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The shadow of the winter palace : Russia's drift to revolution, 1825-1917
- Title
- The shadow of the winter palace : Russia's drift to revolution, 1825-1917 / Edward Crankshaw.
- Author
- Crankshaw, Edward.
- Publication
- New York : Viking Press, 1976.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DK189.C66 1976 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 429 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- This history of Russia under the last four Tsars describes how the seeds of revolution culminated in the November revolution.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [409]-415.
- Contents
- A moment of history -- The doomed conspiracy -- The autocratic inheritance -- The state of the empire -- The growth of the mind -- The imperial mission -- The slow drift to disaster -- The Crimean fiasco -- The new tsar -- Revolution from above -- Limits of tolerance and vision -- Peace abroad; prosperity at home -- Aspects of self-love -- "How great is Russia!" -- The impact of terror -- The peace of the graveyard -- New wine in very old bottles -- Nicholas and Alexandra -- Defeat in Asia -- "Impossible to live thus any longer" -- Stolypin and the thirteenth hour -- The end.
- ISBN
- 0670637823
- 9780670637829
- 0306809400
- 9780306809408
- LCCN
- 76010636
- OCLC
- ocm02151080
- 2151080
- SCSB-151559
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library