Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heart-breaking 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. Filled with chilling tales of looted palaces and burning estates, of desperate flights in the night from marauding peasants and Red Army soldiers, of imprisonment, exile, and execution, 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.
Yet Former People is also a story of survival and accommodation, of how many of the tsarist ruling class-so-called "former people" and "class enemies"-overcame the psychological wounds inflicted by the loss of their world and decades of repression as they struggled to find a place for themselves and their families in the new, hostile order of the Soviet Union. 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.
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I ordered this book when it was first published. I have now read it three times. It is essential reading. It is very well written, well researched, and a poignant accounting of what happened to the Russian aristocracy who did not flee Russia after the so-called "October Revolution" and their trials and tribulations. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
I have this book and have read it twice. Absolutely fascinating and tragic. So well-written and researched. Highly recommended
Im 13 can I read it
@@skully_the_bandit6055 yes
Sad but true story.
Li este livro, traduzido para português. Um livro belíssimo, que recomendo.
I read this book! It’s excellent. If you like Nabokov, read it!
Excelente e impresionante libro, lo estoy leyendo (en su traducción al español); para intentar comprender las reacciones humanas frente a la adversidad.Me impacta el caso de uno de los miembros de estas familias : emigró a Norteamérica, y allí se dedicó a la vida religiosa, agradeciendo el haber perdido sus riquezas, e interpretando esa pérdida como una expresión de Justicia trascendente.
Great book!!
Watching royal families get their comeupins is a passion of mine
Bastards! For centuries they sended the poor to fight in unending wars,while enjoying life and enriching themselves.
They fought in wars too you degenerate piece of shit
@Customer Engineer they fled to paris but did not learn from the frech revolution they did not give a damn about the ordinary person from linda in scotland
Re-examine your motivations for saying what you are saying. Rage and anger speaks through you. Learn more about Lenin and Soviet Union my dear then come back. I am associated with Polish aristocracy, and I forgive you. Just like you would is I would spit on your mother. You are materialism obsessed, hungry. Full of rage person. Just take care of yourself and calm down.
Bastard was Lenin who was not European like Marx. Those people need to look for home outside of Europe. Antieuropeans cannot reside on European territory. They have to look for home elsewhere. Not in America also as it is not land for those who speak against European who have been for years contributing to building of great American empire. Bolshevik’s were bastards and animals who came to Europe to maliciously destroy it.