Leslie Zemeckis's Blog - Posts Tagged "tsars"

Just finished a compelling book entitled "Former People". It is thoroughly researched yet fascinating and personal about what happened to the aristocracy with the fall of Russia's Tsarists system a.. through Lenin and Stalin. The violence and random brutality these families were subject to is heartbreaking. The "Russian spirit" and the love for land and Russia sometimes was the only thing that kept these people going. I would recommend this to historians and lovers of compelling dramas.