Former People

Former People by Douglas Smith

The riveting and harrowing story of the Russian nobility caught in the upheaval of the Revolution

Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Kansas City Star and Salon

Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heartbreaking in its human drama, Former People is the first book to recount the history of the aristocracy caught up in the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin's Russia. It is the story of how a centuries-old elite, famous for its glittering wealth, its service to the tsar and empire, and its promotion of the arts and culture, was dispossessed and destroyed along with the rest of old Russia. Chronicling the fate of two great aristocratic families--the Sheremetevs and the Golitsyns--it reveals how even in the darkest depths of the terror, daily life went on.

Told with sensitivity and nuance by acclaimed historian Douglas Smith, Former People is the dramatic portrait of two of Russia's most powerful aristocratic families and a sweeping account of their homeland in violent transition.

Douglas W. Smith, Department Chair, Architectural and Engineering Computer Aided DesignAustin Community College, Austin, Texas Education M.A. The University of Texas at AustinB.S. Texas State University, San Marcos A.S. Texas State Technical College Teaching Experience Professor- Architectural and Engineering CAD, Austin Community College, Austin, TexasDirector-Authorized AutoCAD Training Center, Austin Community College, Austin, TexasInstructor-Drafting and Design Technology, Texas State Technical College, Amarillo, Texas Industrial Experience Tracor Aerospace (now BAE Systems), Austin, TexasWidelite Corporation, San Marcos, TexasAustin Research Engineers, Austin, Texas City of Amarillo, Amarillo, Texas Antonio M. Ramirez, Professor, Architectural and Engineering Computer Aided DesignAustin Community College, Austin, Texas Education M.A. University of PhoenixB.S. Texas State University, San Marcos A.S. Austin Community College Teaching Experience Professor- Architectural and Engineering CAD, Austin Community College, Austin, TexasDepartment Chair-Engineering Design Graphics, Austin Community College, Austin, TexasDepartment Chair-Geomatics and Land Surveying, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas Industrial Experience Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation, Austin, TexasWestern Electric, Austin, Texas

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ISBN 13	9781250037794
ISBN 10	1250037794
Title	Former People
Author	Douglas Smith
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Picador USA
Year published	2013-09-24
Number of pages	528
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