History of Russia XX century. How Russia went to the twentieth century. From the beginning of the reign of Nicholas II to the end of the Civil War

This book - the first of many modern publications - returns Russian history. From the impersonal description of “objective processes” and “driving forces”, it makes the story of lively, personal and actual. Historical material in the book complements many memoirs of eyewitnesses, biographical references, fragments of the most important documents, photographs and other living evidence of our past. The history of Russia is the history of people, not processes and strength. The creation of this book was attended by leading scientists of Russia and other countries of the world, who set themselves a very definite task - to present the reader a new, unbiased view of the life and paths of Russia in the most dramatic era of its existence. This book - the first of many modern publications - returns Russian history. From the impersonal description of “objective processes” and “driving forces”, it makes the story of lively, personal and actual. Historical material in the book complements many memoirs of eyewitnesses, biographical references, fragments of the most important documents, photographs and other living evidence of our past. The history of Russia is the history of people, not processes and strength. The creation of this book was attended by leading scientists of Russia and other countries of the world, who set themselves a very definite task - to present the reader a new, unbiased view of the life and paths of Russia in the most dramatic era of its existence