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From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known. For almost a century, historians could only speculate about the role Grigory Rasputin played in the downfall of tsarist Russia. But in 1995 a lost file from the State Archives turned up, a file that contained the complete interrogations of Rasputin`s inner circle. With this extensive and explicit amplification of the historical record, Edvard Radzinsky has written a definitive biography, reconstructing in full the fascinating life of an improbable holy man who changed the course of Russian...

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004

Издание на английском языке.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004

Grigory Rasputin, Russian peasant, semi-literate monk and mystic, exercised extraordinary power over Nicholas and Alexandra, the last tsar and tsarina of Russia. His drunkenness, sexual excesses and nepotism - not to mention rumours that he was a German agent - led to his murder in December 1916. Edvard Radzinsky`s biography is the first to draw upon sources and interviews unavailable to previous historians. He unveils the full extent of the emotional relationship between Rasputin and the tsarina, and demonstrates Rasputin`s influence on the tsar, particularly in the conduct of Russia`s disastrous war against Germany. He also sheds new light on the remarkable story of Rasputin`s murder at the Yusupov Palace. Формат издания:...

Издательство: Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004