Full name: Black Night, White Snow: Russia's Revolutions 1905-1917

Author: Harrison E. Salisbury Year: 1977 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780306801549 9780385008440 030680154X 0385008449

The destruction of the Czars which brought about the reign of revolutions from 1905-1917 in Russia looms as the crucial political event of the twentieth century. In little more than a decade the Romanov dynasty was toppled, and its time-honored institutions repudiated. How did it happen? How could Nicholas and Alexandra, the nobility, middle class anarchists--even Lenin himself--not foresee the catastrophic changes that were shaking the empire? Why could nothing be done? And why were the efforts so ineffectual? Black Night, White Snow captures the rich drama of this whole period. With the artistry of a Balzac, Harrison Salisbury exposes the strata of Russian society, with its decedents, prophetic poets, religious fanatics, and newly liberated serfs. From archival sources within the Soviet Union, interviews, and his personal photography collection, he recreates the story as it happened. Hard data on Russia's economy, a first-hand knowledge of the county, and a historian's gift of compression are combined in a fast-paced narrative that reads with the ease of a good novel and the urgency of a newspaper headline. Similar books: Former People by Douglas Smith Russia and the Russians by Geoffrey Hosking A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes October by China Mieville The Russian Revolution by Sheila Fitzpatrick The Shadow of the Winter Palace by Edward Crankshaw Russia by Martin Sixsmith A History of Russia by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky The Russian Revolution by Sean McMeekin The Russian Revolution by Alan Moorehead Red Victory by W. Bruce Lincoln The Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes The Russian Court at Sea by Frances Welch Red Fortress by Catherine Merridale Red Mutiny by Neal Bascomb Dead Wake by Erik Larson One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer The History of Jihad by Robert Spencer