Former People: The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith

Former People: The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy

Douglas Smith

424 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

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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 w...

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