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Once A Grand Duke
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Author : Alexander Mikhailovich
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2020-07-14
Once A Grand Duke written by Alexander Mikhailovich and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Former Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovic of Russia presents his memoirs and his reflections on the downfall of the Romanov family in this enlightening account of the final fifty years of the Russian Empire. The author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in the Caucuses and explains how he turned away from his expected role within the army in favour of serving in the navy. He describes his visits to South Africa, America and Europe and we see the headstrong Duke’s love of the outdoors. When his cousin becomes Tsar Nicholas II, Alexander Mikhailovic must play a part in the government and the reader is given an inside perspective of the running of the Russian Empire. His distorted perspective of autocracy is presented unapologetically and his opinions are often hypocritical. His hatred of the liberals who were responsible for the deaths of many of his friends and family members is unsurprising, but is contradicted by his own liberal ideas and rebellion against the Orthodox Church. This volume’s contents include: - Our Friends of December the Fourteenth - A Grand Duke is Born - My First War - An Emperor in Love - A Grand Duke Comes of Age - My Relatives - Millions That Were - Nicholas II Read & Co. History is proud to have republished this unique account of the last fifty years of the Russian empire and the events leading up to the fated February Revolution. Not to be missed by those with an interest in Russian history and the Romanov dynasty.
Once A Grand Duke
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Author : Grand Duke Alexander of Russia
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2017-06-28
Once A Grand Duke written by Grand Duke Alexander of Russia and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-28 with History categories.
Alexander lived in Paris when he wrote his memoirs, Once a Grand Duke, which were first published in 1932. It is a rich source of dynastical and court life in Imperial Russia’s last half century, and Alexander also describes time spent as guest of the future Abyssinian Emperor Ras Tafari. “The history of the last fifty turbulent years of the Russian Empire provides only a background, but is not the subject of this book. “In compiling this record of a grand duke’s progress I relied on memory only, all my letters, diaries and other documents having been partly burned by me and partly confiscated by the revolutionaries during the years of 1917 and 1918 in the Crimea.”—Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia, Foreword
Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia
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Author : Arden Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932-01-01
Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia written by Arden Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932-01-01 with categories.
Collected Works
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Author : Grand Duke of Russia Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-11-15
Collected Works written by Grand Duke of Russia Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with categories.
Alexander, Grand Duke of Russia (1866-1933), grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, and brother-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II, served as a naval officer during the last years of the Romanov dynasty. Married to Grand Duchess Xenia, he was the father-in-law of Prince Felix Youssoupov, one of the men who helped to murder Rasputin, the 'Holy Man', whose influence over Empress Alexandra did so much to bring about the fall of the last Tsar. After the Russian revolution and the fall of the dynasty Alexander settled in France, where he published two volumes of memoirs, 'Once a Grand Duke' and 'Always a Grand Duke', as well as a commentary on the state of European monarchy during the 1920s and 1930s, 'Twilight of Royalty'. Essential reading on the period, these three books are now published together in one volume for the first time, with a short introduction by John Van der Kiste.
Once A Grand Duke
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Author : Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (Grand Duke of Russia)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Once A Grand Duke written by Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (Grand Duke of Russia) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Russia categories.
Once A Grand Duke
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Author : Royalty Digest
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-09-01
Once A Grand Duke written by Royalty Digest and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-01 with categories.
Always A Grand Duke
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Author : Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
Always A Grand Duke written by Alexander Grand Duke Of Russia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.
This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.
Once A Grand Duchess
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Author : John Van der Kiste
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2004-02-25
Once A Grand Duchess written by John Van der Kiste and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This biography of Xenia, sister of Nicholas II gives a new angle on the Romanov story and provides new information on relationships within the family after the Revolution. Important new letters and photographs are also included.
White Crow
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Author : Jamie H. Cockfield
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2002-07-30
White Crow written by Jamie H. Cockfield and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-30 with History categories.
Based on material from the newly opened Russian archives, this is the first biography of Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanov (1859-1919), the only intellectual in the Russian Imperial Family. This unique study provides insight into the last six decades of tsarist Russia through the experiences of the odd ball member of the clan. An historian and a biologist, the Grand Duke made major contributions in both these fields. A political liberal, he fought tirelessly for reform from within the system. His reformist views made him a pariah within his own family, and contemporary recognition of his accomplishments came more from abroad than at home. Entering the military, as all Romanovs did, the Grand Duke eventually became hostile toward it and was in fact the only family member ever to formally leave military service. He received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Berlin and Moscow and even won election to the French Academy—one of only two Russians to do so. As the political situation in Russia worsened, he urged the tsar to implement reforms, and he even participated in discussions of a palace coup. Exiled to Vologda after the Communist seizure of power, he was later imprisoned by the police and shot in January 1919.
Lost Splendor
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Author : Feliks Feliksovich I︠U︡supov (kni︠a︡zʹ)
language : en
Publisher: Helen Marx Books
Release Date : 2003
Lost Splendor written by Feliks Feliksovich I︠U︡supov (kni︠a︡zʹ) and has been published by Helen Marx Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Rasputin's is one of the most famous deaths in history. Now, his assassin's thrilling memoir is finally back in print. Born to great riches in the days before the Russian Revolution, and married to the niece of Czar Nicholas II, Prince Felix Youssoupoff observed at close range the rampant corruption and intrigues of the imperial court, which culminated in the rise to power of the sinister monk Rasputin. In 1916, Prince Felix and several aristocratic cohorts killed Rasputin, which more than any other single event brought about the cataclysmic upheaval of Tsarist Russia.