The Lena Goldfields massacre and the crisis of the late tsarist state /

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In 1912 a thin line of Russian soldiers, confronted by a large crowd of gold miners on strike for several weeks, reacted with fear and anger. At their officers' orders, they opened fire, shooting five hundred unarmed protestors. The event reverberated across Russia. The Lena goldfields massacre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melancon, Michael S., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2006.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe.
Temas:
Lenskoe zolotopromyshlennoe tovarishchestvo.
Lenskoe zolotopromyshlennoe tovarishchestvo
Geschichte 1842-1912.
Strikes and lockouts > Gold mining > Russia (Federation) > Lena River Valley.
Miners > Russia (Federation) > Lena River Valley.
Grèves et lock-out > Mines d'or > Russie > Lena, Vallée de la.
Mineurs > Russie > Lena, Vallée de la.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
Miners
Strikes and lockouts > Gold mining
Goldbergwerk
Unruhen
Bergmann
Russia (Federation) > Lena River Valley
Lena-Gebiet
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The early history of Lena gold mining
  • Modern Lena gold mining, Lenzoto, and the workers, 1861-1912
  • The history of worker unrest in the Lena region, 1842-1912
  • The Lena Goldfields strike and shooting
  • Politics, the strike committee, and competing discourses
  • Unexpected consensus in Russian society
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Selected items from Lenzoto work contract for 1911-12
  • Appendix 2: Selected items from "our demands," submitted to Lenzoto, 3 March 1912.

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