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PublisherHolt & Company, Henry

ISBN-100805091319

ISBN-139780805091311

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Book TitleRevolutionary Russia, 1891-1991 :A History

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Revolutionary

Publication Year2014

GenreHistory

AuthorOrlando Figes

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight18.3 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-042580

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"A primer intended for readers unfamiliar with the territory, it sparkles with ideas, vivid storytelling, poignant anecdotes, and pithy phrases . . . Fresh and dramatic." --Victor Sebestyen, The Sunday Times (London) "The dean of contemporary Russian studies-and a gifted popularizer-ventures a refreshing thesis that joins the fondest dreams of the Bolsheviks to the full-circle collapse of the Soviet Empire." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review, The dean of contemporary Russian studies-and a gifted popularizer-ventures a refreshing thesis that joins the fondest dreams of the Bolsheviks to the full-circle collapse of the Soviet Empire., Praise for A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 "A marvelous account of one of history's greatest tragedies."- The New York Times Book Review "A brilliant retelling of the Russian Revolution."- Time "Few historians have the courage to attack great subjects; fewer have the grasp to succeed. . . [This] will do more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know."-Eric Hobsbawn, London Review of Books, A primer intended for readers unfamiliar with the territory, it sparkles with ideas, vivid storytelling, poignant anecdotes, and pithy phrases . . . Fresh and dramatic.

Dewey Decimal947.084

Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 ? 1. The Start 7? 2. The 'Dress Rehearsal' 24? 3. Last Hopes 39? 4. War and Revolution 54? 5. The February Revolution 68? 6. Lenin's Revolution 89? 7. Civil War and the Making of the Soviet System 108? 8. Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin 125? 9. The Revolution's Golden Age? 135? 10. The Great Break 149? 11. Stalin's Crisis 163? 12. Communism in Retreat? 176? 13. The Great Terror 190? 14. Revolution for Export 204? 15. War and Revolution 217? 16. Revolution and Cold War 230? 17. The Beginning of the End 244? 18. Mature Socialism 260? 19. The Last Bolshevik 273? 20. Judgement 288 Notes 297? A Short Guide to Further Reading 306? Acknowledgments 309? Index 311

SynopsisFrom the author of A People's Tragedy , an original reading of the Russian Revolution, examining it not as a single event but as a hundred-year cycle of violence in pursuit of utopian dreams In this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the Russian Revolution. While other historians have focused their examinations on the cataclysmic years immediately before and after 1917, Figes shows how the revolution, while it changed in form and character, nevertheless retained the same idealistic goals throughout, from its origins in the famine crisis of 1891 until its end with the collapse of the communist Soviet regime in 1991. Figes traces three generational phases: Lenin and the Bolsheviks, who set the pattern of destruction and renewal until their demise in the terror of the 1930s; the Stalinist generation, promoted from the lower classes, who created the lasting structures of the Soviet regime and consolidated its legitimacy through victory in war; and the generation of 1956, shaped by the revelations of Stalin's crimes and committed to "making the Revolution work" to remedy economic decline and mass disaffection. Until the very end of the Soviet system, its leaders believed they were carrying out the revolution Lenin had begun. With the authority and distinctive style that have marked his magisterial histories, Figes delivers an accessible and paradigm-shifting reconsideration of one of the defining events of the twentieth century.

LC Classification NumberDK43.F54 2014