Kostyaev Eduard V. RussiaSaratovYuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, 77 Politekhnicheskaya St., Saratov 410054, RussiaProfessor at the Department of «History and Culturology»Doctor of Historyedikost@bk.ruhttps://www.sstu.ru/teachers/6220-kostyaev_eduard_valentinovich.html Author's articles The protection of A. N. Potresov and his adherents of their position con-cerning the First World War in August, 1917