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Black Night, White Snow Harrison E. Salisbury

Black Night, White Snow By Harrison E. Salisbury

Black Night, White Snow by Harrison E. Salisbury


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Black Night, White Snow: Russian Revolution, 1905-17 by Harrison E. Salisbury

}The destruction of the Czars which brought about the reign of revolutions from 19051917 in Russia looms as the crucial political event of the twentieth century. In little more than a decade the Romanov dynasty was toppled, and its time-honored institutions repudiated. How did it happen? How could Nicholas and Alexandra, the nobility, middle class anarchistseven Lenin himselfnot foresee the catastrophic changes that were shaking the empire? Why could nothing be done? And why were the efforts so ineffectual? Black Night, White Snow captures the rich drama of this whole period. With the artistry of a Balzac, Harrison Salisbury exposes the strata of Russian society, with its decedents, prophetic poets, religious fanatics, and newly liberated serfs. From archival sources within the Soviet Union, interviews, and his personal photography collection, he recreates the story as it happened. Hard data on Russia's economy, a first-hand knowledge of the county, and a historian's gift of compression are combined in a fast-paced narrative that reads with the ease of a good novel and the urgency of a newspaper headline. }

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CIN030680154XG
9780306801549
030680154X
Black Night, White Snow: Russian Revolution, 1905-17 by Harrison E. Salisbury
Used - Good
Paperback
Hachette Books
19811100
760
N/A
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