Blackwell Enc of the Russian Revolution

Blackwell Enc of the Russian Revolution

by HaroldShukman (Author)

Synopsis

This single volume is an authoritative and accessible guide to the background and progress of the Revolution, written by a team of over forty specialist contributors. Beginning with the radical movements of the mid--nineteenth century, the Encyclopedia covers the development of the revolutionary movement created by the intelligentsia; the condition of the peasants, that of the working class, and of the army; the role of the Tsarist secret police; the a agents provocateursa ; the revolutionariesa own underground. A substantial section is devoted to the emergence of liberation movements among the national minorities of the borderlands. The Encyclopedia also considers the formation of Soviet institutions, and examines too the emergence of revolutionary culture well before 1917, the avant--garde in art and theatre, and the relationship to the revolution of three major Russian writers, Blok, Gorky and Mayakovsky.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 444
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 23 Oct 1994

ISBN 10: 0631195254
ISBN 13: 9780631195252

Media Reviews
Well written and richly illustrated, The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution can be read as a concise, authoritative, account of events that have profoundly influenced the course of twentieth--century history. Richard Pipes, Times Literary Supplement A distillation of the best in recent scholarship on the Russian Revolution. International History Review Strongly recommended for both public and academic libraries at all levels. Choice A treasure house of information ... Times Educational Supplement
Author Bio
The Editor of the Encyclopedia, Harold Shukman, is University Lecturer in Modern Russian History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Antonya s College. His books include Lenin and the Russian Revolution and Lenina s Path to Power. He has edited and translated the memoirs of Andrei Gromyko, novels by Anatoly Rybakov, as well as plays by Isaac Babel and Evgeny Shvarts, biographies of Stalin and Lenin by Dmitri Volkogonov, and most recently he edited a collection of articles on Stalina s generals. He is the General Editor of Longmana s multi--volume History of Russia.