The house of government : a saga of the Russian Revolution
Slezkine, Yuri, 1956-2019
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Drawing on letters, diaries, and interviews, and featuring hundreds of rare photographs, 'The House of Government' weaves together biography, literary criticism, architectural history, and fascinating new theories of revolutions, millennial prophecies, and reigns of terror. The result is an unforgettable human saga of a building that, like the Soviet Union itself, became a haunted house, forever disturbed by the ghosts of the disappeared.
Main title:
The house of government : a saga of the Russian Revolution / Yuri Slezkine.
Author:
Slezkine, Yuri, 1956-, author
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Collation:
1128 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691192727 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
947.084092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1866981
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