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Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy
Former People The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy Author:Douglas Smith Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heartbreaking 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. — It is the story of how a centuries-old elite, famous for its glittering wealth, its s... more »ervice to the tsar and empire, and its promotion of the arts and culture, was dispossessed and destroyed along with the rest of old Russia. Chronicling the fate of two great aristocratic familiesâthe Sheremetevs and the Golitsynsâit reveals how even in the darkest depths of the terror, daily life went on.
Told with sensitivity and nuance by acclaimed historian Douglas Smith, Former People is the dramatic portrait of two of Russia's most powerful aristocratic families and a sweeping account of their homeland in violent transition.« less
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