The death of the Russian Empire in 1917 was not an accident. The February Revolution was carefully planned by political elites. Deputies of the State Duma initiated the collapse of the country, using beautiful promises of universal freedoms and the imminent victorious end of the First World War. The history of this major geopolitical catastrophe is still largely mysterious, and there are far more questions than answers. Germany, which was used to being blamed for everything that happened, itself became a victim of revolutionary upheavals. The inability of the Provisional Government to resolve the issues facing the country naturally led to political radicals coming to power. The military tried to resist them, but it was too late. Russia was entering a time of troubles. From the book you will learn: who and how prepared the overthrow of Nicholas II? Was victory stolen from Russia in World War I? Why didn’t the German General Staff know about their agent Lenin? Who paid for the return of the Bolsheviks from emigration to Russia? Why were they doomed to victory in the Russian Revolution? Who were Lenin's first people's commissars? Did the military have a chance to stop the collapse of historical Russia? And most importantly: you will understand why a revolution should never happen in Russia again!