03137nam 2200577 a 450 991078181670332120230721032106.01-282-07831-397866120783160-253-11684-8(CKB)1000000000484650(EBL)329980(OCoLC)437198360(SSID)ssj0000113658(PQKBManifestationID)11141576(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113658(PQKBWorkID)10100775(PQKB)10819057(MiAaPQ)EBC329980(OCoLC)213286974(MdBmJHUP)muse16563(Au-PeEL)EBL329980(CaPaEBR)ebr10212562(CaONFJC)MIL207831(EXLCZ)99100000000048465020070220d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Bolsheviks in power[electronic resource] the first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd /Alexander RbinowitchBloomington Indiana University Pressc20071 online resource (518 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34943-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Prologue: The Bolsheviks and the October revolution in Petrograd; Part One: The Defeat of the Moderates; 1. Formng a Government; 2. Rebels into Rulers; 3. Gathering Forces; 4. The Fate of the Constituent Assembly; Part Two: War or Peace?; 5. Fighting Lenin; 6. ""The Socialist Fatherland Is in Danger""; 7. An Obscene Peace; Part Three: Soviet Power on the Brink; 8. A Turbulent Spring; 9. Continuing Crises; 10. The Northern Commune and the Bolshevik-Left SR Alliance; 11. The Suicide of the Left SRs; Part Four: Celebration Amid Terror12. The Road to ""Red Terror""13. The Red Terror in Petrograd; 14. Celebrating ""The Greatest Event in the History of the World""; 15. Price of Survival; Chronology of Key Events; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexA major contribution to the historiography of the world in the 20th century, The Bolsheviks in Power focuses on the fateful first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd. It examines events that profoundly shaped the Soviet political system that endured through most of the 20th century. Drawing largely from previously inaccessible Soviet archives, it demolishes standard interpretations of the origins of Soviet authoritarianism by demonstrating that the Soviet system evolved ad hoc as the Bolsheviks struggledSaint Petersburg (Russia)HistoryRevolution, 1917-1921SourcesSoviet UnionHistoryRevolution, 1917-1921947/.210841Rabinowitch Alexander409160MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781816703321The Bolsheviks in power3864670UNINA