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The Empire Must Die : The Brief Flowering And Brutal Demise Of Russian Civil Society 1900-1918
Hardback Edition: 1
The Empire Must Die portrays the vivid drama of Russia's brief and exotic experiment with civil society before it was swept away by the despotism of the Communist Revolution. The window between two equally stifling autocracies - the imperial family and the communists - was
open only briefly, in the last couple of years of the 19th century until the end of WWI, by which time the revolution was in full fury. From the last years of Tolstoy until the death of the Tsar and his family, however, Russia experimented with liberalism and cultural openness.
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Pages : 576
Publisher : Public Affairs
Publication date : 2018-01-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, History