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The Russian Revolution. A Very Short Introduction

By S. A. Smith

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
9780192853950, 0192853953
LCC
DK265 .S5294 2002
Open Library ID
OL3585818M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10283085 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Pages
192\192
Topic
Geography Russia
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

This concise, accessible introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole--on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men and women, youth. Its central concern is to understand how one structure of domination was replaced by another. The book registers the primacy of politics, but situates political developments firmly in the context of massive economic, social, and cultural change. Since the fall of Communism there has been much reflection on the significance of the Russian Revolution. The book rejects the currently influential, liberal interpretation of the revolution in favor of one that sees it as rooted in the contradictions of a backward society which sought modernization and enlightenment and ended in political tyranny.

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