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August 1914 is a historical novel examining the causes for the decline of 19th century aristocratic russia to a 20th century russia of socialist experimentation. Publication date 1990 topics tannenberg, battle of, stebark, poland, 1914 fiction. August 1914 covers the period from 1894 when the naive, unprepared 26yearold nicholas assumed the throne on the sudden death of his father to august 1914 when incompetent leadership led the russian military to ignominious defeats during the initial months of wwi. Warning to the west aleksandr solzhenitsyn download bok. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The first russian edition was published in paris in 1971 and in english in 1972. Aleksandr solzhenitsyn project gutenberg selfpublishing. Crippled by weak, indecisive leadership the russian troops battle desperately. This is one in a series of videos on this novel of. T download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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