We have heard that you want war and to support our dear allies [sic] England. Well, you can support them yourselves. Go into the trenches and fight. You are using our money to take out loans, but we will pay. You are bad defenders for us. Down with war, give us peace. Down with Miliukov. Our 753rd Regiment is standing now in reserve but we won't go back down into the trenches any more. However, it is necessary to replace our comrades, regiments 754 [and] 755, so send Miliukov Guchkov Brusilov Kornilov Gurko Rodzianko

Conservative politicians and military leaders (see individual names in the glossary for biographical details).

and the factory owners, but regiments 753 and 756 aren't going to take their dear comrades' places in the trenches because the blood is ours and the money is ours but the words are yours. Give us peace. A soldier's word is true. Whoever wants war should go into the trenches and fight for the good of England, but we don't need anyone else's good, we've got enough of our own.