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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818617903321

Autore

Lee Stephen J. <1945->

Titolo

Lenin and revolutionary Russia / / Stephen J. Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-44601-2

1-281-10082-X

9786611100827

0-203-93011-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Questions and analysis in history

Disciplina

320.947/09/041

Soggetti

Communism - Soviet Union - History

Russia Politics and government 1894-1917

Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHRONOLOGY; 1 WHY DO HISTORICAL INTERPRETATIONS DIFFER?; 2 OVERVIEW: THE BOLSHEVIK PARTY AND REGIME, 1903-24; 3 THE ORIGINS AND GROWTH OF MARXISM IN RUSSIA TO 1905; 4 THE BOLSHEVIKS BETWEEN 1903 AND MARCH 1917; 5 THE BOLSHEVIKS AND THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION; 6 THE BOLSHEVIKS AND THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR, 1918-22; 7 THE BOLSHEVIK REGIME, 1918-24; 8 WHICH LENIN?; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Lenin and Revolutionary Russia examines the background to and the course of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Lenin's regime. It explores all the key aspects such as the development of the Bolsheviks as a revolutionary party, the 1905 Revolution, the collapse of the Tsarists, the Russian Civil War and historical interpretations of Lenin's legacy to Russian history.