Zygar Mikhail
Zygar Mikhail - The Empire Must Die Russia's Revolutionary Collapse 1900 - 1917 - Hardcover
Zygar Mikhail - The Empire Must Die Russia's Revolutionary Collapse 1900 - 1917 - Hardcover
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Description: 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. In Europe the Ballet Russe was the height of chic. Novelists and playwrights blossomed political ideas were swapped in coffee houses and St Petersburg felt briefly like Vienna or Paris. The state however couldn't tolerate such experimentation against the backdrop of a catastrophic war and a failing economy. The autocrats moved in and the liberals were overwhelmed. This story seems to have strangely prescient echoes of the present.
Title: The Empire Must Die Russia's Revolutionary Collapse 1900 - 1917
Author(s): Zygar Mikhail
Publisher: Publicaffairs U. S.
Barcode: 9781610398312
Pages: 608 Pages
Publication Date: 11/7/2017
Category: Russian Revolution
Description: 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. In Europe the Ballet Russe was the height of chic. Novelists and playwrights blossomed political ideas were swapped in coffee houses and St Petersburg felt briefly like Vienna or Paris. The state however couldn't tolerate such experimentation against the backdrop of a catastrophic war and a failing economy. The autocrats moved in and the liberals were overwhelmed. This story seems to have strangely prescient echoes of the present.
Title: The Empire Must Die Russia's Revolutionary Collapse 1900 - 1917
Author(s): Zygar Mikhail
Publisher: Publicaffairs U. S.
Barcode: 9781610398312
Pages: 608 Pages
Publication Date: 11/7/2017
Category: Russian Revolution
