title: The Russian Revolution in the Correspondence of Swiss Diplomats
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metadata.value: Chernyavskii, Stanislav I.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:35:59Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:35:59Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-09
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metadata.value: Chernyavskiy S. I. The Russian Revolution in the Correspondence of Swiss Diplomats. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 3, pp. 783–798.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.308
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/14915
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Epistolary heritage of diplomats is an invaluable historical source providing information, fascinating
  and vivid personal memoirs, but dry reports to the country’s leadership about the
  events taking place in the host country are of special interest. Examining activity of foreign
  diplomats in Russia, it’s necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the concrete epoch.
  Two revolutions in Russia — in February and October 1917 — not only destroyed the mighty
  Russian empire, but also became the catalyst for the elimination of the German, Austro-Hungarian
  and Ottoman empires. The correspondence of Swiss diplomats is of great interest to a
  historian because this small neutral country was, actually, a cradle for some generations of
  revolutionaries who had grown up there and came back to Russia in 1917. The diplomats in
  their correspondence impressively depicted the situation in Russia during the hard year. However,
  the value of their correspondence is not only in this picture. Circumstances made them
  seek ways of reconciliation between enemies. It was very important for the Swiss leadership
  to understand whether rebellious Russia could resist Germany, and whether it was ready for
  a separate truce. The article analyzes the activity of the diplomats with regard to this aspect.
  In the tragic context of emerging of a new world, diplomats were at the frontline between two
  opposing sides. The correspondence sheds light on the course of diplomatic confrontation. It
  is not the diplomats who are to blame for the disruption in the Russian-Swiss relations. The article
  is based on the archival documents of the Russian and Swiss Ministries of Foreign Affairs.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mission in Petrograd
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Robert Grimm
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the October Revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Russian mission in Berne
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Russian Revolution in the Correspondence of Swiss Diplomats
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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