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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty | Robert K. Massie

Interesting historical foreshadowing. Alexandra, wife of Tsar Nicholas II, stayed in Marie Antoinette's rooms at Versailles.

TheBookHippie I enjoyed this read very much. 3d

Rome753 @TheBookHippie I'm definitely finding it very interesting as well. 3d

Texreader Oooh spooky 3d

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Patriot | Alexei Navalny

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Unforgettable. A remarkable document of Navalny's work, his resilience, courage, and optimism.
Far from wallowing in depression or denial, he appears naturally upbeat even years into the prison sentence that will end in his death. While it is hard for me to follow his discussions on faith, his unflagging efforts to fight corruption, to call out lies, to acknowledge the cruel absurdities of a self-serving and censorious government 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? and prison system with humour, with practical, well-argued, well-informed insights, with gratitude to those who joined and supported his team's accomplishments, with love and admiration for his wife, are truly an inspiration, human and legendary, all at once. 5d

Robotswithpersonality 3 To know that this man, who fought so untiringly is gone, while Putin is still in power does make me want to simultaneously scream and weep, Navalny's example is such that it makes it impossible to ignore the much more fitting tribute to his memory, which is to support the cause. To stay informed, to push for a democratic, honest leadership of Russia, which can lead to economic recovery, freedom of speech, to a better future for all Navalny's 5d

Robotswithpersonality 4/? fellow countrymen, who also know that Russians are a good people, with a bad state.
Regarding the format of the book, while there is some attention paid to Navalny's formative years, how he met his wife, where he started in his career, understandably, the bulk of this memoir focuses on the years actively involved in politics, in efforts leading up to the development of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, 5d

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? in the cases the government brought against him, the poisoning, recovery and his subsequent prison sentence.
If I had to single out passages that will stay with me most from the three years of writing from prison that make up the majority of the second half of the book, it is Navalny's eloquent revisiting of the image of himself as a traveler in space, surviving in confinement with meager possessions seen as similar to someone in a long deep 5d

Robotswithpersonality 6/? space journey.
While he often deals with yet more charges bring brought, more disciplinary hearings based on nitpicky rules within the prison, the rare long form visit from family, and the semi-regular visits by lawyers before the final year, there is still much time spent in solitary, and his creative reframing, without losing touch with reality or evincing toxic positivity hits all the harder, for the strength demonstrated by 5d

Robotswithpersonality 7/7 such an ability to find whimsy for the audience he knows is reading whatever can be communicated, for the wish to continue to encourage all who can to act, for demonstrating that he retains his convictions and urges action and hope, for remaining unbroken, right until the end. ❤️‍🩹

⚠️Discussion of invasion of Ukraine, description of poisoning, discussion of Chernobyl crisis, animal death, mention of incarceration conditions, SA 5d

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