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Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 – A World on the Edge

With Helen Rappaport, historian and the New York Times bestselling author of “The Romanov Sisters.”

This illustrated lecture spotlights the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold. During 1917 Petrograd was turned into a ‘red madhouse’ as diplomats, military attaches, governesses, journalists, businessmen and nurses watched history being made in the war-torn capital.











When: Mon., Apr. 24, 2017 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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With Helen Rappaport, historian and the New York Times bestselling author of “The Romanov Sisters.”

This illustrated lecture spotlights the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold. During 1917 Petrograd was turned into a ‘red madhouse’ as diplomats, military attaches, governesses, journalists, businessmen and nurses watched history being made in the war-torn capital.

Buy tickets/get more info now