The End of the Russian Empire
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1931. 272, index, small damp stains in top margin of text (no pages stuck), small tear p. 7, boards slightly scuffed. Excerpt from an obituary available on-line: "Switzerland. He was 86 years old. Dr. Florinsky, who retired in 1963 and moved to Vevey in Switzerland, produced his major work that year, the two-volume ''Russia: A History and an Interpretation. '' The publication had gone through 10 editions at his death. He studied at the University of Kiev Law School in his native city and, at the outbreak of World War I, received an artillery commission. He was wounded in action and decorated four times before the 1918 Revolution. A Move to England Following the Bolshevik takeover, he settled in England in 1921 to study at the London School of Economics and Kings College, London. Through Paul Vinogradov, the historian of Oxford, he became associated with the ''Economic and Social History of the World War, '' published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, for which he edited 12 volumes on Russia. He came to the United States as a Columbia student in 1926. He received his master's degree in 1927 and his doctorate in 1931. He was appointed a full professor in 1956. In the 1930's and 1940's, Dr. Florinsky was a prolific writer and reviewer on Fascism and European problems. ''It has been said that the democratic form of government is the best but also the most difficult, '' he wrote in his 1936 work, ''Fascism and National Socialism. '' ''After surveying the ways of the totalitarian states, one feels more convinced than ever that the effort to overcome the difficulties is distinctly worth continuing. ''. Condition: fair to good text, rebound in good binding.
Keywords: Russian Revolution, Romanov, Bolsheviks, Tsar Nicholas, Communism, First World War
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