Nikolai II : Venemaa viimane tsaar
Edvard Radzinski
Tallinn : Varrak, 2001
524 p. : ill., portr.
ISBN: 9985305531
Paperback used book in very good condition.
The author of biographies of well-known historical figures (Stalin, Rasputin, etc.) deals with the life and death of the last Tsar of Russia and his family. Why did Nicholas II, during whose reign the Russian economy reached its highest level and the Romanov dynasty pompously celebrated the 300th anniversary of its rule, had to abdicate after only a few years and then moved inexorably towards a tragic final solution?
The book also pays a lot of attention to those close to the tsar, who played a decisive role in making this happen. The author is looking for an answer to the question whether the main culprit of the tragedy was Nikolai himself, his wife Aleksandra or the infamous "saint" Rasputin.
The reader will learn how the murder of the Tsar's family was planned and carried out, how the burial place of the murdered was desperately tried to be hidden, and what was the fate of the murderers themselves.