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Smith, Douglas, 1962-
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Sheremetev family -- History -- 20th century.
Goli︠t︡syn family -- History -- 20th century.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Soviet Union.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
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Former people : the ...
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Former people : the final days of the Russian aristocracy / Douglas Smith.
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Smith, Douglas, 1962-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Subjects
Sheremetev family -- History -- 20th century.
Goli︠t︡syn family -- History -- 20th century.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Soviet Union.
Aristocracy (Social class) -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780374157616 (alkaline paper) :
0374157618 (alkaline paper)
Description:
xvii, 464 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps ; 24 cm
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Before the deluge. Russia, 1900 ; The Sheremetevs ; The Golitsyns ; The last dance -- 1917. The fall of the Romanovs ; A country of mutinous slaves ; The bolshevik coup -- Civil war. Expropriating the expropriators ; The corner house ; Spa town hall ; Bogoroditsk ; Doctor Golitsyn ; Exodus -- NEP. School of life ; Noble remains ; The foxtrot affair ; Virtue in rags -- Stalin's Russia. The great break ; The death of Parnassus ; Outcasts ; The mouse, the kerosene, and the match ; Anna's fortune ; Happy times ; Poisonous snakes and the avenging sword: operation "former people" ; The great terror ; War: the end.
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Examines the fate of two Russian aristocratic families in a detailed account of the Bolshevik Revolution's effect on the upper class, discussing the relentless lootings, harrowing escapes, humbling exile and imprisonment, and summary executions that tookplace during this violent time of transition.
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Aina Haina Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
305.52094 Sm
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
305.52094 Sm
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Waianae Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
305.52094 Sm
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