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The Russian Revolution, from tsarism to Bolshevism, by Jonathan D. Smele

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The Russian Revolution, from tsarism to Bolshevism, by Jonathan D. Smele

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eng

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Course guide Includes bibliographical references

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lectures speeches

Main title

The Russian Revolution

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Oclc number

435767684

Responsibility statement

by Jonathan D. Smele

Series statement

The modern scholar

Sub title

from tsarism to Bolshevism

Summary

These fourteen lectures examine events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the resulting events through 1921

Table Of Contents

Russia: the geographical setting -- Russia: the empire and the people -- The "great reforms": Alexander II and the emancipation of the serfs -- The social and economic consequences of the emancipation -- Origins of the first Russian Revolution, 1881-1905 -- Russia and the world in the late nineteenth century -- The opposition to Tsarism: constitutional Democrats and socialists-revolutionaries -- The opposition to Tsarism: Lenin and the Bolsheviks -- Nicholas II, Stolypin, and the "constitutional monarchy," 1905-1917 -- Russia in war and revolution: August 1914-February 1917 -- The year of revolutions, 1917: events -- The year of revolutions, 1917: interpretations -- The Russian civil wars, 1917-1921: events -- The Russian civil wars, 1917-1921: interpretations

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