The abdication of the sovereign in the memoirs of witnesses and contemporaries

For the first time in one edition, a wide range of excerpts from the memoirs of Russian post -revolutionary emigrants about Emperor Nicholas II - his closest environment, military leaders, foreign diplomats, and contemporaries was collected. Studies of historians from the environment of Russian abroad, fragments of the published diaries and correspondence of Nicholas II, as well as the publication of the Union of Junior to the Memory of the Sovereign in different countries are also presented. They reflect the most significant episodes of the reign of Nicholas II, his spiritual appearance, the principles of power, understanding of duty and ministry.
The presented photographs, illustrations and postcards from the collections of the museum-archive of Russian culture in San Francisco will help the reader recreate the image of the era.
Documents stored in the Museum-Archive of Russian Culture in San Francisco, in the overwhelming number are devoted to the bright memory of Nicholas II.
The book is equipped with a detailed description of illustrations, bibliography, chronology of events and translation into English.
Compiled by G.V. Epifanov