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100 1  Rappaport, Helen,|eauthor. 
245 10 After the Romanovs :|bRussian exiles in Paris from the 
       Belle époque through revolution and war /|cHelen 
       Rappaport. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2022. 
300    xvi, 317 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-308) and 
       index. 
520    "From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling 
       author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, 
       the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and 
       intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of
       Light. Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence,
       fine wine and food and the latest fashions. But it has 
       also been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution,
       never more so than before and after the Russian Revolution
       and the fall of the Romanov dynasty. For years, Russian 
       aristocrats had enjoyed all Belle Epoque Paris had to 
       offer, spending lavishly when they visited. It was a place
       of artistic experimentation such as Diaghilev's Ballets 
       Russes. But the brutality of the Bolshevik takeover forced
       Russians of all types to flee their homeland, sometimes 
       leaving with only the clothes on their backs. Arriving in 
       Paris, former princes could be seen driving taxicabs, 
       while their wives who could sew worked for the fashion 
       houses, their unique Russian style serving as inspiration 
       for designers like Coco Chanel. Talented intellectuals, 
       artists, poets, philosophers and writers struggled in 
       exile, eking out a living at menial jobs. Some, like Bunin,
       Chagall and Stravinsky, encountered great success in the 
       same Paris that welcomed Americans like Fitzgerald and 
       Hemingway. Political activists sought to overthrow the 
       Bolshevik regime from afar, while double agents plotted 
       espionage and assassination from both sides. Others became
       trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming 
       homesickness for Russia, the homeland they had been forced
       to abandon. This is their story"--|cProvided by publisher.
650  0 Russians|zFrance|zParis|xSocial life and customs|y20th 
       century. 
650  0 Russians|zFrance|zParis|xIntellectual life|y20th century. 
650  0 Russians|zFrance|zParis|xSocial conditions|y20th century. 
650  0 Political refugees|zFrance|zParis|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Exiles|zFrance|zParis|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Russians|zFrance|zParis|xHistory|y20th century. 
651  0 Paris (France)|xIntellectual life|y20th century.