The Russian Revolution
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2017
978-0-19-252970-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it has become possible to step back and see the full picture.
Starting with an overview of the roots of the revolution, Fitzpatrick takes the story from 1917, through Stalin's 'revolution from above', to the great purges of the 1930s. She tells a gripping story of a Marxist revolution that was intended to transform the world, visited enormous suffering on the Russian people, and, like the French Revolution before it, ended up by devouring its own children.
This updated edition contains a fully revised bibliography and updated introduction to address the centenary, what does it all mean in retrospect.
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Sheila Fitzpatrick
The Russian Revolution
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09/2017
Oxford University Press
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Sheila Fitzpatrick is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor in Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago, specializing in Modern Russian and Soviet social, political, and cultural history. A past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and the recipient of a Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award, her other publications include Everyday Stalinism , Tear off the Masks! Identity and Imposture in Twentieth-Century Russia and most recently On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics.
Content
- Introduction
- 1: The Setting
- 2: 1917: The Revolutions of February and October
- 3: The Civil War
- 4: NEP and the Future of the Revolution
- 5: Stalin's Revolution
- 6: Ending the Revolution
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
