The Splendor and Blood of the Guards' Century
14 hrs. 19 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexander Bushkov
Author
Alexander Bushkov
Narrator
Vladimir Sushkov
Narrator
Vladimir Sushkov
For Alexander Bushkov, this story is not something frozen and turned to stone. With his characteristic audacious imagination, the author continues unraveling historical riddles. There is a period in Russian history—1725 to 1825—that can rightfully be called the “Garrison Century.”
Because in those years, much depended on the Guards— including whether the next autocrat would remain on the throne, or fall—whether he would remain alive, or…
Rulers sat on thrones thinking they were governing. But right next to them, for those hundred years, was another force with no rights or authority to interfere in state affairs. Yet it was a power named the Guards that decided the fate of the throne.
Because in those years, much depended on the Guards— including whether the next autocrat would remain on the throne, or fall—whether he would remain alive, or…
Rulers sat on thrones thinking they were governing. But right next to them, for those hundred years, was another force with no rights or authority to interfere in state affairs. Yet it was a power named the Guards that decided the fate of the throne.
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