The Collapse of a Great Empire

The fall of the Russian Empire in 1917 was no accident. The February Revolution was carefully planned by the political elites. Deputies of the State Duma initiated the disintegration of the country, using fine promises of universal freedoms and a swift victorious end to the First World War.

The history of this major geopolitical catastrophe remains in many ways mysterious, and there are far more questions here than answers. Germany, which has habitually been blamed for everything that happened, was itself a victim of revolutionary upheaval. The Provisional Government's inability to resolve the issues facing the country naturally brought political radicals to power. The military attempted to resist them, but it was already too late. Russia was entering a time of troubles.

From this audiobook you will learn: who planned the overthrow of Nicholas II and how? Was Russia robbed of victory in the First World War? Why did the German General Staff not know about their own agent Lenin? Who paid for the return of the Bolsheviks from exile to Russia? Why were they doomed to victory in the Russian Revolution? Who were Lenin's first People's Commissars? Did the military have any chance of stopping the collapse of historical Russia? And most importantly: you will understand why a revolution must never again occur in Russia!