As is the case with the Russian Revolution. In What You Did Not Tell, however, Mark Mazower ably conjures up this crepuscular period as he considers his family’s involvement in the events of 1917. The Mazowers originated in the Pale of Settlement, the western region of imperial Russia where Jews were allowed residency. How my family’s history in London hid a revolutionary Russian secret Read more“The Russian Revolution had something of the quality of a family affair,” Mazower notes. • What You Did Not Tell: A Russian Past and the Journey Home by Mark Mazower is published by Allen Lane (£20).

Source: The Guardian January 14, 2018 07:52 UTC