Abstract
Iosif Ilyin’s War Diary (19141916). This diary, written by a Russian artillery officer , begins on the day of the Russian mobilization order. For two and a half years, Iosif Ilyin, who was wounded right at the beginning of WWI, described the war horror , the situation in the rear of the country , not only in SaintPetersburg, Moscow, Penza, Kiev and other provincial towns, but also in the family estate near Simbirsk . Notwithstanding a deep love for his homeland, he makes very interesting comments about the lack of organization in the army, the backwardness of the Russian people and the general bribery and corruption all around the country. His descriptions of the countryside are lyrical and very well put. In other words, this diary is of great historical and literary interest.
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