Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991 : a history /
Figes, Orlando, 1959-
Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991 : a history / Orlando Figes. - First U.S. Edition. - New York : Picador/Henry Holt and Company 2015. - viii, 324 p. ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index.
Presenting a new perspective on the Russian Revolution, a noted historian traces three generational phases to show how the revolution, while it changed in form and character, retained the same idealistic goals throughout. The start -- The "dress rehearsal" -- Last hopes -- War and revolution -- The February Revolution -- Lenin's revolution -- Civil War and the making of the Soviet system -- Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin -- The revolution's golden age? -- The great break -- Stalin's crisis -- Communism in retreat? -- The great terror -- Revolution for export -- War and revolution -- Revolution and Cold War -- The beginning of the end -- Mature socialism -- The last bolshevik -- Judgement.
9781250062628
Insurgency--History--Russia--19th century.
Revolutions--History--Russia--20th century.
Revolutions--History.--Soviet Union
Russia--History--19th century.
Russia--History--20th century.
Soviet Union--History.
Rusia --Historia
Rusia --Historia
Rusia --Historia--Revolución, 1917-1921.
Rusia --Historia --1922-1936.
338 DK 43 / F471r 2015
947.084
Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991 : a history / Orlando Figes. - First U.S. Edition. - New York : Picador/Henry Holt and Company 2015. - viii, 324 p. ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index.
Presenting a new perspective on the Russian Revolution, a noted historian traces three generational phases to show how the revolution, while it changed in form and character, retained the same idealistic goals throughout. The start -- The "dress rehearsal" -- Last hopes -- War and revolution -- The February Revolution -- Lenin's revolution -- Civil War and the making of the Soviet system -- Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin -- The revolution's golden age? -- The great break -- Stalin's crisis -- Communism in retreat? -- The great terror -- Revolution for export -- War and revolution -- Revolution and Cold War -- The beginning of the end -- Mature socialism -- The last bolshevik -- Judgement.
9781250062628
Insurgency--History--Russia--19th century.
Revolutions--History--Russia--20th century.
Revolutions--History.--Soviet Union
Russia--History--19th century.
Russia--History--20th century.
Soviet Union--History.
Rusia --Historia
Rusia --Historia
Rusia --Historia--Revolución, 1917-1921.
Rusia --Historia --1922-1936.
338 DK 43 / F471r 2015
947.084