The Autocrat of the Desert

“The Autocrat of the Desert” is a book about the life of Roman Fyodorovich Ungern-Sternberg 1886–1921, an Estonian baron, a white general, and a Mongolian khan, about the fates of people connected with him, about the Civil War in the... east of Russia. This is a new, significantly revised and supplemented edition with a unique selection of photographs. “The grim charm of Ungern is not limited to the ‘charm of evil.’ One of the first in the 20th century, Ungern traveled that ancient path where the wandering knight becomes a roaming killer, the dreamer becomes an executioner, and the mystic turns into a doctrinair.” Leonid Yuzefovich.

Author: ЮЗЕФОВИЧ Л.А.

Printhouse: Redaktsiia Eleny Shubinoi

Series: Historical Biographies

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2023

ISBN: 9785171606305

Number of pages: 592

Size: 220x148x32 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 763 g

ID: 1580519

“The Autocrat of the Desert” is a book about the life of Roman Fyodorovich Ungern-Sternberg 1886–1921, an Estonian baron, a white general, and a Mongolian khan, about the fates of people connected with him, about the Civil War in the east of Russia. This is a new, significantly revised and supplemented edition with a unique selection of photographs. “The grim charm of Ungern is not limited to the ‘charm of evil.’ One of the first in the 20th century, Ungern traveled that ancient path where the wandering knight becomes a roaming killer, the dreamer becomes an executioner, and the mystic turns into a doctrinair.” Leonid Yuzefovich.

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