“Russia, after all, has existed for a thousand years; the Soviet era lasted only seventy-four. The Romanov dynasty, which included such towering figures as Peter and Catherine the Great, had ruled for more than three centuries. It came to an end in brutal murders in a Siberian cellar, but many Russians never knew this had happened. Or how. Or why.”
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
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Robert K. Massie
Robert K. Massie is an American historian renowned for his in-depth studies of Russian history. His works cover a broad period from Peter the Great to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. more
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