The empire must die : Russia's revolutionary collapse, 1900-1917
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New York : Public Affairs, 2017.
ISBN
9781610398312, 1610398319
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
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Published
New York : Public Affairs, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 558 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781610398312, 1610398319
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-530) and index.
Description
From Tolstoy to Lenin, from Diaghilev to Stalin, The Empire Must Die is a tragedy of operatic proportions with a cast of characters that ranges from the exotic to utterly villainous, the glamorous to the depraved. In 1912, Russia experienced a flowering of liberalism and tolerance that placed it at the forefront of the modern world: women were fighting for the right to vote in the elections for the newly empowered parliament, Russian art and culture was the envy of Europe and America, there was a vibrant free press and intellectual life. But a fatal flaw was left uncorrected: Russia's exuberant experimental moment took place atop a rotten foundation. The old imperial order, in place for three hundred years, still held the nation in thrall. Its princes, archdukes, and generals bled the country dry during the First World War and by 1917 the only consensus was that the Empire must die. Mikhail Zygar's dazzling, in-the-moment retelling of the two decades that prefigured the death of the Tsar, his family, and the entire imperial edifice is a captivating drama of what might have been versus what was subsequently seen as inevitable. A monumental piece of political theater that only Russia was capable of enacting, the fall of the Russian Empire changed the course of the twentieth century and eerily anticipated the mood of the twenty-first.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Zygarʹ, M., Hodson, T., & Buga, Y. (2017). The empire must die: Russia's revolutionary collapse, 1900-1917 (First edition.). Public Affairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zygarʹ, Mikhail, 1981-, Thomas, Hodson and Yuri, Buga. 2017. The Empire Must Die: Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900-1917. Public Affairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zygarʹ, Mikhail, 1981-, Thomas, Hodson and Yuri, Buga. The Empire Must Die: Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900-1917 Public Affairs, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Zygarʹ, Mikhail, Thomas Hodson, and Yuri Buga. The Empire Must Die: Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900-1917 First edition., Public Affairs, 2017.
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