The Russian Turmoil: Memoirs

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THE RUSSIAN TURMOIL

[Illustration: The Stavka Quartermaster-General's Branch. Standing on the pathway, from left to right (centre): Generals Denikin (Chief of Staff), Alexeiev (Supreme C.-in-C.), Josephovitch and Markov (first and second Quartermasters-General).]

THE RUSSIAN TURMOIL

Memoirs: Military, Social, and Political

by

GENERAL A. I. DENIKIN

With 27 Illustrations, Diagrams and Maps

London: Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row

CONTENTS

PAGE

FOREWORD 11

CHAPTER I.

THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE OLD POWER: FAITH, THE CZAR, AND THE MOTHER COUNTRY 13

CHAPTER II.

THE ARMY 23

CHAPTER III.

THE OLD ARMY AND THE EMPEROR 33

CHAPTER IV.

THE REVOLUTION IN PETROGRAD 40

CHAPTER V.

THE REVOLUTION AND THE IMPERIAL FAMILY 48

CHAPTER VI.

THE REVOLUTION AND THE ARMY 57

CHAPTER VII.

IMPRESSIONS OF PETROGRAD AT THE END OF MARCH, 1917 66

CHAPTER VIII.

THE STAVKA: ITS RÔLE AND POSITION 72

CHAPTER IX.

GENERAL MARKOV 79

CHAPTER X.

THE POWER--THE DUMA--THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT--THE HIGH COMMAND--THE SOVIET OF WORKMEN'S AND SOLDIERS' DELEGATES 84

CHAPTER XI.

THE BOLSHEVIK STRUGGLE FOR POWER--THE POWER OF THE ARMY AND THE IDEA OF A DICTATORSHIP 96

CHAPTER XII.

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT--INTERNAL POLITICS, CIVIL ADMINISTRATION--THE TOWN, THE VILLAGE, AND THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM 106

CHAPTER XIII.

THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT: FOOD SUPPLIES, INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT, AND FINANCE 116

CHAPTER XIV.

THE STRATEGICAL POSITION OF THE RUSSIAN FRONT 127

CHAPTER XV.

THE QUESTION OF THE ADVANCE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY 138

CHAPTER XVI.

MILITARY REFORMS--THE GENERALS--THE DISMISSAL FROM THE HIGH COMMAND 146

CHAPTER XVII.

"DEMOCRATISATION OF THE ARMY"--ADMINISTRATION, SERVICE AND ROUTINE 153

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE SOLDIER AND COMMITTEES 159

CHAPTER XIX.

THE DEMOCRATISATION OF THE ARMY: THE COMMISSARS 168

CHAPTER XX.

THE DEMOCRATISATION OF THE ARMY--THE STORY OF "THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE SOLDIER" 174

CHAPTER XXI.

THE PRESS AND PROPAGANDA 189

CHAPTER XXII.

THE CONDITION OF THE ARMY AT THE JULY ADVANCE 209

CHAPTER XXIII.

OFFICERS' ORGANISATIONS 229

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE REVOLUTION AND THE COSSACKS 239

CHAPTER XXV.

NATIONAL UNITS 248

CHAPTER XXVI.

MAY AND THE BEGINNING OF JUNE IN THE SPHERE OF MILITARY ADMINISTRATION--THE RESIGNATION OF GUTCHKOV AND GENERAL ALEXEIEV--MY DEPARTURE FROM THE STAVKA--THE ADMINISTRATION OF KERENSKY AND GENERAL BRUSSILOV 255

CHAPTER XXVII.

MY TERM AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ON THE WESTERN RUSSIAN FRONT 264

CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE SUMMER OF 1917--THE DÉBÂCLE 271

CHAPTER XXIX.

THE CONFERENCE AT THE STAVKA OF MINISTERS AND COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF ON JULY 16TH 281

CHAPTER XXX.

GENERAL KORNILOV 297

CHAPTER XXXI.

MY SERVICE AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRONT--THE MOSCOW CONFERENCE--THE FALL OF RIGA 308

CHAPTER XXXII.

GENERAL KORNILOV'S MOVEMENT AND ITS REPERCUSSION ON THE SOUTH-WEST FRONT 318

CHAPTER XXXIII.

IN BERDICHEV GAOL--THE TRANSFER OF THE "BERDICHEV GROUP" OF PRISONERS TO BYKHOV 329

CHAPTER XXXIV.