Russia in Revolution An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928
Russia in Revolution An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928
- ISBN 13:
9780198734833
- ISBN 10:
0198734832
- Edition: Reprint
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 09/12/2018
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
Drawing on recent archival scholarship, Russia in Revolution pays particular attention to the varying impact of the Revolution on different social groups including peasants, workers, non-Russian nationals, the army, women, young people, and the Church. The book provides a fresh approach toward the big, perennial questions about the Revolution and its consequences. Why did the tsarist government's attempt to implement political reform after the 1905 Revolution fail? Why did the First World War bring about the collapse of the tsarist system? Why did the attempt to create a democratic system after the February Revolution of 1917 never get off the ground? Why did the Bolsheviks succeeded in seizing power? Why did Stalin come out on top in the power struggle inside the Bolshevik party after Lenin's death in 1924?
A final chapter reflects on the larger significance of 1917 for the history of the twentieth century and, for all its terrible flaws, what the promise of the Revolution might mean for us today.