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Lenin's Revolution: Russia, 1917-1921

By David R. Marples

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
131788258X, 9781317882589
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
650 kB (665786 bytes)
Series
Seminar Studies
Pages
184\0
Topic
History
Time added
2023-02-25 13:40:02

Description

This study examines one of the key events in history, the Russian Revolution. Since the late Gorbachev period, a wealth of new material has become available to historians that has triggered intense scholarly debate on the nature of revolution. This timely new book takes account of the new scholarship, including - for example - the role of Lenin. It is argued that the intial flexibility of Lenin and the Bolshevik party allowed them to take power, but that the conduct of both changed considerably once they were obliged to take steps to maintain their authority. This book charts the Febuary Revolution, the October Revolution, the Civil War and the main individuals involved, giving a remarkable degree of clarity to the tumultuous events in Russia whose consequences the world lived with for the rest of the twentieth century.

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