Interregnum and the Decembrist uprising in memoirs
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The book includes unique materials that make it possible to look at the uprising of the Decembrists through the eyes of members of the royal family. Written mainly in hot pursuit, and even in the midst of events, they vividly convey the incredible tension that the emperor Nicholas I and his loved ones, which had experienced against their will, allow us to cast a look at what is happening - sometimes in the literal sense - from the windows of the Winter Palace . Nicholas I, notes of the Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, the diaries of their mother - the Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna and the new Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, notes of the nephew of Maria Fedorovna - General of the Russian Army, Prince Yevgeny Wurtemberg, are published. As well as their letters, among which the central place is occupied by the correspondence of the Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich and Nicholas I. These documents contain important details about the uprising, investigation, court and execution of the Decembrists and once again remind how heavy the cross of those who rules Russia
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:Culture
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:14+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-91678-714-6
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