| Description |
1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index. |
| Summary |
The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In A People's History of the Russian Revolution, Neil Faulkner sets out to debunk the myths. In this fast-paced introduction to the tumultuous events, the Russian people are the heroes. Faulkner shows how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action, destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers. He rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators, 'democratic-centralists' or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship. He argues that the Russian Revolution was an explosion of democracy and creativity - and that it was crushed by bloody counter-revolution and replaced with a monstrous form of bureaucratic state-capitalism. Laced with first-hand testimony, this history seeks to rescue the democratic essence of the revolution from its detractors and deniers, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader. |
| Contents |
Introduction; Part I: The Spark, 1825-1916; 1. The Regime; 2. The Revolutionaries; 3. Lenin and the Bolsheviks; 4. The Great War; Part II: The Tempest, 1917; 5. The February Revolution; 6. Dual Power; 7. Counter-Revolution; 8. The October Days; Part III: The Darkness, 1918-1938; 9. World Revolution?; 10. The Revolution Besieged; 11. Stalinism. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921) (OCoLC)fst01907572
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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History.
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History: specific events and topics.
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Humanities.
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Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions.
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Russian Revolution.
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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| Chronological Term |
1917-1921
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Faulkner, Neil. People's history of the russian revolution. [Place of publication not identified] : Pluto Press, 2017 0745399037 (OCoLC)937452432 |
| ISBN |
9781786800190 (electronic bk.) |
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1786800195 (electronic bk.) |
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0745399037 |
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9780745399034 |
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