Once A Grand Duke By Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia

Author : Alexander Mikhailovich
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781528766739

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Once A Grand Duke by Alexander Mikhailovich Pdf

Former Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovic of Russia presents his memoirs and his reflections on the downfall of the Romanov family in this enlightening account of the final fifty years of the Russian Empire. The author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in the Caucuses and explains how he turned away from his expected role within the army in favour of serving in the navy. He describes his visits to South Africa, America and Europe and we see the headstrong Duke’s love of the outdoors. When his cousin becomes Tsar Nicholas II, Alexander Mikhailovic must play a part in the government and the reader is given an inside perspective of the running of the Russian Empire. His distorted perspective of autocracy is presented unapologetically and his opinions are often hypocritical. His hatred of the liberals who were responsible for the deaths of many of his friends and family members is unsurprising, but is contradicted by his own liberal ideas and rebellion against the Orthodox Church. This volume’s contents include: - Our Friends of December the Fourteenth - A Grand Duke is Born - My First War - An Emperor in Love - A Grand Duke Comes of Age - My Relatives - Millions That Were - Nicholas II Read & Co. History is proud to have republished this unique account of the last fifty years of the Russian empire and the events leading up to the fated February Revolution. Not to be missed by those with an interest in Russian history and the Romanov dynasty.

Author : Grand Duke Alexander of Russia
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,9 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 : Arden Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1932-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 084956283X

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Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia by Arden Library Pdf

Author : Grand Duke of Russia Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1539950387

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Collected Works by Grand Duke of Russia Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia Pdf

Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia (1866-1933), grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, and brother-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II, served as a naval officer during the last years of the Romanov dynasty. Married to Grand Duchess Xenia, he was the father-in-law of Prince Felix Youssoupov, one of the men who helped to murder Rasputin, the 'Holy Man', whose influence over Empress Alexandra did so much to bring about the fall of the last Tsar. After the Russian revolution and the fall of the dynasty Alexander settled in France, where he published two volumes of memoirs, 'Once a Grand Duke' and 'Always a Grand Duke', as well as a commentary on the state of European monarchy during the 1920s and 1930s, 'Twilight of Royalty'. Essential reading on the period, these three books are now published together in one volume for the first time, with a short introduction by John Van der Kiste.

Author : Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (Grand Duke of Russia)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Russia
ISBN : 1528704401

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

Author : Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 149408631X

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Always a Grand Duke by Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.

Author : Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258834421

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Always a Grand Duke by Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.

Author : Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (Grand Duke of Russia)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Russia
ISBN : OXFORD:502131303

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

Author : Grand Duke Alexander 'sandro' Mikhailovich
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1537382586

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We, the Romanovs by Grand Duke Alexander 'sandro' Mikhailovich Pdf

Grand Duke Sandro Mikhailovich lazing in the grass with Nicky Romanov in May 1883 ... Within twenty-five years, the Romanovs, the most powerful, the most vicious and arguably the most bizarre imperial family of modern times will have ceased to rule Russia through a mixture of haplessness, indolence and fatalism. Sandro was a crucial witness to the collapse of his family. He was the cousin, brother-in-law and close friend of the last tsar, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. He was with Nicky when thousands of Russian peasants died at Khodynka Field during Nicky's coronation; he was with Nicky in the lead-up to the disastrous Russo-Japanese War; he was with Nicky during the failed revolution of 1905-6; he was with Nicky when the Russian Duma was established in an attempt to ward off future revolutions; he was with Nicky as Russia moved determinedly toward a military showdown with Germany; he was with Nicky fighting the German army of the Eastern Front during the First World War; he was with Nicky when he abdicated in favour of his brother, Michael, who refused the throne. This is a riveting first-hand account of the final days of the Russian Empire and of what it was like to be a member of the Russian Imperial Family at that time. And to our great good fortune, while Sandro may have been no Stolypin, he was a keen observer and an excellent writer. Anyone intrigued by the last days of the Romanovs as the ruling family of Russia should read this book.

Author : John Van der Kiste
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752499291

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Once a Grand Duchess by John Van der Kiste Pdf

This biography of Xenia, sister of Nicholas II gives a new angle on the Romanov story and provides new information on relationships within the family after the Revolution. Important new letters and photographs are also included.

Author : Feliks Feliksovich I︠U︡supov (kni︠a︡zʹ)
Publisher : Helen Marx Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1885586582

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Lost Splendor by Feliks Feliksovich I︠U︡supov (kni︠a︡zʹ) Pdf

Rasputin's is one of the most famous deaths in history. Now, his assassin's thrilling memoir is finally back in print. Born to great riches in the days before the Russian Revolution, and married to the niece of Czar Nicholas II, Prince Felix Youssoupoff observed at close range the rampant corruption and intrigues of the imperial court, which culminated in the rise to power of the sinister monk Rasputin. In 1916, Prince Felix and several aristocratic cohorts killed Rasputin, which more than any other single event brought about the cataclysmic upheaval of Tsarist Russia.

Author : Marie-Pierre Rey
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609090654

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Alexander I by Marie-Pierre Rey Pdf

Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of his father. In this magisterial biography, Marie-Pierre Rey illuminates the complex forces that shaped Alexander's tumultuous reign and sheds brilliant new light on the handsome ruler known to his people as "the Sphinx." Despite an early and ambitious commitment to sweeping political reforms, Alexander saw his liberal aspirations overwhelmed by civil unrest in his own country and by costly confrontations with Napoleon, which culminated in the French invasion of Russia and the burning of Moscow in 1812. Eventually, Alexander turned back Napoleon's forces and entered Paris a victor two years later, but by then he had already grown weary of military glory. As the years passed, the tsar who defeated Napoleon would become increasingly preoccupied with his own spiritual salvation, an obsession that led him to pursue a rapprochement between the Orthodox and Roman churches. When in exile, Napoleon once remarked of his Russian rival: "He could go far. If I die here, he will be my true heir in Europe." It was not to be. Napoleon died on Saint Helena and Alexander succumbed to typhus four years later at the age of forty-eight. But in this richly nuanced portrait, Rey breathes new life into the tsar who stood at the center of the political chessboard of early nineteenth-century Europe, a key figure at the heart of diplomacy, war, and international intrigue during that region's most tumultuous years.

Author : Helen Azar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1680539450

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Michael Romanov by Helen Azar Pdf

"In Michael Romanov: Brother of the Last Tsar, translator Helen Azar and Romanov historian Nicholas B.A. Nicholson present for the first time in English the annotated 1916-1918 diaries and letters of Grand Duke Michael from the period in which he learns of the murder of Rasputin, attempts to preserve the throne for his brother Nicholas during the February Revolution, and finds himself named Emperor when his brother abdicates not only for himself, but for his son Alexei. Michael's diaries provide rare insight into the fall of the Empire, the rise and fall of the Provisional Government and the brief Russian republic, and the terrifying days of the February and October Revolutions after which Michael finds himself a prisoner who would meet his end in the Siberian city of Perm."--

Author : Robert Alexander
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440638008

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The Romanov Bride by Robert Alexander Pdf

The bestselling tale of Romanov intrigue from the author of The Kitchen Boy Book groups and historical fiction buffs have made Robert Alexander's two previous novels word-of-mouth favorites and national bestsellers. Set against a backdrop of Imperial Russia's twilight, The Romanov Bride has the same enduring appeal. The Grand Duchess Elisavyeta's story begins like a fairy tale-a German princess renowned for her beauty and kind heart marries the Grand Duke Sergei of Russia and enters the Romanov's lavish court. Her husband, however, rules his wife as he does Moscow-with a cold, hard fist. And, after a peaceful demonstration becomes a bloodbath, the fires of the revolution link Elisavyeta's destiny to that of Pavel-a young Bolshevik-forever.

Author : Pierre Gilliard
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547727972

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Thirteen years at the Russian court by Pierre Gilliard Pdf

This book is a memoir written by Pierre Gilliard, the French language tutor to the five children of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia from 1905 to 1918. It was published following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the execution of the Russian Imperial family. In this book, Gilliard described Tsarina Alexandra's torment over her son's hemophilia and her faith in the ability of starets Grigori Rasputin to heal the boy.