A Bulgarian postcard of Red Army soldiers at rest, with rifles stacked, and reading newspapers or leaflets.
Reverse:Чървено-армейци на цочивкаСерия В., 3/13Red Army at restSeries B., 3/13
"According to information received from Russia, the offensive in Galicia has given rise to great indignation among the Russian people. In all major towns crowds of people are assembling in protest against the mass slaughters of Russia's sons. Anger at the British, who are considered by everyone to be responsible for prolonging the horrors of war, is steadily growing. Kerensky is quite openly being called a traitor to his country. In Moscow, where the cossacks have been sent to control the outraged populace, there have been mass demonstrations. The present situation cannot last much longer. Russkoye Slovo reports that in the last few days the state of siege in Petrograd has grown worse. In the last few weeks a large number of extreme left-wing socialists have been arrested. The paper reports that the extreme left-wing leaders have had to leave Petrograd and go far inland."
Article published in Tovarishch, 'a subversive weekly published for Russian soldiers by the German staff in Vilna,' quoted by Alexander Kerensky in his Russia and History's Turning Point. Then-Russian War Minister Kerensky was at the front as his Galicia offensive faltered. The article was dated July 16 (July 3 Old Style), the same day Kerensky read it, and the same day violent demonstrations against the pro-war government broke out in Petrograd. Although some left-wing soldiers and workers — including some Bolsheviks — were prepared to seize power, Bolsheviks leader Vladimir Lenin was not. One hundred or more people were killed, and the threatened government turned on the Bolsheviks in the coming days, with many of them arrested, some killed, and others, including Lenin, going into hiding. Kerensky found the foresight of the article suspicious. Russkoye Slovo is Russian Word.
Russia and History's Turning Point by Alexander Kerensky, page 290, copyright © 1965 by Alexander Kerensky, publisher: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, publication date: 1965
1917-07-16, 1917, July, Kerensky, Red Army soldiers reading
