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Byt' Russkoi Imperatritsei: Istoricheskaia Proza (To be a Russian Empress: Historical Prose)
by Aleksandr Krylov-Tolstikovich

431pages

Published: 2003

Genre: Biography

Publisher: Gala Press

Languages: Russian

ISBN Hardcover: 5938260167

ISBN Softcover: No softcover edition available

Print Status: in print

Byt' Russkoi Imperatritsei: Istoricheskaia Proza (To be a Russian Empress: Historical Prose)

description:

A biography about the tragic fate of Empress Aleksandra Fedorovna, dealing primarily with her last 22 years in Russia. Illustrated with B&W photos.


(Title in Russian: Быть Русской Ипмератрицей)

unique features:

Based on numerous little known personal documents of the Empress which allowed the author to describe her emotional and psychological life.

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