| Descript |
292 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.2 12 167384. |
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Nonfiction. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Before you begin -- Russia 1903 -- Beyond the palace gates: peasant turned worker -- Before the storm -- "I dreamed that I was loved" -- Beyond the palace gates: a peasant boyhood -- "What a disappointment!" -- Beyond the palace gates: lullabies for peasant babies -- "A small family circle" -- Beyond the palace gates: another family circle -- Dark clouds gathering -- The year of nightmares -- Lenin, the duma, and a mystic named Rasputin -- Beyond the palace gates: house no. 13 -- "Pig and filth" and family fun -- Beyond the palace gates: an occupation for workers' daughters -- Gathering clouds -- Three centuries of Romanovs -- Beyond the palace gates: a different kind of education for a different kind of boy -- The storm breaks -- "My God! My God! What madness!" -- In defense of mother Russia -- Beyond the palace gates: Vasily's diary -- The reign of Rasputin -- It all comes tumbling down -- Beyond the palace gates: molecule in a storm -- "Ye tyrants quake, your day is over" -- Beyond the palace gates: ye tyrants quake, your day is over -- Final days -- "Survivors of a shipwreck" -- Beyond the palace gates: the tsar's surprise party -- Into Siberia -- Beyond the palace gates: swarming the palace -- The house of special purpose -- Deadly intent -- "The world will never know what has become of them" -- Beyond the palace gates: living in communist Russia. |
| Audience |
950L Lexile |
| Subject |
Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
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Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918 -- Family.
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Romanov, House of.
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
0375967826 (glb) |
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9780375867828 |
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0375867821 |
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9780375967825 (glb) |
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9780375898648 (ebk) |
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