Vasily Shulgin went down in history as a figure is extremely contradictory. And at the same time, it was a typical representative of the Russian imperial elite of the early twentieth century. Being a convinced monarchist and nationalist, he took an active part in attempts to liberalize government, which ended with a conspiracy against the king and the collapse of the empire. Shulgin accepted the renunciation of the throne of Nicholas II, was a member of the group of leaders of the February Revolution, participated in the organization of the White Guard resistance of the October Revolution, was a member of the governments of generals Denikin and Wrangel, created an extensive intelligence organization, led the editorial offices of newspapers, was a bright publicist and writer. The author of the books “Days”, “1920”, “Three capitals”, “What we do not like in them. About anti -Semitism in Russia” and others. In December 1944, he was arrested in Yugoslavia of the Smersh army counterintelligence, sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment for anti -Soviet activities. After an amnesty in 1956, he was engaged in a literary activity …
Author
Rybas Svyatoslav Yuryevich
Editor
Chernikov I.V.V.
Publisher
Young Guard, 2014
Series
The life of wonderful people
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