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A travel writer's diary of journeys through northern ports and major cities during the war, combining landscape description, encounters with diverse social types, and observations on civilian life under strain. The account records voyages along Arctic coasts into an ice‑free harbour, stays in provincial estates and towns, and visits to urban salons and hospitals, while noting literary conversation, clergy and noble personages, and everyday people. Attention focuses on economic pressures such as rising prices and currency questions, shortages of alcoholic beverages, and the practical effects of mobilisation, all presented in a blend of travel anecdote and social reportage that conveys regional moods and prospects for peace.

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Title: Russia in 1916

Author: Stephen Graham

Release date: March 25, 2022 [eBook #67710]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Macmillan Company, 1917

Credits: D A Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries)

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RUSSIA IN 1916

BY
STEPHEN GRAHAM

Author of “The Way of Martha and the Way
of Mary,” “Russia and the World,” etc.

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1917