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Author : Alan Wood
Release : 2004-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 992/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Origins of the Russian Revolution, 1861–1917 by : Alan Wood
Download or read book The Origins of the Russian Revolution, 1861–1917 written by Alan Wood. This book was released on 2004-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861.
Author : Neil Faulkner
Release : 2017
Genre : Alternative Press Collection
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Book Rating : 034/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A People's History of the Russian Revolution by : Neil Faulkner
Download or read book A People's History of the Russian Revolution written by Neil Faulkner. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russian Revolution may be the most misunderstood and misrepresented event in modern history, its history told in a mix of legends and anecdotes. In A People's History of the Russian Revolution, Neil Faulkner sets out to debunk the myths and pry fact from fiction, putting at the heart of the story the Russian people who are the true heroes of this tumultuous tale. In this fast-paced introduction, Faulkner tells the powerful narrative of how millions of people came together in a mass movement, organized democratic assemblies, mobilized for militant action, and overturned a vast regime of landlords, profiteers, and warmongers. Faulkner rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship, and forcefully argues that the Russian Revolution was an explosion of democracy and creativity--and that it was crushed by bloody counter-revolution and replaced with a form of bureaucratic state-capitalism. Grounded by powerful first-hand testimony, this history marks the centenary of the Revolution by restoring the democratic essence of the revolution, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader.
Author : Sean McMeekin
Release : 2017-06-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 79X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Russian Revolution by : Sean McMeekin
Download or read book The Russian Revolution written by Sean McMeekin. This book was released on 2017-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, the Russian economy was growing by about 10% annually and its population had reached 150 million. By 1920 the country was in desperate financial straits and more than 20 million Russians had died. And by 1950, a third of the globe had embraced communism. The triumph of Communism sets a profound puzzle. How did the Bolsheviks win power and then cling to it amid the chaos they had created? 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. The revolutionaries were aided at nearly every step by Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland who sought to benefit - politically and economically - from the changes overtaking the country. To make sense of Russia's careening path the essential question is not Lenin's "who, whom?", but who benefits?
Author : Geoffrey Swain
Release : 2017-01-30
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 880/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Short History of the Russian Revolution by : Geoffrey Swain
Download or read book A Short History of the Russian Revolution written by Geoffrey Swain. This book was released on 2017-01-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1917 revolutionary fervour swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and instigating political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. Arising out of proletariat discontent with the Tsarist autocracy and Lenin's proclaimed version of a Marxist ideology, the revolutionary period saw a complete overhaul of Russian politics and society and led directly to the ensuing civil war. The Soviet Union eventually became the world's first communist state and the events of 1917 proved to be one of the turning-points in world history, setting in motion a chain of events which would change the entire course of the twentieth century. Geoffrey Swain provides a concise yet thorough overview of the revolution and the path to civil war. By looking, with fresh perspectives, on the causes of the revolution, as well as the international response, Swain provides a new interpretation of the events of 1917, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the revolution.
Author : Leon Trotsky
Release : 2017-08-08
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 952/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis History of the Russian Revolution by : Leon Trotsky
Download or read book History of the Russian Revolution written by Leon Trotsky. This book was released on 2017-08-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history.
