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Prophets and Conspirators in Prerevolutionary Russia

In this magisterial and exciting book, Ulam offers a brilliant history of Russian political and intellectual life in those critical years from 1855 to 1884 and describes the successive conspiracies that shook the edifice of tsarist autocracy.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 418 pages

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