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Empire on Fire: Russia in the Crucible of Revolution

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While talk of freedom thundered in Petrograd, on the outskirts of this vast country—from Polish churches to the mosques of Turkestan—the foundations of the monarchy were already cracking at the seams, heralding the birth of a new superpower. This chronicle shows how World War I, peripheral nationalism, and social upheaval converged to create a perfect storm that destroyed the old order. Free from Soviet dogma and post-Soviet myths, this study reveals the anatomy of power in an era of total chaos. Why did the "White movement" lose the battle for the minds of the empire's population? What hidden mechanisms led to the three-hundred-year-old monarchy collapsing in just a few days, unopposed? What price did society pay for the transition from the "empire of the tsars" to the "empire of the Soviets"? This is a profound analysis of the greatest and most tragic metamorphosis of the 20th century.
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