Overtaken by the Night : One Russian's Journey Through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror.
Vladimir Fedorovich Dzhunkovsky was a witness to Russia's unfolding tragedy--from Tsar Alexander II's Great Reforms, through world war, revolution, the rise of a new regime, and finally, his country's descent into terror under Stalin. But Dzhunkovsky was not just a passive observer--h...
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Dates and Spelling; Prologue: Butovo, 1938; Part One. From Page to Public Man, 1865â#x80;#x93;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, 1906â#x80;#x93;1912; 7. Learning the Ropes; 8. A Governor con Brio; 9. Provincial Politics; 10. National Pageantry; Part Four. Security Chief, 1913â#x80;#x93;1915; 11. Celebration and Reform; 12. A Gendarme Manqué?; 13. Mission to Baku.
- 14. In War at Home15. Riot, Rasputin, Ruin; Part Five. Dzhunkovskyâ#x80;#x99;s War, 1915â#x80;#x93;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, 1918â#x80;#x93;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.