03645nam 2200757Ia 450 991045929990332120200520144314.01-317-14331-01-282-94831-897866129483121-4094-1234-2(CKB)2670000000060447(EBL)623981(OCoLC)699474791(SSID)ssj0000435963(PQKBManifestationID)12141453(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000435963(PQKBWorkID)10426388(PQKB)11051349(MiAaPQ)EBC623981(Au-PeEL)EBL623981(CaPaEBR)ebr10433671(CaONFJC)MIL922833(EXLCZ)99267000000006044720100601d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEngineer of revolutionary Russia[electronic resource] Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the railways /Anthony HeywoodFarnham, Surrey, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20101 online resource (432 p.)Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-5539-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Note on Renderings; Glossary of Technical Terms; Principal railways of European Russia and Western Siberia, circa 1914; Principal railways of Siberia and Russian Central Asia, circa 1914; Introduction; 1 The Making of a Russian Engineer; 2 First Steps in Railway Engineering; 3 Engineering Professor; 4 The Russian Revolution of 1905; 5 Applications of Science on the Russian Railways, 1908-1914; 6 War and Revolution, 1914-1917; 7 America and the Bolshevik Revolution8 Building the New Russia 9 The Diesel Revolution; 10 'A Free Soviet Citizen Abroad'; 11 Retirement and Remembrance; Select Bibliography; IndexFrom Marxist revolutionary to American academic, this book reveals the life of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). The book employs an exceptionally rich base of high-quality primary sources, that not only provides a much-needed account and assessment of Lomonosov's life, but also contributes to the growing academic interest in the history of science and technology in Russia and the Soviet Union.Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.Railroad engineersSoviet UnionBiographyRailroadsSoviet UnionHistoryEngineeringSoviet UnionHistoryScienceSoviet UnionHistoryTechnologySoviet UnionHistoryTransportationSoviet UnionHistoryRussiaHistoryRevolution, 1905-1907InfluenceSoviet UnionHistoryRevolution, 1917-1921InfluenceElectronic books.Railroad engineersRailroadsHistory.EngineeringHistory.ScienceHistory.TechnologyHistory.TransportationHistory.625.10092BHeywood Anthony870074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459299903321Engineer of revolutionary Russia1942490UNINA