I have read some heavy tomes in my day but this one weighs a tonne. It concentrates in infinite detail on the leadup to the Russian revolution in Feb 1917, part way thru WWI. The last Tsar, Nicholas II wasn't much of a leader. The names in this book, of which there are at least 500, all take up a line of print, with one exception, Rasputin. Has anyone ever noticed that this conman and hustler has a very similar name to that other Russian. Another example is Vladimir Mitrofanovich Purishkevich who just happened to have murdered Rasputin. All in all to some up the life's work of the author Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, the Russians back then were a mess and still are.
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