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The end of tsarist Russia the march to World War I and revolution

"'As much as anything, the First World War turned on the fate of Ukraine...' The decision to go to war in 1914 had catastrophic consequences for Russia. The result was revolution, civil war and famine in 1917-20, followed by decades of Communist rule. Dominic Lieven's powerful an...

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Main Author: Lieven, D. C. B. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, [2015]
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Russia.
World War, 1914-1918 > Causes.
World War, 1914-1918 > Influence.
Russia > History > Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Russia > Foreign relations > Germany.
Germany > Foreign relations > Russia.
Russia > Foreign relations > 1894-1917.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921 > Causes.
Table of Contents:
  • A world of empires
  • The Russian Empire
  • The decision makers
  • The emergence of the Triple Entente, 1904-9
  • Crisis follows crisis, 1909-13
  • 1914
  • The July crisis
  • War, revolution, and empire
  • Afterword.

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