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White terror : Cossack warlords of the Trans-Siberian /

This is the gripping story of a forgotten Russia in turmoil, when the line between government and organized crime blurred into a chaotic continuum of kleptocracy, vengeance and sadism. It tells the tale of how, in the last days of 1917, a fugitive Cossack captain brashly led seven cohorts into a mut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bisher, Jamie, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
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  • Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Prelude to terror; 2 Revolution and red terror; 3 Counterrevolution; 4 The white terror begins; 5 Rodomontade and girls with diamonds; 6 White terror on the magistral; 7 The white collapse begins; 8 Red onslaught; 9 White-Japanese resurgence, panic and disaster; 10 Götterdämmerung; 11 Diaspora, manchurian revival and legacy; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Glossary; Notes; Select bibliography; Index