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Competing voices from the Russian Revolution /

The Romanovs ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917, so it is no wonder that the overthrow of this long-lived dynasty and the events that followed evoked passionate debate. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was followed by the Russian Civil War, pitting "Red" against "White" and, ultimately...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hickey, Michael C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, ©2011.
Colección:Fighting words (Oxford, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Introduction: The context of World War One
  • The war and political elites
  • The war and ordinary people
  • pt. 2. Introduction: February-July 1917
  • Responses to the February Revolution
  • What the Revolution means to me, part I : soldiers, workers, professionals, industrialists, and students
  • What the Revolution means to me, part II : clergy, peasants, aristocratic landowners, women, and national and religious minorities
  • Flash points of conflict: The April crisis
  • Flash points of conflict: The June offensive and the July days
  • pt. 3. Introduction: July-October 1917
  • Two provincial stories
  • Perceptions of crisis in summer and early fall
  • Flash points of conflict: The Kornilov Rebellion
  • Electoral politics : campaigns for local dumas and the Constituent Assembly
  • The Soviets and the constitution of state power in September and October
  • pt. 4. Introduction: The first months of Soviet rule, October 1917-January 1918
  • Flash points of conflict: The October Revolution and creation of a Bolshevik government
  • Flash points of conflict: The Constituent Assembly
  • Endmatter
  • Chronology of major events, July 1914-January 1918
  • Map: Russia in 1917
  • Biographical glossary.