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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826375403321

Autore

Hasegawa Tsuyoshi <1941->

Titolo

The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917 [[e-book] ] : the end of the tsarist regime and the birth of dual power / / by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2017

ISBN

90-04-35493-X

Edizione

[Revised ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (731 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Historical materialism book series ; ; v. 149

Disciplina

947.0841

Soggetti

Russia History February Revolution, 1917

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Russia Enters the War -- The Political Crisis of Summer 1915 -- Deepening Gulf: The Government and the Liberals, 1916 -- Petrograd During the War -- The War and the Workers -- The War and the Revolutionary Parties -- The Tsar, the Tsarina, and the Government -- The Security of Petrograd -- The Liberal Opposition -- The Liberals, Conspiracies, and the Freemasons -- The Workers and Revolutionary Parties -- The Beginning: February 23 -- The Second Day: February 24 -- The General Strike: February 25 -- Bloody Sunday: February 26 -- The Insurrection: February 27 -- The Formation of the Petrograd Soviet -- The Formation of the Duma Committee -- The First Steps of the Duma Committee -- The Petrograd Soviet and the Masses -- The ‘Transfer’ of Power -- Nicholas II and the Revolution -- The Duma Committee and the Monarchy -- The Stavka and Counterrevolutionary Attempts -- The Abdication of Nicholas II -- The Duma Committee’s Delegates -- The Formation of the Provisional Government -- Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich’s Renunciation of the Throne -- The Provisional Government, the State Duma, and the Birth of Dual Power -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917 is the most comprehensive book on the epic uprising that toppled the tsarist monarchy and ushered in the next stage of the Russian Revolution. Hasegawa presents in detail the intense drama of the nine days of the revolution, including the workers' strike, soldiers' revolt, the scrambling of revolutionary party activists to control the revolution, and the liberals’



conspiracy to force Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate. Based on his previous work, published in 1981, the author has revised, enlarged, and reinterpreted the complexity of the February Revolution, resulting in a major and timely reassessment on the occasion of its centennial.