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Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991 : a history / Orlando Figes.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Picador/Henry Holt and Company 2015.Edition: First U.S. EditionDescription: viii, 324 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781250062628
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 947.084
LOC classification:
  • 338 DK 43  F471r 2015
Contents:
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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 338 DK 43 F471r 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000121049

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.

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