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Former People: The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith (Hardcover, 2012)
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Epic in scope, intimate in detail, heartbreaking in its human drama, Former People is the first book to recount the history of the nobility caught up the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin's Russia. It is a book filled with chilling tales of looted palaces, burning estates, of desperate flights in the night from marauding bands of thugs and Red Army soldiers, of imprisonment, exile, and execution. It is the story of how a centuries'-old elite famous for its glittering wealth, its service to the empire, its promotion of the arts and culture, was dispossessed and destroyed along with the rest of old Russia. Drawing on the private archives of two great families - the Sheremetovs and the Golitsyns - it is also a story of survival and accommodation, of how many of the tsarist ruling class, so-called 'former people', managed to find a place for themselves and their families in the hostile world of the Soviet Union. It reveals, too, how even at the darkest depths of the terror, daily life went on - men and women fell in love, children were born, friends gathered. Ultimately, Former People is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139780230749061
eBay Product ID (ePID)128809295
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Book TitleFormer People: the Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy
AuthorDouglas Smith
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width162mm
Item Weight853g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDouglas Smith
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 05 Jun, 2022
Good book
If you like history this is a very informative book. Not always a easy read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
