Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich

Author : Paul Robinson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609091637

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Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich by Paul Robinson Pdf

Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov (1856–1929) was a key figure in late Imperial Russia, and one of its foremost soldiers. At the outbreak of World War I, his cousin, Tsar Nicholas II, appointed him Supreme Commander of the Russian Army. From 1914 to 1915, and then again briefly in 1917, he was commander of the largest army in the world in the greatest war the world had ever seen. His appointment reflected the fact that he was perhaps the man the last Emperor of Russia trusted the most. At six foot six, the Grand Duke towered over those around him. His fierce temper was a matter of legend. However, as Robinson's vivid account shows, he had a more complex personality than either his supporters or detractors believed. In a career spanning fifty years, the Grand Duke played a vital role in transforming Russia's political system. In 1905, the Tsar assigned him the duty of coordinating defense and security planning for the entire Russian empire. When the Tsar asked him to assume the mantle of military dictator, the Grand Duke, instead of accepting, persuaded the Tsar to sign a manifesto promising political reforms. Less opportunely, he also had a role in introducing the Tsar and Tsarina to the infamous Rasputin. A few years after the revolution in 1917, the Grand Duke became de facto leader of the Russian émigré community. Despite his importance, the only other biography of the Grand Duke was written by one of his former generals in 1930, a year after his death, and it is only available in Russian. The result of research in the archives of seven countries, this groundbreaking biography—the first to appear in English—covers the Grand Duke's entire life, examining both his private life and his professional career. Paul Robinson's engaging account will be of great value to those interested in World War I and military history, Russian history, and biographies of notable figures.

Author : David Chavchavadze
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002295041

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The Grand Dukes by David Chavchavadze Pdf

Author : Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (Grand Duke of Russia)
Publisher : New York : Cosmopolitan Book Corporation Farrar & Rinehart
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Russia
ISBN : UOM:39015019348021

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Once a Grand Duke by Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (Grand Duke of Russia) Pdf

Author : Pauline Gray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015015391561

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The Grand Duke's Woman by Pauline Gray Pdf

Author : Grand Duke Alexander of Russia
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787205529

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Once a Grand Duke by Grand Duke Alexander of Russia Pdf

Alexander lived in Paris when he wrote his memoirs, Once a Grand Duke, which were first published in 1932. It is a rich source of dynastical and court life in Imperial Russia’s last half century, and Alexander also describes time spent as guest of the future Abyssinian Emperor Ras Tafari. “The history of the last fifty turbulent years of the Russian Empire provides only a background, but is not the subject of this book. “In compiling this record of a grand duke’s progress I relied on memory only, all my letters, diaries and other documents having been partly burned by me and partly confiscated by the revolutionaries during the years of 1917 and 1918 in the Crimea.”—Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia, Foreword

Author : Alexander Mikhailovich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1528704401

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Once a Grand Duke by Alexander Grand Duke of Russia by Alexander Mikhailovich Pdf

"Once a Grand Duke" is a 1931 work by former Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866 - 1933), a dynast of the Russian Empire, author, explorer, naval officer, and the brother-in-law of Emperor Nicholas II. Within these pages, he gives a fascinating and unique account of the last fifty years of the Russian Empire, concentrating of course on the Romanov Family and the events leading up to the fated February Revolution. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in Russian history and in particular the final years of the Romanov dynasty. Contents include: "Our Friends of December the Fourteenth," "A Grand Duke is Born," "My First War," "An Emperor in Love," "The Windless Afternoons," "A Grand Duke Comes of Age," "A Grand Duke at Large," "A Grand Duke Settles Down," "My Relatives," "Millions That Were," "Nicholas II," "Tin Gods," "Drifting," etc. Many vintage book such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Author : Paul Robinson
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501747366

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Russian Conservatism by Paul Robinson Pdf

Paul Robinson's Russian Conservatism examines the history of Russian conservative thought from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. As he shows, conservatism has made an underappreciated contribution to Russian national identity, to the ideology of Russian statehood, and to Russia's social-economic development. Robinson charts the contributions made by philosophers, politicians, and others during the Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. Looking at cultural, political, and social-economic conservatism in Russia, he discusses ideas and issues of more than historical interest. Indeed, what Russian Conservatism demonstrates is that such ideas are helpful in interpreting Russia's present as well as its past and will be influential in shaping Russia's future, for better or for worse, in the years to come. For the past two centuries Russian conservatives have sought to adapt to the pressures of modernization and westernization and, more recently, globalization, while preserving national identity and political and social stability. Through Robinson's research we can now understand how Russian conservatives have continually proposed forms of cultural, political, and economic development seen as building on existing traditions, identity, forms of government, and economic and social life, rather than being imposed on the basis of abstract theory and foreign models.

Author : Maurice Paléologue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1140 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Russia
ISBN : UCSC:32106019674263

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An Ambassador's Memoirs by Maurice Paléologue Pdf

Author : Li︠u︡dmila Gennadʹevna Novikova
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299317409

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An Anti-Bolshevik Alternative by Li︠u︡dmila Gennadʹevna Novikova Pdf

Shows that the Russian Civil War was not a struggle between a Communist future and a Tsarist past but rather was a bloody fight among diverse factions in a postrevolutionary state. Focusing on the sparsely populated Arkhangelsk region in northern Russia, Novikova shows that the anti-Bolshevik government there, which held out from 1918 to early 1920, was a revolutionary alternative bolstered by broad popular support.

Author : Helen Rappaport
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250151230

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The Race to Save the Romanovs by Helen Rappaport Pdf

In this international bestseller investigating the murder of the Russian Imperial Family, Helen Rappaport embarks on a quest to uncover the various plots and plans to save them, why they failed, and who was responsible. The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world, and its aftershocks still reverberate today. In Putin's autocratic Russia, the Revolution itself is considered a crime, and its anniversary was largely ignored. In stark contrast, the centenary of the massacre of the Imperial Family was commemorated in 2018 by a huge ceremony attended by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. While the murders themselves have received major attention, what has never been investigated in detail are the various plots and plans behind the scenes to save the family—on the part of their royal relatives, other governments, and Russian monarchists loyal to the Tsar. Rappaport refutes the claim that the fault lies entirely with King George V, as has been the traditional view for the last century. The responsibility for failing the Romanovs must be equally shared. The question of asylum for the Tsar and his family was an extremely complicated issue that presented enormous political, logistical and geographical challenges at a time when Europe was still at war. Like a modern day detective, Helen Rappaport draws on new and never-before-seen sources from archives in the US, Russia, Spain and the UK, creating a powerful account of near misses and close calls with a heartbreaking conclusion. With its up-to-the-minute research, The Race to Save the Romanovs is sure to replace outdated classics as the final word on the fate of the Romanovs.

Author : Carolyn Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1484409213

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Anastasia by Carolyn Meyer Pdf

A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them.

Author : Alex Ross
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781429932882

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The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross Pdf

Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.

Author : Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklaĭ
Publisher : Madang, P.N.G. : Kristen Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Anthropologists
ISBN : UOM:39015011699017

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New Guinea Diaries, 1871-1883 by Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklaĭ Pdf

Non Aboriginal material.

Author : Virginia Rounding
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429940900

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Alix and Nicky by Virginia Rounding Pdf

The dramatic story of Emperor Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna, the last Tsar and Tsarina of Russia—A penetrating and deeply personal study that gives profound psychological insight into their marriage and how it shaped the events that engulfed them. There are few characters in history about whom opinion has been more divided than the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, and his wife the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. On one hand, they are venerated as saints, innocent victims of Bolshevik assassins, and on the other they are impugned as the unwitting harbingers of revolution and imperial collapse, blamed for all the ills that befell the Russian people in the 20th century. Theirs was also a tragic love story; for whatever else can be said of them, there can be no doubt that Alix and Nicky adored one another. Soon after their engagement, Alix wrote in her fiancé's diary: "Ever true and ever loving, faithful, pure and strong as death"—words which met their fulfillment twenty-four years later in a blood-spattered cellar in Ekaterinburg. Through the letters and diaries written by the couple and by those around them, Virginia Rounding presents an intimate, penetrating, and fresh portrayal of these two complex figures and of their passion—their love and their suffering. She explores the nature and possible causes of the Empress's ill health, and examines in depth the enigmatic triangular relationship between Nicky, Alix and their ‘favourite,' Ania Vyrubova, protégée of the infamous Rasputin, extracting the meaning from words left unsaid, from hints and innuendoes.. The story of Alix and Nicky, of their four daughters known collectively as ‘OTMA' and of their hemophiliac little boy Alexei, is endlessly fascinating, and Rounding makes these characters come alive, presenting them in all their human dimensions and expertly leading the reader into their vanished world.

Author : Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0268201714

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March 1917 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Pdf

The best historians and novelists--and Solzhenitsyn was first and foremost a novelist--narrate history through the eyes and ears of the participants who don't know the outcome of the events they are observing and participating in. In March 1917, Solzhenitsyn presents events through the characters' perspectives and perceptions at the time, not in hindsight or years afterward. --Asian Review of Books