The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd Contributor(s): Rabinowitch, Alexander (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253220424 ISBN-13: 9780253220424 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: The dramatic story of the Bolsheviks' struggle for political survival during the first year of Soviet power |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - History | Eastern Europe - General |
Dewey: 947.210 |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 9" (1.60 lbs) 520 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
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Publisher Description: A major contribution to the historiography of the world in the 20th century, The Bolsheviks in Power focuses on the fateful first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd. It examines events that profoundly shaped the Soviet political system that endured through most of the 20th century. Drawing largely from previously inaccessible Soviet archives, it demolishes standard interpretations of the origins of Soviet authoritarianism by demonstrating that the Soviet system evolved ad hoc as the Bolsheviks struggled to retain political power amid spiraling political, social, economic, and military crises. The book covers issues such as the rapid fall of influential moderate Bolsheviks, the formation of the dreaded Cheka, the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, the Red Terror, the national government's flight to Moscow, and the subsequent rivalry between Russia's new and old capitals. |