https://sailing-dulce.nl/home/article-8009 #Mars #CuriosityRover #imperialrussia Zondag 12-02-2023 Te midden van alle ellende van een agressieoorlog en zware aardbevingen toch even aandacht voor water op de planeet Mars. Daar vond het Marskarretje Curiosity opvallend nieuw en direct bewijs voor het bestaan van meren in het gebied waar het wagentje al ruim tien jaar rondrijdt: de grote krater Gale. Daar had al meerdere aanwijzingen gevonden voor de theorie dat er ooit meren waren..

Finished my first audiobook (second book) of the year. I would have chosen a different narrator, personally, but the book itself got very interesting around chapter 3. A good read for anyone interested in the #Romanovs, #ImperialRussia, and even #Paris. #nonfiction #bookstodon

https://archive.org/details/watchful-state

The Watchful State: Security Police and Opposition in Russia, 1906–1917 by Jonathan W. Daly

Topics
#russianrevolution, #russianempire, #tsarism, #tsaristrussia, #politicalpolice, #policeviolence, #politicalrepression, #counterinsurgency, #counterrevolution, #imperialism, #policing, #departmentforprotectingthepublicsecurityandorder, #okhrana, #ministryofinternalaffairs, #mvd, #imperialrussia, #russianimperialism, #politicalviolence

Why did the imperial Russian government fail to prevent revolution in 1917? Were its security policies flawed? This broadly researched study of Russia's security police investigates the government's efforts to maintain order as it struggled against political opposition and threats of violence during the last decade before the Revolution. Historian Jonathan Daly brings to life the men who, often with reformist intentions, took on the task of defending Russia against political dissent and revolution from within.