The Resource Former people : the final days of the Russian aristocracy, Douglas Smith
Former people : the final days of the Russian aristocracy, Douglas Smith
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- Summary
- Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heart-breaking in its human drama, Former People is the first book to recount the history of the aristocracy caught up in the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin<U+2019>s Russia. Filled with chilling tales of looted palaces and burning estates, of desperate flights in the night from marauding peasants and Red Army soldiers, of imprisonment, exile, and execution, it is the story of how a centuries<U+2019>-old elite, famous for its glittering wealth, its service to the Tsar and Empire, and its promotion of the arts and culture, was dispossessed and destroyed along with the rest of old Russia. Yet Former People is also a story of survival and accommodation, of how many of the tsarist ruling class<U+2014>so-called “former people” and “class enemies”<U+2014>overcame the psychological wounds inflicted by the loss of their world and decades of repression as they struggled to find a place for themselves and their families in the new, hostile order of the Soviet Union. Chronicling the fate of two great aristocratic families<U+2014>the Sheremetevs and the Golitsyns<U+2014>it reveals how even in the darkest depths of the terror, daily life went on. Told with sensitivity and nuance by acclaimed historian Douglas Smith, Former People is the dramatic portrait of two of Russia<U+2019>s most powerful aristocratic families, and a sweeping account of their homeland in violent transition
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 464 pages
- Contents
-
- Before the deluge. Russia, 1900 ; The Sheremetevs ; The Golitsyns ; The last dance
- 1917. The fall of the Romanovs ; A country of mutinous slaves ; The bolshevik coup
- Civil war. Expropriating the expropriators ; The corner house ; Spa town hall ; Bogoroditsk ; Doctor Golitsyn ; Exodus
- NEP. School of life ; Noble remains ; The foxtrot affair ; Virtue in rags
- Stalin's Russia. The great break ; The death of Parnassus ; Outcasts ; The mouse, the kerosene, and the match ; Anna's fortune ; Happy times ; Poisonous snakes and the avenging sword: operation "former people" ; The great terror ; War: the end
- Isbn
- 9780374157616
- Label
- Former people : the final days of the Russian aristocracy
- Title
- Former people
- Title remainder
- the final days of the Russian aristocracy
- Statement of responsibility
- Douglas Smith
- Subject
-
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Soviet Union
- trueAristocracy -- Russia
- Golit͡syn family -- History -- 20th century
- trueNobility
- trueAristocracy
- trueSocial classes
- trueSoviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
- trueNobility -- Russia
- truePeasant uprisings
- trueRevolutions
- trueRussia
- Sheremetev family -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heart-breaking in its human drama, Former People is the first book to recount the history of the aristocracy caught up in the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin<U+2019>s Russia. Filled with chilling tales of looted palaces and burning estates, of desperate flights in the night from marauding peasants and Red Army soldiers, of imprisonment, exile, and execution, it is the story of how a centuries<U+2019>-old elite, famous for its glittering wealth, its service to the Tsar and Empire, and its promotion of the arts and culture, was dispossessed and destroyed along with the rest of old Russia. Yet Former People is also a story of survival and accommodation, of how many of the tsarist ruling class<U+2014>so-called “former people” and “class enemies”<U+2014>overcame the psychological wounds inflicted by the loss of their world and decades of repression as they struggled to find a place for themselves and their families in the new, hostile order of the Soviet Union. Chronicling the fate of two great aristocratic families<U+2014>the Sheremetevs and the Golitsyns<U+2014>it reveals how even in the darkest depths of the terror, daily life went on. Told with sensitivity and nuance by acclaimed historian Douglas Smith, Former People is the dramatic portrait of two of Russia<U+2019>s most powerful aristocratic families, and a sweeping account of their homeland in violent transition
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10146730
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, Douglas
- Dewey number
- 305.5/20947
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HT653.S65
- LC item number
- S65 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aristocracy (Social class)
- Aristocracy (Social class)
- Sheremetev family
- Golit͡syn family
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the final days of the Russian aristocracy
- Label
- Former people : the final days of the Russian aristocracy, Douglas Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Before the deluge. Russia, 1900 ; The Sheremetevs ; The Golitsyns ; The last dance -- 1917. The fall of the Romanovs ; A country of mutinous slaves ; The bolshevik coup -- Civil war. Expropriating the expropriators ; The corner house ; Spa town hall ; Bogoroditsk ; Doctor Golitsyn ; Exodus -- NEP. School of life ; Noble remains ; The foxtrot affair ; Virtue in rags -- Stalin's Russia. The great break ; The death of Parnassus ; Outcasts ; The mouse, the kerosene, and the match ; Anna's fortune ; Happy times ; Poisonous snakes and the avenging sword: operation "former people" ; The great terror ; War: the end
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374157616
- Isbn Type
- (alkaline paper)
- Lccn
- 2012003819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 777327422
- (OCoLC)777327422
- Label
- Former people : the final days of the Russian aristocracy, Douglas Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Before the deluge. Russia, 1900 ; The Sheremetevs ; The Golitsyns ; The last dance -- 1917. The fall of the Romanovs ; A country of mutinous slaves ; The bolshevik coup -- Civil war. Expropriating the expropriators ; The corner house ; Spa town hall ; Bogoroditsk ; Doctor Golitsyn ; Exodus -- NEP. School of life ; Noble remains ; The foxtrot affair ; Virtue in rags -- Stalin's Russia. The great break ; The death of Parnassus ; Outcasts ; The mouse, the kerosene, and the match ; Anna's fortune ; Happy times ; Poisonous snakes and the avenging sword: operation "former people" ; The great terror ; War: the end
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374157616
- Isbn Type
- (alkaline paper)
- Lccn
- 2012003819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- 777327422
- (OCoLC)777327422
Subject
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Russia -- History -- 20th century
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Soviet Union
- trueAristocracy -- Russia
- Golit͡syn family -- History -- 20th century
- trueNobility
- trueAristocracy
- trueSocial classes
- trueSoviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
- trueNobility -- Russia
- truePeasant uprisings
- trueRevolutions
- trueRussia
- Sheremetev family -- History -- 20th century
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