Bibliograph

Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991, a history, Orlando Figes

Type

Label

Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991, a history, Orlando Figes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-308) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

862575182

Responsibility statement

Orlando Figes

Sub title

a history

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification