Lift-off above the abyss. 1890-1917 years

The book of the Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor of the MPSU Alexander Pyzhikov “The take -off of the abyss. 1890-1917 ”is dedicated to the last three decades of the Russian Empire. Everything was concentrated on this historical segment: unresolved centuries -old problems, attempts to create conditions for a new industrial jerk, a fierce struggle who did not want to surrender the positions of the old world - oligarchs, merchants, the parasitic aristocracy, the greed and true intentions of our allies in the Entente, for whom Russia is only The tidbit of it. It was a time for choosing a path when hesitating is deadly.
Feeling the country"s sliding into an economic abyss, Nicholas II leads to power a new management elite with a fundamentally different attitude towards the state. They develop and begin to implement truly great reforms in the most important areas of life: finally, their own development path, worthy of a great power, is finally outlined. Who stood behind progressive modernization? Did Russia have a real chance to turn into a real factory of the world? It was a time of amazing take -off over the economic abyss. Preparations for the launch of a new economic model caused unprecedented concern among the Entente allies. Then the First World War began, and then the February Revolution ...
A little more than 100 years have passed - and we have the same severity of challenges and unresolved problems of Russian society. On the agenda - the necessary historical legitimation of the state course. A course that returns modern Russia to its own civilizational context. We hope this book will be a step in this direction