
Overtaken by the Night
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Highly readable, Overtaken by the Night captivates on many levels. It is a gripping biography of a man of many faces, a behind-the-curtain look at the inner workings of Russian politics at its highest levels, and also an engrossing account of ordinary Russians engulfed by swiftly moving political and social currents.
Dzhunkovsky served as a confidant in the tsar's imperial court,and as governor in Moscow province during and after the 1905 revolution. In 1913, he became the empire's security chief, determined to reform the practices of the dreaded tsarist political police, the Okhrana. Dismissed from office for daring to investigate and warn Tsar Nicholas about Rasputin, his path led him into combat on the battlefields of the First World War. A natural leader of men, he held his units together even as revolution spilled into the trenches. Arrested as a counterrevolutionary in 1918 and imprisoned until 1921, Dzhunkovsky avoided execution thanks to an outpouring of public support and his reputation for treating revolutionaries with fairness and dignity. Although later he consulted for the Stalinist secret police, he was tried and executed in 1938 as an enemy of the people.
Based on Dzhunkovsky's detailed memoirs and extensive archival research, Overtaken by the Night paints a fascinating picture of an important figure. Dzhunkovsky's incredible life reveals much about a long and crucial period in Russian history. It is a story of Russia in revolution reminiscent of the fictional Doctor Zhivago, but perhaps even more extraordinary for being true.
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- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Dates and Spelling
- Prologue: Butovo, 1938
- Part One. From Page to Public Man, 1865-1904
- 1. Youth and the Corps of Pages
- 2. Guardsman and Courtier
- 3. Love, Labor, Loss
- 4. Green Snake, Red Flag
- Part Two. Alarms and Civil Strife, 1905
- 5. Storm Signals
- 6. Moscow Explodes
- Part Three. Master of the Province, 1906-1912
- 7. Learning the Ropes
- 8. A Governor con Brio
- 9. Provincial Politics
- 10. National Pageantry
- Part Four. Security Chief, 1913-1915
- 11. Celebration and Reform
- 12. A Gendarme Manqué?
- 13. Mission to Baku
- 14. In War at Home
- 15. Riot, Rasputin, Ruin
- Part Five. Dzhunkovsky's War, 1915-1918
- 16. Finding Peace in War
- 17. In Dubious Battles: Naroch Lake and After
- 18. Red Flags at the Front
- 19. The End of a World
- Part Six. In the Shadows, 1918-1938
- 20. Pensioner, Prisoner, Witness for the Prosecution
- 21. Before the Bar of Soviet Justice
- 22. That the Descendants of the Orthodox Might Know
- 23. Overtaken by the Night
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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