25 February/10 March 1917

Revolutionaries have taken over the whole city of Petrograd. It’s hard for me to understand this. Lili tries to explain that people are suffering from the war and want it to end (we all do!). She says there are men who insist that Papa doesn’t know how to win the war and doesn’t care for the Russian people. Even the soldiers in Petrograd are turning against the tsar. This is what Aunt Ella was trying to warn Mama about.

Papa called to say he’s coming home. He reminded us again to be brave, but I’m too frightened to sleep.