1894-1917

"World War I and the Russian Revolution together shaped the twentieth century in profound ways ... Dominic Lieven connects the two events, providing both a history of the war's origins from a Russian perspective and an international history of why the revolution happened"--Back cover.

Discusses the Bolshevik Revolution, also known as the October Revolution, in which the Bolshevik armed forces overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and gave power to the Soviets, which ultimately led to the formation of the Soviet Empire.

A biography of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the communist party and the Soviet state, discussing his early life, education, and family; looking at events that fed his urge to rebel; and examining his roles as revolutionary, political leader, thinker, and private person.

An analysis of the Russian-French alliance of 1894 and what went wrong in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century.

An intimate account of the last of the Romanovs and the fall of Imperial Russia--Cover.

A biography of the last tsar of Russia, Nicholas II who was forced to abdicate in 1917.