Society and Politics in the Russian Revolution

by R. Service

Overview

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was an event of the greatest importance, but the social groups which were crucial to its development and outcome have been little written about. This book brings together a number of prominent British researchers whose work focusses on the connections among politics, social aspirations and economics, and offers new insights into the reasons why, only months after the last tsar fell from power in February 1917, it was the Bolsheviks who seized control and established a communist regime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333469101
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/12/1992
Series:	Studies in Russia and East Europe
Edition description:	1992
Pages:	199
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors - Map - Introduction; R.Service - The Peasants; M.Perrie - The Non-Russian Nationalities; S.Jones - The Urban Middle Classes; H.White - The Cultural Intelligentsia; C.Read - The Soldiers and Sailors; E.Mawdsley - The Landowners; J.Channon - The Industrial Workers; R.Service - Epilogue; E.Acton - Index