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Smolny Institute the Heart of the Russian Revolution
Louise Bryant recounts Smolny Institute as Bolshevik nerve center in Petrograd. She details its transformation from deserted barracks to a bustling hub of hunger, debate, and radical leadership, with Trotzky and other figures guiding daily life, guard routines, and endless meetings. Street violence and espionage punctuate a vivid eye witness view.
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Smolny Institute
Xivv
Petrograd
Smolny
Russia
Tavaritchie
America
Trotzky
Wollental
Spirodonova
Kaminoff
Volodarysky
Lenine
Boine
Tovatitchi
Fontanka
Peasants’ Congress
Thera
Revolutionary Committee
Lazarimov
VE Antonoff
Krylenko
Dubienko
Bolshevik Party
Rabotchi Poet
Isvestia
Duma
Committee On
Schraeder
Peter and Paul
Europe
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Kerensky
Babushka
Winter Palace
Caucasus
Mademoiselle
Constantine
Marble Palace
Bureau of Labor
Gogol Street
St. Isaacs Square
Cronstadt
Astoria Hotel
Junkers
Morskaya
Angletieire Hotel
Tage
The
Nevsky
Axentiel