Itoricheskaia neizbezhnost'?Kliuchevye sobytiia Russkoi revoliutsii - po red.Brentona

Was the path that Russia took in 1917 inevitable? Have there been moments when an unforeseen incident, a shot hit the target or, conversely, inaccurate, could change the course of Russian, and therefore world history? If the attempt on Stolypin in Kiev had not been successful, if in April 1917 the Germans had not transferred to Lenin's homeland, if the royal family could have been saved? These questions are asked by the author and compiler of the collection, a British diplomat, former British Ambassador to Russia Sir Tony Brenton. As part of the project organized by him, well-known historians examine in detail the turning points of the Russian Revolution and assess the possibility of alternative development of events. And summing up the work of historians, Tony Brenton tries to answer the most important question for us, Russian readers of the book: what awaits Russia