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CHAPTER 1 Birds in the battle zone--the terrain along the Szara--the Russian army's positions "humiliating"--"which places are dearest to us?"--Sanya's heroic deed--dawn behind the Torczyc Heights--the Firebird's feather |
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CHAPTER 2 The officers of Lieutenant Colonel Boyer's battery--the lateral observation post--the observer's log--preparing to fire--Sanya's enthusiasm--he puts in a plea for Blagodarev--present weakness of the Grenadier Corps--its reputation in eclipse--Sanya no longer recognizes himself--our contribution to the march of history |
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CHAPTER 3 In the officers' dugout--Ensign Chernega--bureaucracy and trench warfare--scrutiny of orders--argument about the Jews |
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CHAPTER 4 Arseni Blagodarev reports--his hopes for leave--Chernega needles him--history of the village of Kamenka--Sanya's anxiety--under cover of darkness--Cheverdin dead |
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CHAPTER 5 Father Severyan despondent--grace declined--what are we to the Old Believers?--Feast of the Trinity in the church at Rogozhskoye--destruction of the Old Believers--for what reason?--Christians divided--is the Church never guilty?--where Sanya parted company with Tolstoy--is Tolstoy really a Christian?--morality and humility--secrets of existence rejected--impotence |
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CHAPTER 6 The forgotten confession--what if you don't forgive?--the priest and the war--nature of war--dilemma: peace and evil--war not the greatest of evils--one faith does not exclude others |
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CHAPTER 7 (Origins of the Kadets) How did the schism begin?--why were the terrorists in such a hurry?--terror as an assertion of righteousness--liberalism's left deviation--difficulty of the middle line--original orientation of the Russian zemstvo--how it differed from Western local governmental institutions--Aleksandr III puts the brake on--self-limitation in the conduct of state affairs?--Nikolai II and "groundless dreams"--the idee fixe: hold back evolution--Shipov's interprovincial conference in 1902--the government's flat refusal--differentiation of zemstvo groups--formation of the League of Liberation--its program and tactics--against autocracy all means are valid!--Shipov's outlook--models from old Russia: not self-interest but truth in social relationships--institutional relationships of "state" and "land"--Pleve sidelines Shipov--rejoicing of the liberals after Pleve's assassination--Svyatopolk-Mirsky's program--the Zemstvo Congress in November 1904--Shipov's thoughts on the structure of organs of representation--schisms in the Zemstvo Congress--twilight of the banqueting campaign--the Emperor refuses, Svyatopolk-Mirsky resigns--decree of 3 March 1905, the regime backs down--unions, unions, unions: overheating the situation--Milyukov to the fore--simulation of revolution--"remove the robber gang"--conference in the Dolgorukovs' palace approves use of violence--boycott of consultative Duma--the Kadet Party--declaration of left-wing solidarity--Milyukov's reply to the Manifesto of 30 October--I will call up the river of Hell--Kadets refuse to join Witte's cabinet--Shipov on the Kadets--Guchkov on the Kadets--the Emperor's waverings--mood of the First Duma at its opening--V. Maklakov's belated insight--Kadets impatient: down with the government!--Muromstev--implacable hostility between the First Duma and the government--Shipov's advice on Kadet participation in government--the Duma appeals to the people on land reform--Goremykin's efforts to dissolve the Duma--the Duma locked out-- the Vyborg debate--the Vyborg appeal |
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CHAPTER 8 A bouquet of roses--awaiting her mysterious admirer--Alina's marriage--ups and downs of her husband's career--his morale collapses, emotions atrophy--Alina's liberation, her meteoric rise in wartime Moscow--the "flying concert" group--Alina's friendship with Susanna Korzner--Alina's life could have taken such a different turn--self-denial, Moscow style--the Korzner's circle: their dinner parties--hopelessness of the government--"show them the fist!" |
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CHAPTER 9 Susanna's isolation in the concert party--she and Alina share Confidences--scenes from the anti-German riot of 1915--the people: a show of self-respect or indiscipline?--the volcano may erupt at any time--a euphemism for persecution of the the Jews shiver--don't let yourself be treated as an inferior being--Jews the victims of spy mania--proud of her people--why she went on concert tours |
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CHAPTER 10 (A glance at the newspapers) |
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CHAPTER 11 How should Alina celebrate her birthday?--her husband will be there!--preparations--the first moments--so tired, and all your own fault!--domestic joys, domestic cares--a dark cloud: Georgi only passing through--truce--Alina feels her affection is unrequited--an evening at Muma's--Susanna's advice |
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CHAPTER 12 Vorotnytsev dedicated to his regiment--purified by life at the front--the wrong war--the fatherland more important than the soldier's trade--at one with the men in the ranks--for all these sacrifices what shall we give in return?--a war that surpasses all limits--"make peace!"--they had their chances--and the Tsar?--the Tsar reviews his troops--who manages Russia?--suffocating miasma of rumors and calumnies--rumor of a separate peace--act now, go and see for yourself!--Guchkov's letter to General Alekseev--a conspiracy everybody knows about?--catapulted |
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CHAPTER 13 The Journey--what did it all feel like before the war?--through Moscow--the explosion on the Empress Maria--trying to understand the home front--can't take it all in--the "Zemstvo hussars"--the Unions of Zemstvos and Towns--Gerber's revelations--tied down by his telegram--across Moscow in a handsom cab--Moscow so familiar, so different--away again tomorrow?--how to tell Alina?--through the Kremlin--along Ostozhenka Street--first minutes at home--can't get through to her--Moscow bells ring for evening service--the party--talk of Rasputin--as seen from the front line--Susanna |
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CHAPTER 14 Alina sees him off--admonition at the station--his traveling companion on the chaotic state of the economy--you read the papers, don't you?--the illustrated press and the imperial family--Germans in the service of the throne--townsfolk run the village--treason? rubbish--was the supply of shells mismanaged?--realities of war in Romania--black marketeers on the home front--universal dishonesty--everything's going to pieces--waiting for the war to end--his companion misses nothing--a signatory of the Vyborg appeal--on good locomotive engineers--who can he be? |
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CHAPTER 15 (From the notebooks of Fyodor Kovynev) |
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CHAPTER 16 Kovynev's work style--requirements of his editors and of the reading public--Zina Altanskaya criticizes--he plans to write The Quiet Don--what prevents an author from writing?--Kovynev observes Vorotyntsev--remembering the Vyborg appeal--the First Duma--Filipp Mironov--Kovynev shuttles between the Don and Petersburg--Tambov: a confession |
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CHAPTER 17 Tambov in Kovynev's life--meets Zina on the embankment--vacillations, regrets--their letters--so bold for a girl of her age!--no taming her--tea in the twilight--Zina's arabesques--the child--a life absurdly wasted, her strength exhausted--fresh flights of fancy--Fedya's view of marriage--she summons him to the back of beyond, Kirsanov--best not to go? no, go!--they meet in Tambov--headlong into space |
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CHAPTER 18 Childhood of the Vorotyntsevs, brother and sister--Nanny Polya, her stories, her ways--Vera's life in Petersburg--correspondence with her brother--areas of reticence--couples compared--at the station to meet her brother--invitation from Shingarev |
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CHAPTER 19 (Society, the government, and the Tsar in 1915) 1914: universal patriotism, and the Kadets--the Kadets' long-term calculations--Unions of Zemstvos and Towns: arbitrary decisions, lack of financial discipline--maneuvers around prohibition- condemnation of the Bolshevik group in the Duma--Kadet loyalty unrewarded--the war is going badly--Milyukov's caution--the May retreat, end of the truce with the government--Goremykin: an old fur coat out of mothballs--unsuccessful attempt to form a "government of unity"--character of Krivoshein--his position in society--his reluctance to accept the premiership--Kokovtsov replaced--the cabinet reshuffled--tension in the cabinet--Krivoshein purges the government, spring 1915--June conference of the Kadets: their new slogan "a government enjoying the confidence of society"--the leaders try to cool down the hotheads--who is to blame for the retreat?--the Duma deputies assemble--congresses of the Unions and the "price inflation" congress--Yanushkevich as Chief the General Staff--decree on administration of the army in the field--its effects during the retreat--Polivanov: "the fatherland is in danger"--the ministers ask for a Council of War--ministers' grievances against GHQ--the Grand Duke's popularity reinforced--opening of the Duma, 1 August: antigovernment feeling runs high--the Industrial Congress--establishment of War Industry Committees, taken over by Guchkov--their commissioning role--"dissolve the Duma"--the question of category 2 militia--situation in the theater of war--refugees--Yanushkevich blames the Jews for Russian defeats--the West curtails financial aid--ultimatum on the Jewish problem--the government considers lifting residence restrictions on Jews--Polivanov describes the military situation as hopeless--he divulges the Emperor's intention to assume the Supreme Command--the ministers perturbed--Krivoshein breaks ranks with Goremykin--the Emperor's private resolve--Nikolai Nikolaevich exceeds his authority--the Empress' recommendation--the Grand Duke accepts dismissal--the retreat continues--the workers suspect treason--Samarin: dissuade the Tsar from this disastrous step!--rumors of a compromise--Krivoshein proposes a placatory rescript--Rodzyanko intervenes--the ministers discuss alternative texts--can concessions really improve matters?--the Grand Duke in a hurry to go--evacuate Petrograd and Kiev?--the chaos of evacuation--the government up in the air--disturbances in Moscow and Ivanovo-Voznesensk--impotence of the Minister of the Interior--Petrograd society living it up--the excesses of the press--either give in to "society" or assert authority--Ryabushinsky publishes a plan for a new government--Krivoshein: a bureaucrat but not anathematized--the plan to create a Duma majority--formation of the Progressive Bloc--discussion of a program--a "government of trust"?--choosing a Prime Minister--Krivoshein again reluctant--his chances ruined by his support of Polivanov and Guchkov--provocative resolutions of the Moscow Duma--the change of Supreme Commander: storm in the Council of Ministers--Krivoshein contemplates an ultimatum--the dissident ministers close ranks--cabinet meeting of 2 September--the Empress reinforces the Emperor's resolve--he stands up to the ministers--in a good mood after his victory--turbulence in the Council of Ministers, 3 September--resignation of the eight--opening of the Special Conference--the Emperor leaves for GHQ--proclamation from the Progressive Bloc--conciliatory behavior of ministers toward the Bloc--suspend the Duma?--Krivoshein withdraws into the shadows--analysis of the Bolc's program--ministers meet the leaders of the Bloc--not a program, but seats in government--dissolve the Duma peremptorily or try to reach an understanding?--too late for Goremykin to change--Samarin's separate stance--new anxieties for the Empress--Goremykin's character--Goremykin at Mogilev, the Emperor's decisions--turbulent cabinet meeting, 15 September--how to curb the Congresses of the Unions?--paucity of government forces in Moscow--pressure on Goremykin futile--Kiev about to be surrendered!--decree of 16 September dissolves the Duma--leaders of the Bloc discuss tactics--hurried Congresses of the Unions--the Empress on the Congresses and on Guchkov--strike of Moscow workers--the Kadets regret their failure to reach an understanding with the government--legend of the Black Bloc--opening of the Congresses--deputations to the Tsar: the "loyal addresses"--workers seek admission to the Congress of Towns--no explosion, it's quieted down--the Empress calls on the Emperor to punish the ministers and the Synod--the Tsar's reprimand to the ministers--Krivoshein's missed chances--dismissal of Samarin and Shcherbatov--Krivoshein resigns--should the Emperor receive deputations from the Congresses?--his refusal--a lost opportunity to make peace?--a warning goes unnoticed |
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CHAPTER 20 Evening in wartime Petrogard--a close look at a sister--Deputy Shingarev: his residence and lifestyle--his reminiscences of country life--Novozhivotinnove--Shingarev's career--Dumas past and present: Vorotyntsev remembers nothing about knows nothing--work for the people's welfare, but how?--partial demobilization?--our duty to the Allies?--if only the hearts of those on high burned for the people!--Kadets resigned to revolution--the French analogy--legend of the Sibyl |
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CHAPTER 21 Vorotyntsev in Kadet company--verbal maelstrom--the Shingarev family--Vorotyntsev odd man out--victory through freedom or coercion?--down with the government!--dizzying spin of the carousel--Zemgor: a hitch--the worse, the better!--Vorotyn sev explodes--Shingarev's meetings with Stolypin--better than parliamentary wrangling?--Professor Andozerskaya |
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CHAPTER 22 Tell your story and shed the burden--the war in Romania--what they want to hear from him--the regular army decimated--pigheaded tyranny of General Sandetsky--incompetent commanders--East Prussia: one defeat after another--these generals are mass murderers--the Carpathian venture--the 1915 retreat--Brusilov's success spurious--sporadic setbacks--war as work--glimpses of combat--the village of Radzanovov--human sacrifice--"forward, boys!"--the officer tied hand and foot--the Kargopol Dragoon Regiment attacks by night--the heavier the casualities, the greater the glory--the undecorated--gas attack on our own lines--the morale of Novozhivotinnoye--happy to be taken prisoner--but the liberals demand victory!--what were you thinking of during the war with Japan?--the Russian soldier and Russia's war aims--suffer patiently, or is it time to wake up?--even Russia should know where to stop!--you feel these wounds like your own--call a halt to the war?--how the Russian soldier sees his officers--the army has ceased to exist--"the company's gone, nothing matters now"--am I still an officer, or just a murderer?--peace, call it what you like |
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CHAPTER 23 Vorotyntsev relaxes--Obodovsky's questions--and Vorotyntsev's to him--hasty conference of Kadet leaders--discussion of artillery--revolutionary and creator?--1905: Irkutsk boils over--military service and General Lastochkin--Whoever beats Russia beats me!--fight without hatred of the enemy?--must take advantage of this evening |
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CHAPTER 24 Nusya Obodovskaya--a woman's marriage is her fate--how her life took shape over the years--Obodovsky's ardors--Nusya sits on the dynamite--Obodovsky in Siberian jails--a concert at Pavlovsk--revolutionary activity easier for the gentry--an emigre,but still serving Russia--homecoming, with forebodings |
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CHAPTER 25 Andozerskaya's thoughts on women--she finds the colonel's audacity infectious--the caned schoolboys and social conscience--has every nation its predispositions?--republican government--some characteristics--minority? majority?--prohibitions of a free society--autocracy, the favorite foe--does "unlimited power" have limits?--characteristics of monarchy as compared with republican government--Vorotyntsev left behind by the discussion--what sort of formula is "God's anointed"?--defects of the republic--is the law infalliable?--IT HAS BEGUN! |
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CHAPTER 26 Anxiously awaiting the messenger--memories from the beginning of the century--1905--1906--a roof over the people--choices made in the name of progress--we expect and hope for catastrophe--Engineer Dmitriev arrives--rumors circulating since early autumn--the atmosphere on the Vyborg side--the melee of 30 October--mutiny of the 181 st Regiment--the police repulsed |
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CHAPTER 27 Russia's regional diversity--Vorotyntsev too happy to sleep--a morning telephone call--rushing to see her--Olda Orestovna's study--Vorotyntsev receives a medal--conflicting feelings--convicted of "Kadetism"--more about republics--the secret of monarchy--the monarchist's code--Kostroma, our native province--a professor's lot--walking in the wind--on the swing |
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CHAPTER 28 All is lost: or found!--Vrubel's "Pan"--anniversaries of Dostoevsky's death--literary taste of a man who knows what he likes--different every time--rambling argument--Vorotyntsev ready to be persuaded--trying to understand the Tsar--the throne needs just one push--where the Tsar must take the blame--firm hand to the rescue! |
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CHAPTER 29 What, if anything, has happened in the past six days?--Alina wants him home!--he had never known himself--fusion--a walk to Kemenny Ostrov--Olda's interrogation--which are more difficult: political or personal decisions? |
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CHAPTER 30 Never enough competent people--mining engineer Obodovsky receives the ordnance designers--workers at the Obukhov factory refuse to do overtime--the socialist calendar and Russian productivity--accepted practice in the West, tyranny here--transformation of Guchkov's committees--how strikes are brought about in Russia--and in the West?--the working class? I'll tell them what's what! |
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