{"product_id":"9781509573066","title":"The Last Voyage of the Tsar When Old Russia Fell","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Last Voyage of the Tsar\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhen Old Russia Fell\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJorg Baberowski\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ Russian \u0026amp; Former Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIt is late February in 1917, and people are dancing in the palaces of Petrograd while protests are spreading in the streets. Believing that the Minister of the Interior has everything under control, Tsar Nikolas II leaves the capital with his glamorous train. He would never set foot there again for in a matter of days the seemingly unshakeable Tsarist Empire collapses, and with it all the alternatives that could have led Russia to a different future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn spectacular detail, Jörg Baberowski captures the explosive dynamics of the last week of the Tsarist regime. Taking us inside the palaces, streets and halls where power changed hands, Baberowski describes the monumental events leading to the Tsar’s abdication as experienced by his family, cabinet officials, officers and the general public. From hastily called meetings and constantly ringing telephones to officers and reservists on the verge of mutiny, he reveals a political class caught off guard having lost touch with what was really happening, politically, militarily and democratically. This book offers a dazzling account of the fall of the Romanov family as well as an intimate portrait of Russian society at a pivotal point in its history.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eJörg Baberowski\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Eastern European History at Humboldt-University in Berlin. He is the author of many books on the theory of history, on violence and on modern Russian and Soviet history, among others, \u003ci\u003eScorched Earth: Stalin’s Reign of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). He is currently writing a history of Russia in war and revolution.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509573066\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e350\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62365244457100,"sku":"9781509573066","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509573066.jpg?v=1791413515","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509573066","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}