num_pages: 12
description: The text of this easy-to-read Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 16 pages, first appeared in the esteemed multi-volume reference work “World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture,” 1919 edition (history of Russia through the Revolution of 1917) and in the U.S. Department of State’s 2012 publication “Background Note: Russia” (history of Russia since the Revolution of 1917).Sample passage:Within the government were two factions—the extreme conservatives, who were constantly advocating more drastic measures of repression; and the liberals, who counseled moderation and advised the czar to yield to the most urgent requests of the people. The conservative faction was in control, and petition after petition was denied until the tension between the government and the people reached the breaking point. Then came the revolution of 1905, inaugurated by a series of great strikes. In an attempt to break the stride in Saint Petersburg over 500 innocent people, many of them women and children, were killed, and over 3,000 were wounded by the police and the soldiers. The best political authorities of Russia agree that by this act the government separated itself from the people beyond all possibility of reconciliation.
language: English
title: A Brief Guide to the History of Russia
publisher: A. J. Cornell Publications