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The last tsar : the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs  Cover Image Book Book

The last tsar : the abdication of Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.

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"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 of new archival discoveries, The Last Tsar narrates how Nicholas's resistance to reform doomed the monarchy. Encompassing the captivating personalities of the era-the bumbling Nicholas, his spiteful wife Alexandra, the family's faith healer Rasputin-it untangles the dramatic struggle by Russia's aristocratic, military, and legislative elite to reform the monarchy. By rejecting compromise, Nicholas undermined his supporters at crucial moments. His blunders cleared the way for all-out civil war and the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. Definitive and engrossing, The Last Tsar uncovers how Nicholas II stumbled into revolution, taking his family, the Romanov dynasty, and the whole Russian Empire down with him"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781541606166 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: ix, 549 pages : map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2024.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 > Abdication.
Russia > History > Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921 > Causes.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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