Red Mutiny (58 page)

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On the
Potemkin's
bridge:
Ponomarev, p. 123.
While the
Potemkin: TsGAVMF, f. 920, op. 6, d. 428, p. 51.
"
The doctor's a traitor":
Kovalenko, pp. 56–57; Matyushenko, p. 308; Melnikov, p. 168.
Standing on the bridge:
Matyushenko, p. 308.

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Brothers, comrades":
Feldmann, p. 139.
Although fear gripped the crew:
Matyushenko, pp. 308–9; Melnikov, p. 26.

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How come you want to go":
Berezovsky, p. 201.
"
This is what we'll do":
Feldmann, p. 149.
The
Vekha
struck a further blow:
TsGAVMF, f. 1025, op. 2, d. 17, p. 19.
"
It appears that we're lost":
Feldmann, p. 143; Berezovsky, p. 202.

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Kovalenko could barely stand:
Kovalenko, p. 57.
across the battleship:
Lychev, p. 77.
The journey to Romania: Revolyutsionnyi bronenosets,
p. 21.
The only voice:
Feldmann, pp. 143–44.
In Odessa that evening:
Inozemtsev, pp. 87–88.

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The citizens of Odessa:
National Archives and Records Service, letter from Consul Heenan to George Meyer, American ambassador in St. Petersburg, July 4, 1905;
Chicago Daily Tribune,
July 3, 1905;
Russkoye Slovo,
June 21, 1905.
At 11
P.M.,
General Karangozov:
Inozemtsev, p. 88; TsGAVMF, f. 417, op. l, d. 3023, p. 120.
Three hours later:
Nevsky, p. 368; TsGAVMF, f. 920, op. 6, d. 428, p. 51.
He had traveled:
Vasilyev-Yuzhin, pp. 68–77.

PART III

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"
We must dare":
Vasilyev-Yuzhin, p. 76.
"
What tragic poetry":
Melnikov, p. 175.

CHAPTER 18

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On the afternoon:
Feldmann, p. 153.
Before the meeting started:
ibid., p. 144.
The committee believed:
Hitchens, pp. 1–50; Treptow, p. 319.

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Maybe they'll let us":
Berezovsky, p. 218.
"
After we get fuel":
Ponomarev, p. 130;
Revolyutsionnyi bronenosets,
pp. 21–22.
It was unanimous:
Berezovsky, pp. 208–18; Feldmann, p. 155.

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Comrades, there's a significant reason":
Berezovsky, pp. 216–18.
"
We need to let the workers":
Ponomarev, p. 131.

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In Nikolayev, a port:
Melnikov.
Chukhnin had arrived:
Belomor, pp. 176–77.
Later that same afternoon:
Platonov, p. 162; Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
p. 141.
"
I am afraid the sea":
TsGAVMF, f. 417, op. l, d. 3023, p. 67.

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Chukhnin ordered Captain Guzevich:
Belomor, p. 175.
"
The squadron has returned":
Los,
Revolyutsiya 1905–1907,
p. 373.
The governor-general:
Kardashev,
Burevestniki revolyutsii,
p. 35.
In other seaside cities:
Zebroski, p. 295.
Chukhnin was scheduled:
Nevsky, pp. 364–65; Belomor, p. 176; TsGAVMF, f. 920, op. 6, d. 428, p. 8, p. 41; Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
p. 150.
Throughout the day:
Los,
Revolyutsiya 1905–1907,
p. 373; Kardashev, "Nesostoyavshayasya Kazn"; Kardashev,
Burevestniki revolyutsii,
pp. 46–47; TsGAVMF, f. 920, op. 6, d. 428, p. 68; ibid., f. 417, op. 1, d. 3023, p. 79.

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But Chukhnin placed his faith:
Bliznyuk; Hough,
Potemkin Mutiny,
pp. 151–52.
The thirty-two-year-old:
TsGAVMF, f. 406, op. 9, d. 4969, p. 9; ibid., f. 417, op. 4, d. 3831, pp. 1–21; Chernov, p. 351
Nominal Roll,
p. 270.

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Chukhnin readily accepted:
Bliznyuk; TsGAVMF, f. 870, op. 1, d. 149, p. 154; Hough,
Potemkin Mutiny,
p. 152.
At 9:30
A.M.:
Ponomarev, pp. 291–92; Naida,
Voennyye moryaki,
p. 371.
Unknown to Baranovsky:
Selivanov,
Matros Petrov,
pp. 9–15.

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Come on, boys":
Naida,
Voennyye moryaki,
p. 372.
Early on June 15:
Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
pp. 143–46; Naida,
Voennyye moryaki,
pp. 370–72; Platonov, pp. 100–104.
Several minutes into:
Ponomarev, pp. 292–95.

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Where do you think":
Zebroski, ref 179, 181; Platonov, pp. 103–4.
A short time later:
Platonov, pp. 103–4; Ponomarev, p. 293.
During the journey:
Ponomarev, p. 296.
With no shells:
Naida,
Voennyye moryaki,
p. 366.
Less than an hour:
ibid., p. 374.

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Onshore in Odessa:
TsGAVMF, f. 920, op. 6, d. 428, p. 61.
"
Orthodox fellow believers!":
Kardashev,
Burevestniki revolyutsii,
p. 48. This bottle eventually washed ashore in the Crimea and was sent to Zubchenko's wife.
LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY:
Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
p. 126. "
To the Whole Civilized World":
ibid., p. 199; Grishin, pp. 64–66; Feldmann, pp. 157–58; Berezovsky, p. 219. The historical documents contradict one another as to whether Kirill wrote the declaration to the "Civilized World" and Feldmann to "European Monarchs" or vice versa.

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We are not pirates":
Ponomarev, p. 132.
Feldmann then stood:
Los,
Revolyutsionnaya borba,
p. 66.

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Constructed on a low promontory:
British Admiralty, pp. 168–71;
Nagel Travel Guides,
pp. 281–85.
"
A bad sign":
Kovalenko, p. 58.

CHAPTER 19

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Guard, attention!":
Berezovsky, pp. 222–24; Ponomarev, pp. 133–34; Feldmann, pp. 159–62; Bogachev, pp. 20–22.
Negru shook his head:
TsGAVMF, f. 417, op. 1, d. 3023, p. 270; Bogachev, pp. 19–20; Kovalenko, p. 58.

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Most of all":
Bogachev, p. 21; Ponomarev, p. 133; Berezovsky, p. 226. "
I have to ask":
Bogachev, p. 21; Ponomarev, p. 133.

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They want to conspire":
Berezovsky, p. 224.
"
Officer coming":
Matyushenko, p. 309; Nevsky, p. 280; Feldmann, pp. 161–62.

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After Banov skittered:
ibid., pp. 163–64.
Dusk had fallen:
Kovalenko, pp. 63–64.
"
We didn't come":
Matyushenko, p. 310.

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On the
Potemkin: Kovalenko, p. 61; Bogachev, p. 21; Berezovsky, p. 226.
In Constanza, Captain Negru:
Bogachev, pp. 19–25.

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With his sharp features:
Chernov, p. 351.
The day before:
Bliznyuk; TsGAVMF, f. 870, op. 1, d. 149, pp. 154–55.
"
Have you seen":
Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
pp. 148–49; Ponomarev, p. 292.
At first light: Times
(London), July 4, 1905;
Manchester Guardian,
July 4, 1905.

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In Odessa, Yanovich:
Bliznyuk; TsGAVMF, f. 870, op. 1, d. 149, pp. 154–55.
In the throne room:
King, G., p. 205; Abris Art Publishers, pp. 12–14. Although historical documents do not stipulate this, the author has assumed that Nicholas met the delegation in the throne room, a hall ordinarily used by Nicholas to receive official visitors at Peterhof.
Along with other monarchists:
Lyubimov, p. 277; Rawson, pp. 83–85; Manning, pp. 112–13.
But he likely paid:
Verner, p. 194.

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Anyway, his thoughts:
Romanov, N., June 20, 1905.
"
Krieger must be":
Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
p. 151.
For nearly a week: Chicago Daily Tribune,
June 30, 1905;
Times
(London), July 3, 1905;
New York Times,
July 3, 1905.
With the
Potemkin:
Parliamentary Debates,
p. 773; TsGAVMF, f. 920, op. 6, d. 428, p. 160.
Talk that the army:
Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
p. 169.
"
The
Potemkin
uprising":
Kardashev,
Burevestniki revolyutsii,
p. 50.

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Under the present conditions":
Dillon, p. 299.
"
I feel compelled":
ibid., p. 300.
Nicholas was finally learning:
Fuller, p. 160; U.S. Department of State, p. 816;
Chicago Daily Tribune,
July 4, 1905.
"
A state is only powerful":
Verner, p. 197.
"
The devil only knows":
Romanov, N., June 20, 1905.

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At 7:30
A.M.
on June 20:
Hough,
Potemkin Mutiny,
p. 205.
"
I've received instructions":
Bogachev, pp. 22–23.
"
Try to persuade":
Berezovsky, p. 227.

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Are we really":
Ponomarev, pp. 134–35.
"
How about Poti?":
Feldmann, pp. 167–70; Berezovsky, pp. 228–29.
Then Denisenko proposed:
Smith, pp. 135–37.

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We hope the Ottoman":
Berezovsky, p. 231.
"
Every country has":
Feldmann, p. 170.
"
The cause you fight for":
Kovalenko, p. 61.
When he returned:
Bogachev, p. 23.

CHAPTER 20

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Despite the offer":
Hough,
Potemkin Mutiny,
p. 196.
Chukhnin's preparations:
Kardashev, "Nesostoyavshayasya Kazn."
His spies had already learned:
Platonov, pp. 54–55.

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The crews despise you":
Belomor, p. 177.
On the deck of each ship:
ibid., p. 178.
He brought in additional troops:
Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
pp. 150–51; Melnikov, p. 171; Zebroski, pp. 367–68.
Delayed by repairs:
TsGAVMF, f. 870, op. 1, d. 149, p. 160; Hough,
Potemkin Mutiny,
pp. 205–6.

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After two fruitless days:
Platonov, pp. 118–20.
"
A regrettably shameful": Daily Telegraph,
July 5, 1905.
The foreign press offered:
The author studied the following English-language newspapers during this period, many of which carried quotations from newspapers in Germany, France, Austria, and Japan:
The Times
(London),
Manchester Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times,
and
Chicago Daily Tribune.
Furthermore, the author reviewed studies such as "French Contemporary Opinion of the Russian Revolutions of 1905," by Encarnación Alzona;
The Uncertain Crusade,
by Arthur Thompson and Robert Hart; and
Die Russische Revolution von 1905–1907 im Speigel der Deutschen Presse,
by Dr. Leo Stern, to understand the change in opinion on the sailors.

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They are practically pirates": Chicago Daily Tribune,
July 4, 1905.
The
New York Times
argued:
Thompson and Hart, p. 51.

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coming into a cage": Times
(London), July 4, 1905.
"
They were willing":
Alzona, pp. 53–54.
The Bulgarians promised:
Spector, I., p. 62.
Almost daily, President Roosevelt:
Thompson and Hart, p. 60.
"
Heretofore, I have":
Howe, p. 176.
"
We have lately": Daily Telegraph,
July 3, 1905.

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Comrades, now it's our turn":
Valk, p. 258.
In Geneva, the revolution's :
Getzler, pp. 96–106.
Lenin did write:
Lenin,
Collected Works,
vol. 8, pp. 544–46, 555.
"
One cannot overstate":
ibid., p. 572.

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Nowhere was the situation worse:
Feldmann. pp. 176–77.
The machinists and stokers:
Kovalenko, pp. 62–63; Gavrilov,
V borbe za svobodu,
p. 130; Berezovsky, p. 237; Feldmann, pp. 172–78.
Standing on the bridge:
Matyushenko, p. 310.

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Like Kovalenko:
Kovalenko, p. 63.
"
What do you think":
Vilensky, pp. 36–38.

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Before the sun set:
Feldmann, p. 178.

CHAPTER 21

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At 8
A.M.
on June 22:
Hough,
Potemkin Mutiny,
pp. 174–75.
Located on the southern Crimean:
Curtis, p. 217; Ascherson, pp. 16–18, 95–96; King, C., pp. 84–86, 92, 115–17, 162;
Black Sea Coast,
pp. 98–100; Fisher, pp. 64–93;
Handbook for Travellers,
pp. 395–96.

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The crew lowered a launch:
Berezovsky, pp. 239–44.

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the duty of every citizen":
Feldmann, p. 180.
Then Matyushenko stood:
Popov.
"
Gentlemen, please have mercy":
Berezovsky, p. 248.

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On his return: Revolyutsionnyi bronenosets,
p. 49.
"
Don't disgrace Theodosia":
Nevsky, p. 266.
As soon as the battleship:
TsGAVMF, f. 920, op. 6, d. 428, pp. 112–18.
Volkov ordered the garrison:
Popov.
"
Having just returned": Revolyutsionnyi bronenosets,
p. 49.

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Although Pleshkov and the police chief:
Popov; Nevsky, p. 266.
"
I was summoned":
ibid.
At his headquarters:
ibid.
Under the glare:
Feldmann, p. 182.