Helen Rappaport is such an awesome historian and author!! She really describes all the Romanov children and brings out their very unique personalities. Very well done!!
Helen Rappaport is a wonderful writer, too! Her books are so well written, the move along so well and have so much important information, they are hard to put down.
Very well written book, Race To Save The Romanovs. I appreciate how well she stays on track to historical research. I have yet to read Ekaterinburg or anything from Douglas Smith.
It's actually pretty interesting. He died during WWII, either from being shot in battle or for being shot for having committed a crime. Anyhow, his death was noted on July 17 1942, exactly 24yrs after the Romanov murders.
Great interview. One thing, the Anastasia cartoon was from Fox Animation with Don Bluth not Disney. Though Disney now owns Fox, so I guess you're right in a way.
For the most part I agree with Ms. Rappaport's findings save one. Her constantly blaming Nicholas for not acquiescing to a Constitutional Monarchy was based on many thing the least of which was the fact the people, the peasant class wouldn't have known what to do without their Tsar. To them there was God then the Tsar. Also there was the nature of the reign of terror the revolutionaries were carrying out including none other than Father Grigory Gapon, was an instigator who led the march to the Winter Palace that resulted in many shot and killed in 1905. These were terrorists who led the uneducated. Then there was the assassination of Pytor Stolypin who was helping Nicky in writing that Constitution. These terrorists murdered Stoylipin right in front of Nicholas at the opera and that in and of itself made Nicky dig in his heels. It's quite simple to say Nicholas was stubborn or Alexandra didn't know what she was doing, but the plain fact here there were forces at work that were quite beyond Nicholas and his ability to deal with it. There was also a whole faction of his own family who plotted against him. There was his Uncle Sandro who kept thinking Nicholas was simple and then Maria Fedorovna, Nicholas' own mother, who didn't think much of her own son's leadership abilities. Most of that needs to be blamed on her own husband, Alexander III, who refused to train Nicholas to be Tsar. Alexander believed he was going to live forever, but after an accident aboard the Imperial train, he was left a shell of his former self, but by that point it was too late. Alexander died without having shared information with Nicholas that could have helped him as he took over a very divided country. Nicky knew he ruled the simple people. That was the reason he didn't do anything about Rasputin because he didn't care for the rumours that were being spread about Alix because he knew his wife. For Ms. Rappaport to state it was too late or Nicholas didn't help himself is just bleating like a sheep like Gwynne Dyre who blames all the ills of the 20th Century on Nicholas for declaring war on Germany after diplomacy with Cousin Wilhelm proved futile. Nicky tried to stall any kind of hostilities with The Kaiser due to their familial bonds. But when Wilhelm mobilized, Nicholas had no choice. He had to. I might suggest perhaps a better book than Ms. Rappaport's in "Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II" by Russia playwright Edvard Radzinsky. As he stated: "People outside of Russia always think they know more about Russia and Russians than Russians." In other words he felt no one knew the mindset of Russia if they lived outside of the country. Radzinsky did a far better job in explaining the internecine machine at work inside Russia. A machine Ms. Rappaport wouldn't understand. Oh, I'm not sure if in her book she mentioned the White Russians landing at Murmansk who made their way to Ekaterinburg and Josef Sokolov who headed the investigation into the murder of the Tsar, but Sokolov found the artifacts that more or less confirmed the entire family's death. I'll recommend the book on his investigation: The Sokolov Investigation. And finally there is the nature of whether Nicholas would have left for England, or any other place of exile. He was Russian in his heart, born and bred. There is no way he would have left and there was no way Alexandra would have left him. Given that, there was no way the Grand Duchesses and Alexei would have left without their parents. Simply, despite how they died, Nicholas was in the ground of the land he loved. Despite the assassination of the entire family, he was buried in the ground of his homeland. That would have made him happy indeed.
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And don't forget the older film, Anastasia, with Ingrid Bergman and the great Yul Brynner, who was born in Vladivostok though he always kept his origins a secret to make himself more mysterious and exotic. Well, he was plenty exotic as he was! His son, Rock Brynner, wrote an excellent bio about his father, called Empire and Odyysey. Yul had an amazing life of travel and taking advantage of every opportunity that came his way. He was such an adaptable person and lived all over the world. Rock has visited Vladivostok where Yul Brynner is considered their hometown boy who made good.
Helen Rappaport is such an awesome historian and author!! She really describes all the Romanov children and brings out their very unique personalities. Very well done!!
Helen Rappaport is a wonderful writer, too! Her books are so well written, the move along so well and have so much important information, they are hard to put down.
Superb book , felt transformed into Imperial Russia 1917. Answered some questions I have had for 40 years.
Very well written book, Race To Save The Romanovs. I appreciate how well she stays on track to historical research. I have yet to read Ekaterinburg or anything from Douglas Smith.
I love Helen Rappaport! I wish she knew more about Leonid Sednev who survived as there is virtually no information
It's actually pretty interesting. He died during WWII, either from being shot in battle or for being shot for having committed a crime. Anyhow, his death was noted on July 17 1942, exactly 24yrs after the Romanov murders.
Thanks for the upload, this was great. Love her.
Great interview. One thing, the Anastasia cartoon was from Fox Animation with Don Bluth not Disney. Though Disney now owns Fox, so I guess you're right in a way.
She cant possibly answer your questions shes pouring her tea
For the most part I agree with Ms. Rappaport's findings save one. Her constantly blaming Nicholas for not acquiescing to a Constitutional Monarchy was based on many thing the least of which was the fact the people, the peasant class wouldn't have known what to do without their Tsar. To them there was God then the Tsar. Also there was the nature of the reign of terror the revolutionaries were carrying out including none other than Father Grigory Gapon, was an instigator who led the march to the Winter Palace that resulted in many shot and killed in 1905. These were terrorists who led the uneducated. Then there was the assassination of Pytor Stolypin who was helping Nicky in writing that Constitution. These terrorists murdered Stoylipin right in front of Nicholas at the opera and that in and of itself made Nicky dig in his heels. It's quite simple to say Nicholas was stubborn or Alexandra didn't know what she was doing, but the plain fact here there were forces at work that were quite beyond Nicholas and his ability to deal with it.
There was also a whole faction of his own family who plotted against him. There was his Uncle Sandro who kept thinking Nicholas was simple and then Maria Fedorovna, Nicholas' own mother, who didn't think much of her own son's leadership abilities. Most of that needs to be blamed on her own husband, Alexander III, who refused to train Nicholas to be Tsar. Alexander believed he was going to live forever, but after an accident aboard the Imperial train, he was left a shell of his former self, but by that point it was too late. Alexander died without having shared information with Nicholas that could have helped him as he took over a very divided country. Nicky knew he ruled the simple people. That was the reason he didn't do anything about Rasputin because he didn't care for the rumours that were being spread about Alix because he knew his wife. For Ms. Rappaport to state it was too late or Nicholas didn't help himself is just bleating like a sheep like Gwynne Dyre who blames all the ills of the 20th Century on Nicholas for declaring war on Germany after diplomacy with Cousin Wilhelm proved futile. Nicky tried to stall any kind of hostilities with The Kaiser due to their familial bonds. But when Wilhelm mobilized, Nicholas had no choice. He had to.
I might suggest perhaps a better book than Ms. Rappaport's in "Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II" by Russia playwright Edvard Radzinsky. As he stated: "People outside of Russia always think they know more about Russia and Russians than Russians." In other words he felt no one knew the mindset of Russia if they lived outside of the country. Radzinsky did a far better job in explaining the internecine machine at work inside Russia. A machine Ms. Rappaport wouldn't understand. Oh, I'm not sure if in her book she mentioned the White Russians landing at Murmansk who made their way to Ekaterinburg and Josef Sokolov who headed the investigation into the murder of the Tsar, but Sokolov found the artifacts that more or less confirmed the entire family's death. I'll recommend the book on his investigation: The Sokolov Investigation.
And finally there is the nature of whether Nicholas would have left for England, or any other place of exile. He was Russian in his heart, born and bred. There is no way he would have left and there was no way Alexandra would have left him. Given that, there was no way the Grand Duchesses and Alexei would have left without their parents. Simply, despite how they died, Nicholas was in the ground of the land he loved. Despite the assassination of the entire family, he was buried in the ground of his homeland. That would have made him happy indeed.
The Brits are Royal a$$ kissers.
That's wrong to a certain extent but people would rather pick hope that's why they're still in denial
What in particular are you alluding to?
@@TeachMeHow2Douglas They'd rather believe that someone survived
I understand. That they survived sounds more romantic than what was historical record.
It's idealism, actually, that feeds denial. History, facts and reality are, for the most part, pretty cut and dry and not at all emotionally based.
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"They made movies about Anastasia...Disney made one." *Don Bluth kicks the door in...
And don't forget the older film, Anastasia, with Ingrid Bergman and the great Yul Brynner, who was born in Vladivostok though he always kept his origins a secret to make himself more mysterious and exotic. Well, he was plenty exotic as he was! His son, Rock Brynner, wrote an excellent bio about his father, called Empire and Odyysey. Yul had an amazing life of travel and taking advantage of every opportunity that came his way. He was such an adaptable person and lived all over the world. Rock has visited Vladivostok where Yul Brynner is considered their hometown boy who made good.
This lady was hilarious near the end. She clearly shouldn't do interviews over 15 minutes.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Too funny!! Some might think that was the better part of the interview. ;)
Why?