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by Boris Romanov (Author)
Was First World War Inevitable? - The Forgotten Telegram (On the 100th anniversary of WWI. Little-known facts and mysteries of the eve of WWI) Almost 100 years after the begining of First World War, there is still exist some forgotten or mysterious facts. The author tells the story of a forgotten (by historians) telegram of Russian Emperor Nicholas II to German Emperor Wilhelm II on July 29, 1914 - two days before the start of WWI. Documentary sources found by the author convincingly shows that the telegram would prevent the war - if the Kaiser Wilhelm would agreed with the proposal of the Russian Emperor. In addition, the author criticizes the version of "equal responsibility" of the great European powers for starting WWI, and tells the story of the little-known (or the forgotten) facts of peacekeeping efforts of Nicholas II for the convening of the Hague Conference in 1899, and during the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913. The last part of the brochure is devoted to the analysis of the state of Russia by 1917, on the eve of Russian catastrophe. The brochure contains the reference of sources (36 references), and this may be of interest as to the general reader so and for professional historians.
Author Biography
Author BORIS ROMANOV Born in 1945 in Leningrad (St.Petersburg), Ph.D (the candidate of sciences), the writer. The author of 10 books, including Zoroastrianism and Christianity (1994), The Occult Bulgakov (1995), The Apocalypse 2008-2173 (1996), "Astro-Biblos" (1996), Tragedy of Princess Diana (1998), Russian mags and seers (1998), The Story about Apostles, Ponty Pilat and Simon-mag (1999) and Fatal Predictions of Russia (2006) and The Emperor who knew the Fate. And Russia, which did not knew (2011). - First part of this book (The Emperor who knew the Fate) is a basis for the script of the documentary The Emperor who knew the Fate. Boris Romanov was award a prize "For Best Screenplay" on IFF "Pokrov" (Kiev, 2010).
