| Description |
iv, 184 pages : map. ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
A Spectrum book
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The fall of the Tsar. Causes of the revolution : an inside view ; The February Revolution ; The formation of the provisional government ; The Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies ; The abdication of Nicholas II ; Order Number One ; Lenin calls for a new revolution -- The provisional government in crisis. The April Crisis ; Kerensky and the offensive ; The Bolshevik military organization ; The July Days ; The Kornilov Movement -- The social revolution. Economic breakdown ; The Workers' Revolution ; The Solders' Revolution ; The Nationalities' Revolution ; The Peasants' Revolution -- The Bolsheviks prepare. Lenin calls for insurrection ; The Central Committee's decision ; The opposition of Zinoviev and Kamenev ; Hesitation in the Bolshevik ranks ; Lenin's plans ; Formation of the Military-Revolutionary Committee ; The defiance of governmental authority -- The October uprising. The government raid ; The Central Committee's response ; The disintegration of the provisional government ; The occupation of key points ; Lenin responds to the action ; Trotsky on power through the Soviets ; Lenin's return to Smolny ; The midnight take-over ; The seizure of power ; The siege of the Winter Palace : the attackers ; The siege of the Winter Palace : the defenders -- The consolidation of Soviet power. The Soviet government ; The promises of revolution ; Lenin on party dictatorship ; Resistance begins : Moscow ; The secret police ; The dissolution of the Constituent Assembly. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 183-184. |
| Subject |
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Sources.
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| ISBN |
0137848013 |
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0137847939 paperback |
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