The last tsar the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs
"When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas's life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that doomed the Romanovs-it was poor leadership and a blinkered faith in autocracy. Based on a trove o...
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New York :
Basic Books,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Note on Dates and Names
- Preface
- Part I : Road to Destruction
- Chapter 1 : Nicholas II : Autocracy, Family, Religion
- Chapter 2 : Russia Enters the War
- Chapter 3 : Parting Ways
- Chapter 4 : The Bullet That Killed Rasputin
- Part II : Abdications
- Chapter 5 : Revolution Erupts in Petrograd
- Chapter 6 : Suppressing the Revolution
- Chapter 7 : Imperial Train and Information Blockade
- Chapter 8 : To the Pskov Station
- Chapter 9 : Responsible Ministry
- Chapter 10 : Abdication
- Chapter 11 : A Fateful Change of Mind
- Chapter 12 : Mikhail's Renunciation of the Throne
- Chapter 13 : Arrests and Reunion
- Epilogue.
