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Daily Life in Russia Under the Last Tsar
Henri Troyat
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Paperback. Series: Daily Life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
This book is a vivid account of life in Moscow, "the most Russian of Russian cities," in the year 1903, a year before Russia's disastrous war with Japan and two years before the momentous Revolution of 1905. Though the undercurrents of social change were running swiftly, the surface stability of the Tsarist regime show no indication of the turmoil ahead.
The author, who is perhaps best known for his biography Tolstoy, describes Russian life through the eyes of a fictional young Englishman visiting a prosperous Russian merchant family. All facets of Moscow life are covered, from entertainment and night life ... Read more
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Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1962
Series
Daily Life
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804710305
SKU
V9780804710305
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