Reed From Tsar To Soviets

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-135-36626-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Written from the perspective of the factory worker and peasant at the ground level, this study of Russia during the Revolution 1917-21 aims to shed light on the realities of living through and participating in these tumultuous events. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in history, Soviet studies, and politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reed, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Collapse of a system: why was Russia revolutionary?; the revolution of 1905 and after; the contours of national politics - Petrograd, the provisional government and the Soviet; streets, factories, workshops, mines; fields, forests, villages, estates; barracks, battleships, the line. Part 2 Constructing a new order: the popular movement and the political parties; the contours of national politics, 1917-21; the Bolshevik dictatorship; the popular movement in the revolutionary war; anti-Bolshevik insurrections; the end of the revolution; conclusion - revolutions in collision.