The Empire must die

Revolutions do not occur unexpectedly, empires do not die for no reason. The main lesson that we can endure from the 1917 revolution is an understanding of why the emperor and his environment in the situation, which demanded cardinal internal reforms, not only did not dare these reforms, but, on the contrary, tried to turn the development of the country as well, Enhancing the support on the traditional values, Orthodoxy and the army.
The head by the head, through the living stories of people, Mikhail Zygar shows how the empire is steadily moving towards disaster and why nothing can save it.
The main character of this book is the Russian civil society. It originates in the early years of the XX century, develops in front of the reader and through his eyes disappears shortly after 1917. Learning the chronicle of the events of a hundred years ago, the reader can understand what is happening today, and try to look into the future