Rare crudely printed "newspaper" from Russia during the Revolution...
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April 19, 1917
PRIVATE NEWS LETTER, Petrograd (St. Petersburg, Russia), April 19, 1917
* Rare Russian Revolution issue
Noted under the title is "(Translations from Russian papers)". This is a very rare "newspaper", typewriter-set on four individual sheets, reproduced on a mimeograph machine.
Keep in mind that this was near the beginning of the Russian Revolution. A few years earlier "St. Petersburg" changed its name to the more Russian "Petrograd" as the war was not going well with Germany, and Czar Nicholas II had just abdicated. This "News Letter" would seem to serve as a compilation of news reports for English-speaking people in Russia at that time.
Among the headings are "America" with American reports, including: "President Wilson is engaged on drawing up the conditions of a 'friendly agreement' which the United States will enter into with the anti-German coalition..." and much more. Other reports are from "England" "Norway" "Germany" and "Russia", the latter including in part: "...government has issued a proclamation to the people in which it says that all men who have left their regiments or who failed to appear for military service--except those who have surrendered to the enemy--will be pardoned if they return before the 15 May."
A very rare & unusual publication, measuring 8 1/2 by 13 3/4 inches, light browning, with posting holes at the very top as if meant to be kept in a binder.
* Rare Russian Revolution issue
Noted under the title is "(Translations from Russian papers)". This is a very rare "newspaper", typewriter-set on four individual sheets, reproduced on a mimeograph machine.
Keep in mind that this was near the beginning of the Russian Revolution. A few years earlier "St. Petersburg" changed its name to the more Russian "Petrograd" as the war was not going well with Germany, and Czar Nicholas II had just abdicated. This "News Letter" would seem to serve as a compilation of news reports for English-speaking people in Russia at that time.
Among the headings are "America" with American reports, including: "President Wilson is engaged on drawing up the conditions of a 'friendly agreement' which the United States will enter into with the anti-German coalition..." and much more. Other reports are from "England" "Norway" "Germany" and "Russia", the latter including in part: "...government has issued a proclamation to the people in which it says that all men who have left their regiments or who failed to appear for military service--except those who have surrendered to the enemy--will be pardoned if they return before the 15 May."
A very rare & unusual publication, measuring 8 1/2 by 13 3/4 inches, light browning, with posting holes at the very top as if meant to be kept in a binder.
Category: The 20th Century
