Former People Book Reviews

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Fantastic!. This is a part of history that has been completely forgotten. The nobility in Russia were always painted as ruthless and idle, yet as the author shows through chronicling the stories of two great Russian families, many members served the country as doctors, statesmen, writers and artists. Many sympathized with the peasants and even joined the communists at first. As the most educated members of society, they would have been the best able to help Russia rebuild after the Revolution- and many of them did. Sadly, the brutish thugs who cared more for revenge and or acquiring the spoils of victory for themselves than for rebuilding their own country won the day. What these families suffered was incredible- and oddly the ones who suffered the most were the generation that could hardly be blamed for the excesses of the nobility in Imperial Russia. The luckiest escaped and some managed to use their talents to shine in the free world- as one Branch of the Gostelyn family ended up working in Hollywood as actors and oscar nominated art directors. Those who could not escape faced starvation, endless sentences in the gulags or were murdered by gangs or some kind of random police force. What made this book worth reading was the depiction of the sense of honor and mental toughness that these people had- they truly faced their troubles in such an admirable way. It was remarkable to hear of their tireless spirit and relentless hope in the wake of such tragedy.The story told that these elites were who they were simply as an accident of birth is brought down by the examples in ths book- they really were a noble people and in destroying them, the communists sealed their own fate as they were never able to draw on the talent and strength of a class of people who had, for better or worse, controlled the country for centuries.

Former People. Great book that captures the human experience of post-revolutionary Russia. It demonstrates the strength of the human spirit and the ruthlessness of our nature. So many lessons and told in a very readable fashion.

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