The Empire Must Die, Mikhail Zygar
The Empire Must Die, Mikhail Zygar
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The Empire Must Die
Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900 - 1917

Author: Mikhail Zygar

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 22 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2017


Synopsis

The window between two equally stifling autocracies—the imperial family and the communists—was open only briefly, in the last couple of years of the 19th century until the end of WWI, by which time the revolution was in full fury.

From the last years of Tolstoy until the death of the Tsar and his family, however, Russia experimented with liberalism and cultural openness. In Europe, the Ballet Russe was the height of chic. Novelists and playwrights blossomed, political ideas were swapped in coffee houses and St. Petersburg felt briefly like Vienna or Paris. The state, however couldn't tolerate such experimentation against the backdrop of a catastrophic war and a failing economy. The autocrats moved in and the liberals were overwhelmed. This story seems to have strangely prescient echoes of the present.

About Mikhail Zygar

Mikhail Zygar worked for Newsweek Russia and the business daily Kommersant, covering the conflicts in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Serbia, and Kosovo before becoming founding editor in chief of Russia’s only independent news TV channel, Dozhd, which provided an alternative to Kremlin-controlled federal TV channels and gave a platform to opposition voices. He won the International Press Freedom Award in 2014. He is the author of All the Kremlin’s Men, a #1 bestseller in Russia that has been translated into over twenty languages and was called one of “nine books that can help you understand Russia right now” by Time magazine, and The Empire Must Die, a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Always on October 05, 2020

This book felt really long but it might just be because I read it for such an extended period of time because things kept getting in the way of actually sitting down and reading it. I had a hard time keep tracking of names and who was who because it talked about a lot of different people through out......more

Goodreads review by Metodi on January 28, 2025

Част от руската нова история е получила книгата, която толкова заслужава. Михаил Зигар и екипът му са извършили огромна по обем работа и проучвания, ровили са се и са погледнали под всяко кирливо покривало на революциите руски и революционерите им и като резултат се е получил проект с превъзходно ка......more

Goodreads review by Margarita on May 11, 2021

“В столичните гостни се носят слухове, че страната се управлява от Распутин – но всъщност никой не управлява страната.” Най-важното, което научих от тази хилядостранична епопея - Империята не е трябвало непременно да умира, могла е да го избегне и даже е била на косъм от това да й се размине. Но в ис......more

Goodreads review by Emiliya on September 17, 2022

”Умом Россию не понять, Аршином общим не измерить: У ней особенная стать - В Россию можно только верить.” Ф. Тютчев Разумът почти напълно отсъства във висините на властта, разпореждаща се с Руската империя в зората на XX век. Липсва и из низините. На върха на пирамидата е слабохарактерен император с мисти......more