The Russian Tragedy: The Burden of HistoryM.E. Sharpe, 1996 - 306 páginas Edith Base's letters to her pen pal Phylabe Houston in Greeley, Colorado, are an unwittingly (and perhaps for that reason) fascinating historical document of the day to day life of a Londoner from 1941 to 1947. With great humor and astute observation she explains to her pal how people coped during the war years, describes her patrols as an air raid warden, the darkly humorous social organization of the shelters, and the more mundane life details that simply underscore the eerie "normality" that arises in extraordinary situations. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Página 64
... Assembly representing a broad sector of the Russian popu- lation . She prepared her charge in an Instruction drawn ... Assembly itself exhibited a lot of talk and a lot of class conflict , much of it degenerating into desultory futility ...
... Assembly representing a broad sector of the Russian popu- lation . She prepared her charge in an Instruction drawn ... Assembly itself exhibited a lot of talk and a lot of class conflict , much of it degenerating into desultory futility ...
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... Assembly interrupted the debates and forbade the injection of the empress's name into the discussion . The Assembly was badly deadlocked , and a war with Turkey was approaching . The Assembly was dismissed in order to allow the depu ...
... Assembly interrupted the debates and forbade the injection of the empress's name into the discussion . The Assembly was badly deadlocked , and a war with Turkey was approaching . The Assembly was dismissed in order to allow the depu ...
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... Assembly proved amenable to Bolshevik power , well and good . Otherwise , " the crisis in connection with the Constituent Assembly could only be solved by revolutionary means . " The Bolsheviks won 25 percent of the vote . The SRs won ...
... Assembly proved amenable to Bolshevik power , well and good . Otherwise , " the crisis in connection with the Constituent Assembly could only be solved by revolutionary means . " The Bolsheviks won 25 percent of the vote . The SRs won ...
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Russia and the Russian Political Style | 3 |
The Divorce of State and Society | 29 |
Peter and Catherine | 49 |
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