Through the Russian Revolution by Albert Rhys-Williams, a Congregationalist pastor turned labor organiser and journalist, offers readers a first-hand account of the exciting and confusing events of the Russian revolution from June 1917 to August 1918. Williams, a lifelong defender of the Soviet system, documented his first adventure in Russia at its most chaotic moments. There he formed a lasting impression of what he thought the Soviet system could offer to the world and dedicated the rest of his life to this cause. His account, while sympathetic, reveals to a modern audience the inner working of the Bolshevik Party, life in Petrograd and the countryside, and an optimistic vision of the revolutionary future.
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Höhe: 229 mm
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Dicke: 13 mm
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978-1-83999-669-6 (9781839996696)
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William Benton Whisenhunt is Professor of History at College of DuPage. He is the author or editor of seven books on Russian history. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was a J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar at Ryazan' State University in Ryazan', Russia in 2006.
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Photographs and posters; Acknowledgements; William Benton Whistenhunt Editor's Introduction ; Throught the Russian Revolution; Introduction; Part I The makers of the revolution; CHAPTER I The Bolsheviks and the city ; CHAPTER II Petrograd Demonstrates ; CHAPTER III A Peasant Interlude ; CHAPTER IV The man on the horseback ; CHAPTER V Comrades of the Sea ; Part II The Revolution and the days After - Among the Whites and the Reds; CHAPTER VI "All Power to the Soviets"; CHAPTER VII November 7-A New Date in History ; CHAPTER VIII Looting the Winter Palace; Chapter 9 - Red Guards, White Guards and Blackguards; Chapter 10 - Mercy or Death to the Whites?; Chapter 11 - The War of the Classes; Chapter 12 - Building the New Order; Part III The Outreach of the Revolution - Across Siberia on the Express; Chapter 13 - The Steppes Rise Up
