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The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd

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Description for The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd Paperback. The dramatic story of the Bolsheviks' struggle for political survival during the first year of Soviet power Num Pages: 520 pages, 25 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 736.

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 ... Read more

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Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
735g
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253220424
SKU
V9780253220424
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About Alexander Rabinowitch
Alexander Rabinowitch is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is author of Prelude to Revolution: The Petrograd Bolsheviks and the July 1917 Uprising (IUP, 1968) and The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Reviews for The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd
Thirty-one years have passed since the author's The Bolsheviks Come to Power . . . , the second volume in a projected trilogy on the Russian Revolution. The first two volumes documented Bolshevik success in the destruction of the Provisional Government in 1917. This third volume tells about the first year of Bolshevik power after the insurrection in October and ... Read more

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