THE SHADOW OF THE WINTER PALACE: RUSSIA'S DRIFT TO REVOLUTION, 1825-1917

Crankshaw, Edward

ISBN 10: 0670637823 / ISBN 13: 9780670637829

Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1976

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Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 429 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SHADOW OF THE WINTER PALACE: RUSSIA'S DRIFT TO REVOLUTION, 1825-1917
• Publisher: The Viking Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670637823
• ISBN 13: 9780670637829
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Exactly 175 years ago, on the Senate Square in St. Petersburg, a failed uprising ignited a process that would, one red October, finally sweep the autocracy away. The Shadow of the Winter Palace recounts an extraordinary century of Russian history, a politically tempestuous time that was also a Golden Age of intellectual and artistic achievement—the century of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, of Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. A master stylist and a distinguished historian, Edward Crankshaw limns dazzling portraits of the czars, the revolutionaries, and a host of other unforgettable characters—and provides a riveting, sweeping history "jam-packed with information about the past and implications for the present"

About the Author

Edward Crankshaw (1909–1984) reported on Soviet affairs for the London Observer for more than two decades.