The collapse of the Great Empire. The daughter of the British ambassador about revolutionary Russia

Miriel Buchenen"s memoirs (1886-1959) - the daughter of the last British ambassador in the Russian Empire George Buchenin, known to Russian readers to his memoirs - are dedicated to the events of eight years that preceded the revolution. In the first part of the book, the author describes the arrival in St. Petersburg in the fall of 1910, acquaintance with the imperial family, representatives of high world and members of the diplomatic corps. Miriel, who, on behalf of his father, “secular duties” of the diplomatic service, tells not only about life at court, balls and techniques, but also about the features of "Russian life": holidays, traditions, life of the common people, the situation of women, as well as about the political situation In the country on the eve of the First World War. The second part of the book speaks of the dramatic events that accelerated the fall of the great power: the murder of Rasputin, a series of uprisings and coups, the execution of the royal family, after which the ambassador was forced to leave the country forever. Memoirs of Miriel Buchenin are published in Russia for the first time