Nicolas II, la transition interrompue

Synopsis of Nicolas II, la transition interrompue

«Nicolas II, la transition interrompue» is the political biography written by Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, published by Fayard in paperback (554 pages).

The work asks whether the reign of the last tsar was leading the regime to revolution or whether an interrupted reformist transition existed. Hélène Carrère d'Encausse analyses how Nicholas II, heir to Alexander II's reforms, drove profound changes in the Russian state, society and economy, and whether modernisation led to the failure of 1917.

The 1996 French edition has 554 pages, includes bibliographic references and an index, and won the Prix des Ambassadeurs in 1997.

For readers of Russian history and historical biographies, with an interest in the debate on the Russian Revolution.