Bibliograph

The Russian Revolution, Sheila Fitzpatrick

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The Russian Revolution, Sheila Fitzpatrick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Russian Revolution

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Sheila Fitzpatrick

Summary

This updated new edition of Sheila Fitzpatrick's classic short history of the Russian Revolution takes into account the centenary of the Revolution in 2017 and what it means todayIn this work, the author incorporates data from archives that were previously inaccessible not only to Western but also to Soviet historians, as well as drawing on important recent Russian publications

Table Of Contents

The setting. The society ; The revolutionary tradition ; The 1905 revolution and its aftermath : the First World War -- 1917 : the revolutions of February and October. The February revolution and "dual power" ; The Bolsheviks ; The popular revolution ; The political crises of the summer ; The October revolution -- The Civil War. The Civil War, the Red Army, and the Cheka ; War communism ; Visions of the new world ; The Bolsheviks in power -- NEP and the future of the revolution. The discipline of retreat ; The problem of bureaucracy ; The leadership struggle ; Building socialism in one country -- Stalin's revolution. Stalin versus the right ; The industrialization drive ; Collectivization ; Cultural revolution -- Ending the revolution. "Revolution accomplished" ; "Revolution betrayed" ; The terror

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