Revolution!: A 1917 Russia Game (Gameplay Thread)

[It's Perro Sanxe wot won it]

17th March 1917

Znamya truda

Article by Viktor Chernov

Comrades! At long last, the loathed Tsarist regime has fallen before our eyes and a new dawn awaits us! The dark forces of imperialism and oppression have been crushed, their remains to be substituted by land and freedom, which are the creed of the Socialist Revolutionary. It is of vital importance that the new government listens to the demands of the people and redistributes the land according to their needs. For this reason, I will return to Petrograd at the earliest possible date to ensure that this endeavour is fulfilled.

While the aims of the SR policy are clear and the whole party stands behind them, the final decision must be taken by a Constituent Assembly, to be elected in short time by all Russians in universal, secret suffrage. This body shall decide this matter, along with the future of Russia as a free nation, united in fraternal socialism! We call on the leaders of the Duma and the members of the Soviet in Petrograd to make this possible.

Furthermore, while the reactionaries have been defeated for now, we must not let our guard down. The Revolution has been triumphant, but it is still vulnerable to attacks from the defenders of the old order, who seek to enslave Russia once more. For that reason, I am asking every soldier, peasant and worker to join the SRs in order to create a mass organization; one that is ready to safeguard our newfound liberties from any threat, wherever it may come from!

Through struggle you will attain your rights!

[It's Perro Sanxe wot won it]

20th March 1917

The Manchester Grauniad

Article by Viktor Chernov

As Russia stands at a crossroads, I, Viktor Chernov, find myself still in exile, faraway from my beloved homeland and its people. In a decision that freedom-cherishing people everywhere struggle to understand, the Home Office has chosen to keep me here, even deporting me to France as soon as this week! I am not an agitator, I am a proven servant of the masses, dedicated to the honorable cause espoused by the new leaders of our nation, who have swept away the blatant excesses of the old Tsarist tyranny.

That I am being held against my will is absolutely intolerable, for my only wish is to help establish the new, fairer Russia that is being built as I write these words. I plead to the British government, allow me to go at once so I can join my fellow comrades! Prime Minister David Lloyd George, you know what I’m talking about! You have courageously implemented many bold reforms in the benefit of the forgotten classes that populate the British isles. I am a man of your kind. Make your Home Secretary see reason, in the name of a democratic Russia!