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Edvard Radzinsky's The Last Tsar

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Documents are a historian’s most common source material and become the basis of numerous historical work. Historians determine the meaning of the documents contents. The Last Tsar, by Edvard Radzinsky uses the journal entries of Tsar Nicholas II to determine the meaning of the monarch actions, which were rather self-contradictory at times. Radzinsky interprets the times Nicholas called his wife what at which times and the language he used during politically centered entries to help him discover the nuances of Nicholas character and therefore further understand his actions. Does Radzinsky have the personal knowledge to make the assertions he does of Nicholas? Can and should personal reflections be analyzed and not taken at face value? Are

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