This title examines key questions central to the study of Russia between 1917 and 1924. It presents an analysis of current historical interpretations and adopts an approach required by the post-1998 A-Level syllabuses.
This book charts the Febuary Revolution, the October Revolution, the Civil War and the main individuals involved, giving a remarkable degree of clarity to the tumultuous events in Russia whose consequences the world lived with for the rest ...
Examining the background to and the course of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Lenin's regime, this new title explores both the key aspects and the historical interpretations of Lenin's legacy to Russian history.
Lenin's Path to Power: Bolshevism and the Destiny of Russia
This book aims to provide the answer. Exploring the cults mystical, historical, and political aspects, the book attempts to demonstrate the galvanizing power of ritual in the establishment of the postrevolutionary regime.
All this drew the attention of Scotland Yard's Special Branch , which already in March 1914 had opened a file on him.12 In 1910 , also before he married , Peters may have participated in an infamous robbery of a jewelry store in East ...
CONTENTS The Development of Capitalism in Russia The Theoretical Mistakes of the Narodnik Economists The Differentiation of the Peasantry The Landowners' Transition from Corvée to Capitalist Economy The Growth of Commercial Agriculture The ...
Lenin's Fight Against Stalinism
In this book Anthony Heywood reassesses Bolshevik attitudes towards economic modernization and foreign economic relations during the early Soviet period.
The volume is essential reading for both academics and general readers interested in the crucial political and social shifts that took place in Soviet Russia during this period of great change.
Using source documents and photos, this text discusses the major events of the Russian Revolution and its consequences in a way that makes the concepts clear, concise, and interesting to students.