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Gary Saul Morson on “The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs” by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.

In his newly released book, “The Last Tsar: the Abdication of Nicholas II and the End of the Romanovs” (Basic Books), author Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, an emeritus professor of history at UC Santa Barbara, ...

A new book by UC Santa Barbara emeritus professor of history Tsuyoshi Hasegawa unpacks the abdication of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II and the fall of the Romanovs.