes, Harper, ‘Russian Rhapsody: A Small City North of Moscow Opens a Museum to Honor a Former St Louis Mayor’, St Louis Post-Dispatch, 24 August 1997.
Birkmyre, Robert, ‘The Anglo-Russian Bureau in Petrograd’, Review of Reviews, 55, 1917, 262–3.
‘Bolsheviki at Russia’s Throat’, Literary Digest, 55, October–December 1917, 9–11.
Britannia [formerly The Suffragette], June–November 1917.
Bullard, Arthur, ‘The Russian Revolution in a Police Station’, Harper’s Magazine, CXXXVI, 1918, 335–40.
Chatterjee, Choi, ‘Odds and Ends of the Russian Revolution, 1917–1920’, Journal of Women’s History 20:4, Winter 2008, 10–33.
Colton, Ethan, ‘With the YMCA in Revolutionary Russia’, Russian Review, 2: XXIV, April 1955, 128–39.
Corse, Frederick, ‘An American’s Escape from Russia. Parleying with the Reds and the Whites’, The World’s Work, 36:5, 1918, 553–60.
Cross, Antony, ‘Forgotten British Places in Petrograd’, Europa Orientalis, 5:1, 2004, 135–47.
Feist, Joe Michael, ‘Railways and Politics: The Russian Diary of George Gibbs 1917’, Wisconsin Magazine of History, 62:3, Spring 1979, 178–99.
Hunter, T. Murray, ‘Sir George Bury and the Russian Revolution’, Rapports annuels de la Société historique du Canada, 44:1, 1965, 58–70.
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Karpovich, M., ‘The Russian Revolution of 1917’, Journal of Modern History, 2:2, 1930, 258–80.
‘Lady Georgina Buchanan’, obituary, The Times, 26 April 1922.
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Mason, Gregory, ‘Russia’s Refugees’, Outlook, 112, 19 January 1916, 141–4.
Mohrenschildt, Dimitri von, ‘The Early American Observers of the Russian Revolution’, Russian Review 3(1), Autumn 1943, 64–74.
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Sokoloff, Jean, ‘The Dissolution of Petrograd’, Atlantic Monthly, 128, 1921, 843–50.
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Index
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A
Academy of Art, Petrograd, 142
accommodation shortages, 30, 40–1, 115
Admiralty Gardens, Petrograd, 72
African Americans, 9, 14, 334
alcohol, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 23, 44, 113–14, 127, 130, 190, 211, 212, 216, 252, 261, 299, 310–13, 326
Alexander II, 190
Alexander III, 64, 229
Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Petrograd, 126, 226
Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, 22, 136, 201, 232–3, 334
Alexandra Feodorovna, 18, 19–20, 41, 69, 115, 136, 201, 233, 247, 334
Alexandra, Queen, 32, 321
Alexandrinsky Theatre, Petrograd, 15, 59, 261, 262
Alexandrovsky Military Academy Petrograd, 298
Alexey Nikolaevich, Tsarevich, 69, 115, 136, 233
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 118
All Russian Congress of Soviets, 206, 276, 285, 305
American Church, Petrograd, 75
American Colony Hospital, Petrograd, 327
American International Corporation, 275
anarchists, 47, 161, 169, 170, 175, 176, 192, 209, 211, 212, 229, 240, 281
Andrews, Louisette, 116
Anet, Claude, 63, 66–7, 79, 80, 88, 126, 135, 136, 139, 140, 145, 148, 154, 157, 164, 173, 247
Anglican Church, Petrograd, 3, 31, 246, 328
Anglo-Russian Hospital, Petrograd, 32–7, 56, 67, 74–5, 96–7, 111, 141, 189, 191, 199, 212–13, 252, 327–8
Anglo-Russian Propaganda Bureau, 19, 190
Anichkov Bridge, Petrograd, 33, 67, 73–4
anneksiya, 176
anti-Semitism, 9, 63
Arbenina, Stella (Baroness Meyedorff), 78, 79
Archangel, Russia, 320, 327
Armour, Norman, 38–40, 80, 118, 190
Army and Navy Hall, Petrograd, 198
‘Around the World in Wartime’, 196
Arsenal, Petrograd, 49, 89, 122
Artillery Department, Petrograd, 87
Ashenden (Maugham), 252
Associated Press, 29, 141–2, 165
Astor family, 12, 16
Astoria, see Hotel Astoria
Astrakhan, Russia, 44
astrakhan hats, 39, 278
atheism, 159
Aurora, 286, 288
Austria-Hungary, 3, 5, 7, 69
Axelbank, Hermann, 333
B
bacon, 44, 203, 204
Baku, Azerbaijan, 331
Bakunin, Mikhail Alexandrovich, 166
balalaika, 35, 316
Balfour, Arthur, 303
ballet, 4, 14, 15, 20, 40, 143, 163, 252, 287, 291
Baltic fleet, see under Russian Navy
Baltic Station, Petrograd, 286
Baring, John, 2nd Baron Revelstoke, 42
baseball, 205
Bastille, Paris, 103, 133
Bathurst family, 7
Battle of Mons (1914), 29
Battle of the Somme (1916), 29
Battle of Verdun (1916), 27, 29
‘bayonetocracy’, 306
Beatty, Bessie, 191, 193, 196, 197, 214–15, 216, 218, 227, 233, 235, 238, 240, 241, 242, 254, 262, 281, 287, 288, 295, 296, 297, 305, 309, 310, 315–16, 330
Beatty, Warren, 331
Belarus, 69, 135, 136, 200, 233
Belgium, 196, 211, 267–8
Bell syndicate, 254
Beloostrov, Petrograd, 258
Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, Petrograd, 33, 327 see also Anglo-Russian Hospital
Beringer, Guy, 29
Berkman, Alexander, 258
Bicycle Battalion, 86
Blanqui, Louis Auguste, 166
Bliss, Clinton A., 171
Blood-Stained Russia (Thompson), 86, 198, 332
Bloody Sunday (1905), 40, 51, 55, 124, 270
Bochkareva, Maria, 193–201, 202, 250, 282
Bologoe, Russia, 135
Bolsheviks, 11, 47, 101, 161–6, 168, 174–5, 192, 200, 206, 207–11, 215, 218, 220–5, 230, 238, 240, 241, 243–4, 245, 249, 250, 252, 258–9, 260, 263–5, 269–76, 277–300, 302–23, 325–34
Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky), 35, 177, 261
Boris Vladimirovich, Grand Duke, 79
Boston Red Sox, 205
Boston Sunday Globe, 332
bourgeoisie, 125, 137, 169, 171, 173, 179, 180, 206, 208, 211, 238, 247–9, 274, 313
Bowerman, Elsie, 131
bread, bread protests, 1, 18–19, 27, 43–5, 48, 50–1, 52–60, 61–4, 69, 72, 130, 180, 188, 202, 230, 235
Brest-Litovsk Treaty (1918), 309, 314, 325
bribery, 115, 120, 204, 248, 321
bridge (game), 6, 11
Brisac, Auguste, 2
Britain, British embassy, 2–8, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 22, 31–43, 45, 48, 56, 58, 68, 77–8, 84–5, 87, 94–5, 99, 107–9, 118–19, 136, 140, 150–1, 157, 161, 163–4, 168, 172, 178–9, 181, 187–90, 210–11, 216–21, 240–1, 243, 245–7, 250–3, 264–6, 271–4, 280–2, 291–4, 299, 302, 310–17, 319–22, 324–8
1910 Buchanan becomes ambassador to Russia, 5
1916 opening of Anglo-Russian Hospital, 33; Buchanan visits Tsar at Tsarskoe Selo, 22
1917 New Year diplomatic reception at Catherine Palace, 38–40; Allied conference in Petrograd, 40–3; Buchanan visits Pokrovsky, 107–8; Buchanan refuses Freedericksz family refuge, 118; recognition of Russian Provisional Government, 150–1; Labour Party representatives visit Petrograd, 168; Henderson sent to Petrograd, 178–9; Pankhurst visits Petrograd, 183, 187–90, 191, 197–8, 201–2, 227–8; British Colony Hospital offers refuge to expat community, 241; expats begin fleeing Petrograd, 246–7; Maugham sent to Petrograd for SIS, 251–2, 272–3; Buchanans prepare to leave Petrograd, 282; Knox negotiates with Bolsheviks over Women’s Battalion, 294; cadets smuggled out of Petrograd, 299; Trotsky refuse exit permits for expats, 302; assassination threats against Buchanan, 303; Christmas celebrations; farewell for Buchanans, 316–17; Buchanans leave Petrograd, 321–2, 324–5
1918 closure of Anglo-Russian Hospital, 327; Red Guards raid embassy; diplomats arrested, 325
Britannia, 188
British Armoured Car Division, 327
British Colony Hospital, Petrograd, 7–8, 33, 241, 327
British Foreign Office, 43, 122, 265
British Propaganda Bureau, Petrograd, 19, 190, 252
British Russian Luncheon Club, 201
Brocard, Henri, 2
Brooke, Lord, see Greville, Francis
Bruce, Henry James, 108, 291
Brusilov, Aleksey Alekseevich, 193
Bryant, Louise, 253–4, 257–61, 262, 270, 272, 283, 288, 290, 316, 330, 331
Buchanan, Sir Andrew, 6
Buchanan, Sir George, 5–7, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 22, 33, 38–9, 41, 43, 45, 68, 77–8, 84–5, 107, 118, 140, 143, 150–1, 161, 164, 178–9, 190, 210, 217, 221, 239, 240–1, 246, 252, 265, 266, 273, 274, 281–2, 299, 303, 312, 314, 316–17, 321–2, 324, 325
Buchanan, Lady Georgina, 5, 7–8, 31, 32–6, 107, 118, 161, 179, 199, 210, 216, 219, 220–1, 241, 293, 312, 324, 327
Buchanan, Meriel, 5, 8, 31, 32, 40, 41, 84, 99, 106, 142, 156, 163, 210, 216, 220, 241, 281–2, 292, 307, 311, 312, 317, 320–1, 324–5
de Buisseret, Conrad, 211
Bukovina, 230
Bullard, Arthur, 10
Bullitt, William, 331
Bury, George, 111, 124–6
C
Cadet Corps, 122
cadets, see under Committee for Salvation of Country and Revolution
Café de la Grave, Petrograd, 59
Café de Paris, Petrograd, 40
Café Donon, Petrograd, 18, 60, 203
Café Empire, Petrograd, 204
California, United States, 337
Canada, 37
Cantacuzène-Speransky, Julia (Julia Dent Grant), 12, 169, 228–9, 247, 293, 303
Cantacuzène-Speransky, Prince Mikhail, 12, 169
Caspian Sea, 44
de Castelnau, see Édouard, Noël
Catherine II the Great, 88, 100, 141, 234, 311
Catherine Hall, Tauride Palace, 100, 124, 125, 127
Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, 38
Caucasus, 182, 226, 241
caviar, 14, 17, 28, 40, 203
censorship, 58–9, 124, 139, 143–4, 250, 330
Central Post Office, Petrograd, 286, 291
Central Telegraph Office, Petrograd, 286
Central Telephone Exchange, Petrograd, 286, 296
Chaadaev, Petr, 47
Chadbourn, Esther, 106–7
Chadbourn, Philip, 44, 70, 74–5, 76, 103–4, 106–7, 134–5
Chaliapin, Feodor, 35, 238, 261
de Chambrun, Charles, 38–40, 55, 60, 79, 157, 177
champagne, 15, 17, 18, 23, 113, 261
Chaplin, Charlie, 261
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 16
Che-Ka (Chrezvychainaya Komissiya), 305–6
Chekhov, Anton, 251
cherkeska, 38
Chernov, Viktor 180
Chicago Tribune, 315
children
arming of, 90–1, 95–6
killing of, 68, 73
poverty, 32, 56
China, 144, 157
cholera, 203
Chopin, Frédéric, 155
Christian Science Monitor, 329
Christian, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein, 35
Christianity, 3, 31, 126, 145, 155, 158–9, 160, 166–7, 225–6, 237, 254, 322, 328
Christmas, 21, 22, 45, 264, 313, 315–17, 319
Church of the Resurrection, Petrograd, 166
cigarettes, 101, 111–12, 143, 214, 284
Cinematograph, 261
Circassians, 226
Circular Hall, Tauride Palace, 125
Cirque Moderne, Petrograd, 278
Clare, Rev. Joseph, 75–6, 99
Clerk, George, 42
Cleveland, Grover, 9
Coats of Paisley, 2
coffee, 11, 44, 203, 234
Committee for Salvation of Country and Revolution, 296–9, 301
Congregational Church, Petrograd, 75
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 174, 176, 267
Constituent Assembly, 138–9, 237, 262, 264, 296, 306
Constitutional Democrats, 209, 262
Contant’s restaurant, Petrograd, 18, 28, 312
corsets, 260
Cossacks, 38, 43, 45, 48, 51–2, 55–9, 62–6, 70–80, 86, 123, 130, 136, 159, 216–19, 225, 239, 282, 286, 292, 295, 296, 300
Cotton, Dorothy, 57, 74
Council of People’s Commissars, 294
de Cram, Matilda, 12–13, 303–4
Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky), 28
Crimea, 136
Crimean War (1853–6), 80
Cromie, Francis, 325
Crosley, Pauline, 180, 209, 212, 229, 243–4, 245, 247, 248, 290–1, 293, 313, 314, 322, 327
Crosley, Walter, 212, 245, 274, 291
Cross of St George, 194, 196
‘Czar, Revolution, Bolsheviks’ (Rogers), 334
D
Dailey, Arthur, 9
Daily Chronicle, 29, 145, 182, 330
Daily Mail, 29, 94, 181, 331
Daily Mirror, 88
Daily News, 29, 52, 54, 263
Daily Telegraph, 29
Darkest Siberia (Kennon), 28
Dearing, Fred, 14, 18
Death of Ivan t
he Terrible (Alexey Tolstoy), 261
Decree on Land (1917), 305, 308
Democratic Congress (1917), 262–6, 270
Democratic Party (US), 8
Destrée, Jules, 267–8
Diamandi, Constantine, 322
Diaz, Porfirio, 39
disease, 31, 115, 151, 202–3, 230, 235, 236, 331
Dissolution of an Empire (Meriel Buchanan), 325
District Court, Petrograd, 84, 87–8, 89, 92, 104, 134
Dmitri Pavlovich, Grand Duke, 20, 33, 37, 96, 327
Don Quixote, 15
Don region, Russia, 217, 295
Dorr, Rheta Childe, 182–3, 192, 196, 198, 210, 226, 227, 228, 230, 333
Dosch-Fleurot, Arno, 27–30, 52, 54, 58, 60, 68, 78, 85, 91, 100, 140, 162, 170, 171, 175, 177, 213, 240, 244, 250, 254, 270–1, 329
Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 28, 93
Doumergue, Gaston, 42
Dowager Empress, see Maria Feodorovna
Dracula (Stoker), 35
droshkies, 31, 55, 84, 171, 214, 220, 279–80, 288, 314
Duma, 11, 45, 51, 59, 75, 80–1, 84, 94, 99–102, 122–8, 130, 135, 137–9, 148, 149, 194, 229, 305, 313
Dvinsk, Latvia, 182, 221
dysentery, 115, 203, 230
E
Eastman Company, 46
Édouard, Noël, Vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, 42
Edward VII, 321
Egerton Hubbard & Co., 2
Eisenstein, Sergey, 289, 331
Ekaterinburg, Russia, 232
Ekaterininsky Canal, Petrograd, 71, 85, 287, 289
electricity, 8, 16, 38, 62, 108, 115–16, 119, 142, 261, 268, 281, 286, 313, 321
Elisabeth ‘Ella’, Grand Duchess, 33
Elizabeth, Empress, 283
emigration, 247–8
Engelhardt, Boris, 125
Engineer Battalion, 86
English Church, Petrograd, 3, 31, 246, 328
English Club, Petrograd, 312
English Embankment, Petrograd, 3, 18
English language, 3, 38
English Shop, Petrograd, 2, 5
Estonia, 328
Evening Mail, 182
Everybody’s Magazine, 92, 164–5
Evgeniy Onegin (Tchaikovsky), 40
Executive Committee of Duma, 101, 105, 122, 125–8, 130
F
Fairbanks, Douglas, 261
Falconet, Étienne Maurice, 141, 320
faraony, 52, 58, 62, 63, 65, 66, 68, 72, 77, 78, 97
Farson, Negley, 4, 7, 17, 18, 94, 147, 160, 163, 164, 176
Farwell, Mildred, 315
February Revolution, 46–60, 61–81, 82–105, 106–21, 122–33, 134–51, 152–9, 188, 196, 207, 212, 214, 219, 223, 253, 270, 308, 332
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