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Russian Revolutions and Civil War

31/12/2016 by Julien PAOLANTONI

Julien Paolantony explains the dynamics of the revolutionary era in Russia: how did diverse factors combine to enable the Bolsheviks to take down the tsarist regime.

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Russia: Road to the Revolutions

03/12/2016 by Julien PAOLANTONI / 1 comment

We continue publishing the series of Julien Paolantoni’s essays on the history of the Russian Empire. The first two related parts were The Roots of Russia : From the Early East Slavs to the Grand Duchy of Moscow and A Superpower Rises: Foundation of the Russian Empire. Introduction Part 2 of […]

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Episode 8. The Great Odd War (IV)

17/10/2012 by Nikolay STARIKOV / 2 comments

Part I Part II Part III At the point when the Russian command began to run into difficulties during the German offensive in 1915, they vainly tried to get at least some kind of real help from the Allies. The actions of the Entente countries however, unlike their adversaries, continued […]

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Episode 8. The Great Odd War (I)

26/09/2012 by Nikolay STARIKOV / 13 comments

In previous articles we have looked in detail at the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder of Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 and the shrewd diplomatic game played by the British government during the hot summer of 1914 designed to draw Germany and Russia into the […]

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