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Overtaken by the Night : One Russian's Journey Through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Russian and East European StudiesPublisher: PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (583 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822983224
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Overtaken by the NightDDC classification:
  • 940.3
LOC classification:
  • DK254
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dates and Spelling -- Prologue: Butovo, 1938 -- Part One. From Page to Public Man, 1865-1904 -- 1. Youth and the Corps of Pages -- 2. Guardsman and Courtier -- 3. Love, Labor, Loss -- 4. Green Snake, Red Flag -- Part Two. Alarms and Civil Strife, 1905 -- 5. Storm Signals -- 6. Moscow Explodes -- Part Three. Master of the Province, 1906-1912 -- 7. Learning the Ropes -- 8. A Governor con Brio -- 9. Provincial Politics -- 10. National Pageantry -- Part Four. Security Chief, 1913-1915 -- 11. Celebration and Reform -- 12. A Gendarme Manqué? -- 13. Mission to Baku -- 14. In War at Home -- 15. Riot, Rasputin, Ruin -- Part Five. Dzhunkovsky's War, 1915-1918 -- 16. Finding Peace in War -- 17. In Dubious Battles: Naroch Lake and After -- 18. Red Flags at the Front -- 19. The End of a World -- Part Six. In the Shadows, 1918-1938 -- 20. Pensioner, Prisoner, Witness for the Prosecution -- 21. Before the Bar of Soviet Justice -- 22. That the Descendants of the Orthodox Might Know -- 23. Overtaken by the Night -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Vladimir Fedorovich Dzhunkovsky, the subject of this book, was a witness to his country's unfolding tragedy--the decay of the tsarist autocracy, world war, revolution, the rise of a new regime, and its descent into terror. But Dzhunkovsky was not just a passive observer, he was an active participant in the troubled and turbulent events of his time, often struggling against the tide. Overtaken by the Night paints a fascinating picture of Dzhunkovsky's incredible life that reveals much about a long and crucial period in Russian history. It is a story of Russia in revolution reminiscent of the fictional Doctor Zhivago, but even more extraordinary for being true.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dates and Spelling -- Prologue: Butovo, 1938 -- Part One. From Page to Public Man, 1865-1904 -- 1. Youth and the Corps of Pages -- 2. Guardsman and Courtier -- 3. Love, Labor, Loss -- 4. Green Snake, Red Flag -- Part Two. Alarms and Civil Strife, 1905 -- 5. Storm Signals -- 6. Moscow Explodes -- Part Three. Master of the Province, 1906-1912 -- 7. Learning the Ropes -- 8. A Governor con Brio -- 9. Provincial Politics -- 10. National Pageantry -- Part Four. Security Chief, 1913-1915 -- 11. Celebration and Reform -- 12. A Gendarme Manqué? -- 13. Mission to Baku -- 14. In War at Home -- 15. Riot, Rasputin, Ruin -- Part Five. Dzhunkovsky's War, 1915-1918 -- 16. Finding Peace in War -- 17. In Dubious Battles: Naroch Lake and After -- 18. Red Flags at the Front -- 19. The End of a World -- Part Six. In the Shadows, 1918-1938 -- 20. Pensioner, Prisoner, Witness for the Prosecution -- 21. Before the Bar of Soviet Justice -- 22. That the Descendants of the Orthodox Might Know -- 23. Overtaken by the Night -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Vladimir Fedorovich Dzhunkovsky, the subject of this book, was a witness to his country's unfolding tragedy--the decay of the tsarist autocracy, world war, revolution, the rise of a new regime, and its descent into terror. But Dzhunkovsky was not just a passive observer, he was an active participant in the troubled and turbulent events of his time, often struggling against the tide. Overtaken by the Night paints a fascinating picture of Dzhunkovsky's incredible life that reveals much about a long and crucial period in Russian history. It is a story of Russia in revolution reminiscent of the fictional Doctor Zhivago, but even more extraordinary for being true.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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