In the years following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it has become possible to step back and see the full picture.This fully updated new edition of Sheila Fitzpatrick's classic short history of the ...
For a discussion of these issues, see Ronald G. Suny, 'Nationalism and Class in the Russian Revolution: A Comparative Discussion', in E. Frankel, J. Frankel, and B. Knei-Paz, eds, Russia in Revolution: Reassessments of 1917 (Cambridge, ...
They were lazy , arrogant , ignorant and often cowardly . This initial judgement was confirmed by contact with the frontline troops . At the battle for Constantinograd , a small town near Poltava , Major Williamson and his commanding ...
For dates prior to this important in both Russian and European history I have tried to give both dates with a slash, as in November 1/14, 1916, where 1 is the Julian and 14 the Gregorian date. In 1917, when dates start coming fast and ...
According to the counterintelligence service of the Provisional Government, directed by Colonel B. Nikitin, the Germans deposited the money ... *Bernstein's figure was confirmed by postwar researches in German Foreign Ministry Archives.
In the relatively bloodless coup d'état of November 7, Lenin and his associates seized control of the state. Here, from the eminent historian E. M. Halliday, is the dramatic story of the Russian Revolution.
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The Russian Revolution: The agony of the Provisional Government
This collection of documents and sources includes: * newspapers, memoirs and literature * commentary and background information of each source * a narrative of the major events of the period * new material made available since the policy of ...
Traditional histories remain a captive to Marxist ideas about class struggle. Analysing never before used files from the Tsarist military archives, McMeekin argues that war is the answer.
Yet, it was directly the work of people and the decisions they took.
Looks at the decay of the Czarist regime and the causes of the Revolution, discusses the aims of the Bolshevik party, and recounts the major events of the conflict.
The Russian Revolution: History in an Hour neatly covers all the major facts and events giving you a clear and straightforward overview: from the circumstances behind the rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, to the consequences of their ...
The conclusions of this report were to the effect that the chief causes of the delay in repairing the railways were: (a) shortage of qualified workers; (b) lack of special parts (of locomotives, wagons, and carriages, ...
This introduction to the Russian Revolution provides a narrative of the main developments between 1917 and 1936. It sees the process as the result of a backward society which sought modernisation and ended in political tyranny.
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1917: the year a series of rebellions toppled three centuries of autocratic rule and placed a group of political radicals in charge of a world power.
Om den russiske revolution 1899-1919
The Russian Revolution: From Lenin to Stalin