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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index. |
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The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In A People's History of the Russian Revolution, Neil Faulkner sets out to debunk the myths. In this fast-paced introduction to the tumultuous events, the Russian people are the heroes. Faulkner shows how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action, destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers. He rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators, 'democratic-centralists' or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship. He argues that the Russian Revolution was an explosion of democracy and creativity - and that it was crushed by bloody counter-revolution and replaced with a monstrous form of bureaucratic state-capitalism. Laced with first-hand testimony, this history seeks to rescue the democratic essence of the revolution from its detractors and deniers, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader. |
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Introduction; Part I: The Spark, 1825-1916; 1. The Regime; 2. The Revolutionaries; 3. Lenin and the Bolsheviks; 4. The Great War; Part II: The Tempest, 1917; 5. The February Revolution; 6. Dual Power; 7. Counter-Revolution; 8. The October Days; Part III: The Darkness, 1918-1938; 9. World Revolution?; 10. The Revolution Besieged; 11. Stalinism. |
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Introduction -- Part I: The spark, 1825-1916 -- ch. 1. The regime -- ch. 2. The revolutionaries -- ch. 3. Lenin and the Bolsheviks -- ch. 4. The Great War -- Part II: The tempest, 1917 -- ch. 5. The February Revolution -- ch. 6. Dual power -- ch. 7. Counter-revolution -- ch. 8. The October days -- Part III: The darkness, 1918-1938 -- ch. 9. World revolution? -- ch. 10. The revolution besieged -- ch. 11. Stalinism. |
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Print version record. |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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English. |
Subject |
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
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Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924.
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Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJk8XhbdM97tKBFrK9dCwC
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCCxXjWhwPJQWJy3q84q
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Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkMFvG7gDyKvmXmtDX68C
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
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Russia -- History.
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Communism.
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Socialism.
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URSS -- Histoire -- 1917-1921 (Révolution)
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History.
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History: specific events and topics.
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Humanities.
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Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions.
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Russian Revolution.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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Socialism
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Communism
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Russia
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Soviet Union
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Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921) (OCoLC)fst01907572 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbr3MBP7PmY9RGHt7b |
Chronological Term |
1917-1921
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Indexed Term |
Bolsheviks |
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people's history |
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Electronic books.
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History
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Print version: Faulkner, Neil. People's history of the russian revolution. [Place of publication not identified] : Pluto Press, 2017 0745399037 (OCoLC)937452432 |
ISBN |
9781786800190 (electronic bk.) |
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1786800195 (electronic bk.) |
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9781786800213 (Kindle) |
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1786800217 |
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9781786800206 (EPUB) |
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1786800209 |
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9780745399041 |
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0745399045 |
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0745399037 |
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9780745399034 |
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CHNEW 000950733 |
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CHVBK 483517674 |
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UKMGB 018190344 |
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