LEADER 02503oam 2200313z- 450 001 9910157544003321 005 20230831123513.0 010 $a1-4451-5499-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000001001203 035 $a(BIP)078035149 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781445154992 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000001001203 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001001203 100 $a20210505c2016uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $a20th century Russia: a century of upheaval 210 $cFranklin Watts 215 $a1 online resource (64 p.) $cill 311 08$a1-4451-5034-4 330 8 $a1917 saw one of the most dramatic revolutions in world history when the workers of Russia united to throw out their tsar and aristocracy, and formed the first communist state. A century later, this book reflects on the reasons for this revolution, key people, events and its legacy.Illustrated with archive photography, posters and artefacts, and supported by eyewitness accounts, this book explores Russia's century of upheaval. It considers how change affected not only people such as Lenin, Stalin and Tsar Nicholas II, but also the ordinary Russians. It explores the roles of the Bolsheviks, the Mensheviks and the secret police, and it also looks at the arts, education, family life, sport, and the revolution's impact on global politics and cultural attitudes. The twentieth century was also dramatic in terms of world politics and this book examines all of this change within the context of the First World War, the Second Word War, the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites and the Cold War. It explores Perestroika and Glasnost and how 21st-century Russia emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union.For children aged 12+, this book is especially aimed at history students who are studying the Russian Revolution and Russian history. Heather Maisner studied Comparative Studies, English and Russian at university and has translated books from the Russian. The highly respected Russian historian, academic and author of many books on the subject, Geoffrey Hosking, has acted as consultant. He is the Emeritus Professor of Russian History at UCL, and has published a number of best-selling books on Russia. 606 $aCommunism$xHistory$7Generated by AI 607 $aSoviet Union$7Generated by AI 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory 676 $a947.084 700 $aMaisner$b Heather$01403076 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157544003321 996 $a20th century Russia$93474884 997 $aUNINA