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The Foe Within: Fantasies of Treason and the End of Imperial Russia

The Foe Within: Fantasies of Treason and the End of Imperial Russia Book Reviews / Canadian–American Slavic Studies 44 (2010) 233–252 245 William C. Fuller, Jr. Th e Foe Within: Fantasies of Treason and the End of Imperial Russia . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006. xii, 286 pp. $39.95. After witnessing the events of 1917, the historian Iurii Got’e wrote in his diary that “the more you think about it the clearer it becomes that the society that gave birth to Nicholas II with his Rasputins, Miasoedovs, and Sukhomlinovs should have ended as it has ended.” While no one today would have trouble identifying the last tsar and his mad monk, virtually no one remem- bers the signifi cance of the Miasoedov aff air, a forgetfulness that William Fuller, Jr. rectifi es in this remarkable work. Based on impressive archival research, Th e Foe Within is microhistory at its best. Starting with the dramatic execution of Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Miasoedov on March 18, 1915 for treason, Fuller reconstructs the events leading up to this event. Believed to be a German spy, Miasoedov was quickly arrested, tried by a special military court-martial, and sentenced to death in the Citadel of Warsaw. In the wake of this aff air, Fuller recounts, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian-American Slavic Studies Brill

The Foe Within: Fantasies of Treason and the End of Imperial Russia

Canadian-American Slavic Studies , Volume 44 (1-2): 245 – Jan 1, 2010

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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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10.1163/221023910X513128
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Book Reviews / Canadian–American Slavic Studies 44 (2010) 233–252 245 William C. Fuller, Jr. Th e Foe Within: Fantasies of Treason and the End of Imperial Russia . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006. xii, 286 pp. $39.95. After witnessing the events of 1917, the historian Iurii Got’e wrote in his diary that “the more you think about it the clearer it becomes that the society that gave birth to Nicholas II with his Rasputins, Miasoedovs, and Sukhomlinovs should have ended as it has ended.” While no one today would have trouble identifying the last tsar and his mad monk, virtually no one remem- bers the signifi cance of the Miasoedov aff air, a forgetfulness that William Fuller, Jr. rectifi es in this remarkable work. Based on impressive archival research, Th e Foe Within is microhistory at its best. Starting with the dramatic execution of Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Miasoedov on March 18, 1915 for treason, Fuller reconstructs the events leading up to this event. Believed to be a German spy, Miasoedov was quickly arrested, tried by a special military court-martial, and sentenced to death in the Citadel of Warsaw. In the wake of this aff air, Fuller recounts,

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