Time to Gather Stones. Volume 2

In this version of history, the October Revolution in Russia happened without bloodshed and almost without sound: the quiet rustling of political events in Petrograd was drowned out by the thunder of the Battle of the Moon Sound. Kerensky hands over power, and Stalin—who at the time had a reputation for being a peacemaker—accepts it. But nothing has yet been decided. The enormous country is demoralized and demobilized; deserters run from the front in droves, while the German military establishment, enraged by an inexplicable defeat, makes plans for a final solution to the Russian question. Russia is split, and the Bolshevik Party is fractured. While most people rallied around Lenin and Stalin, the profiteers from the revolution acting in the interests of foreign powers received the new course with hostility. In addition, the Soviet government faces a problem with the royal family scattered across the expanses of Russia: everything must be done to prevent unlawful killings, and the Romanovs must be delivered to a safe place under reliable guard and supervision.

After reading this book, you’ll learn how Stalin’s government manages to conclude an honorable Riga peace with Germany, cleanse the party of alien elements, and—by securing cooperation from the former Tsar and his family—reduce the intensity of the internal national turmoil.