Love in the Tsarskoye service. From Suvorov to Kolchak
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The heroes of this book are officers and generals of the Russian Empire. Each of them left his mark in history. Modest or great, not so important. After all, it will be about love against the background of their tests, at the very times when the value of the institution of marriage was absolute. When, as a rule, love was higher than merits and privileges. And to the proximity, which by modern standards is incredibly wild, went on for years and treated it most often holy. Needless to say, if at the beginning of the twentieth century to 17 % of all colonels and generals of the Russian army were never married! Russian officers were forbidden to marry earlier than the age of 23 years. All love stories and stories of marriages of the heroes of the book are essentially documented and supported by the testimonies of their contemporaries. They are curious and instructive. And the restless time of wars and revolutions was sometimes affected by unexpectedly dramatic
Author:
Author:Smyslov Oleg Sergeevich
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Series:
Series: Miscellaneous “Veche”
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4484-0190-9
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