xx, 923 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 862-894) and index.
Summary
History of the Russian Empire leading up to the Communist revolution depicting the forces which made the Czar's rule crumble and argues that the revolution and its aftermath was a tragic failure for the people it was supposed to benefit.
Contents
Russia under the old regime -- The dynasty -- Unstable pillars -- Icons and cockroaches -- Red ink -- The crisis of authority (1891-1917) -- First blood -- Last hopes -- A war on three fronts -- Russia in revolution (February 1917-March 1918) -- Glorious February -- The freest country in the world -- The agony of the provisional government -- Lenin's revolution -- The civil war and the making of the Soviet system (1918-24) -- Last dreams of the old world -- The revolution goes to war -- The new regime triumphant -- Defeat in victory -- Deaths and departures.
