Russia 1848-1917

2002
Russia 1848-1917

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  • Author: Jonathan Bromley
  • Publisher: Heinemann
  • ISBN: 9780435327187
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 244

A study of Russia from 1848 to 1914. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. There are extra notes, biography boxes and definitions in the margin, and summary boxes to help students assimilate the information. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level examination by concentrating on analysis and historians' interpretations of the material covered in the AS section. There are practice questions and hints and tips on what makes a good answer.

The Truth of the Russian Revolution

2017-04-12
The Truth of the Russian Revolution

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  • Author: Konstantin Ivanovich Globachev
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • ISBN: 1438464649
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 366

Bronze Medalist, 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the World History Category Gold Winner, 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the History category Major General Konstantin Ivanovich Globachev was chief of the Okhrana, the Tsarist secret police, in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) in the two years preceding the 1917 Russian Revolution. This book presents his memoirs—translated in English for the first time—interposed with those of his wife, Sofia Nikolaevna Globacheva. The general's writings, which he titled The Truth of the Russian Revolution, provide a front-row view of Tsar Nicholas II's final years, the revolution, and its tumultuous aftermath. Globachev describes the political intrigue and corruption in the capital and details his office's surveillance over radical activists and the mysterious Rasputin. His wife takes a more personal approach, depicting her tenacity in the struggle to keep her family intact and the family's flight to freedom. Her descriptions vividly portray the privileges and relationships of the noble class that collapsed with the empire. Translator Vladimir G. Marinich includes biographical information, illustrations, a glossary, and a timeline to contextualize this valuable primary source on a key period in Russian history.

A Short History of the Russian Revolution

2017-01-30
A Short History of the Russian Revolution

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  • Author: Geoffrey Swain
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1786721880
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 280

In 1917 revolutionary fervour swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and instigating political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. Arising out of proletariat discontent with the Tsarist autocracy and Lenin's proclaimed version of a Marxist ideology, the revolutionary period saw a complete overhaul of Russian politics and society and led directly to the ensuing civil war. The Soviet Union eventually became the world's first communist state and the events of 1917 proved to be one of the turning-points in world history, setting in motion a chain of events which would change the entire course of the twentieth century. Geoffrey Swain provides a concise yet thorough overview of the revolution and the path to civil war. By looking, with fresh perspectives, on the causes of the revolution, as well as the international response, Swain provides a new interpretation of the events of 1917, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the revolution.

The French Revolutionary Tradition in Russian and Soviet Politics, Political Thought, and Culture

2019
The French Revolutionary Tradition in Russian and Soviet Politics, Political Thought, and Culture

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  • Author: Jay Bergman
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 0198842708
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 568

The Bolsheviks sought legitimacy and inspiration in historic revolutionary traditions, and Jay Bergman argues that they saw the revolutions in France in 1789, 1830, 1848, and 1871 as supplying practically everything Marxism lacked, including guidance in constructing socialism and communism, and useful fodder for political and personal polemics.

The Russia Reader

2010-07-12
The Russia Reader

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  • Author: Adele Marie Barker
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
  • ISBN: 0822346486
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 793

An introduction to the history, culture, and politics of the worlds largest country, from the earliest written accounts of the Russian people to today.

Revolutions: a Very Short Introduction

2023
Revolutions: a Very Short Introduction

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  • Author: Jack A. Goldstone
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0197666302
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 177

"In the 20th and 21st century revolutions have become more urban, often less violent, but also more frequent and more transformative of the international order. Whether it is the revolutions against Communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR; the "color revolutions" across Asia, Europe and North Africa; or the religious revolutions in Iran, Afghanistan, and Syria; today's revolutions are quite different from those of the past. Modern theories of revolution have therefore replaced the older class-based theories with more varied, dynamic, and contingent models of social and political change. This new edition updates the history of revolutions, from Classical Greece and Rome to the Revolution of Dignity in the Ukraine, with attention to the changing types and outcomes of revolutionary struggles. It also presents the latest advances in the theory of revolutions, including the issues of revolutionary waves, revolutionary leadership, international influences, and the likelihood of revolutions to come. This volume provides a brief but comprehensive introduction to the nature of revolutions and their role in global history"--

The State and Revolution

1919
The State and Revolution

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  • Author: Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Communism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 144

The Russian Empire, 1801-1917

1988
The Russian Empire, 1801-1917

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  • Author: Hugh Seton-Watson
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 850

This volume in the Oxford History of Modern Europe series surveys the development of the Russian empire from the reign of Alexander I to the abdication of Nicholas II. The book centres on political and social history - the history of institutions, classes, political movements, and individuals. Foreign policy is considered from the Russian rather that the general European angle. Attention is also paid to the non-Russian peoples, who formed half the population of what was essentially a multi-national empire. The author's aim has been to see the period as it was, not - as in many modern works - in terms of what happened after it. The book draws on a large body of Russian documentary material, as well as on numerous Russian memoirs, contemporary comment by Russians and by foreign observers, and the important work of Soviet and foreign scholars. In its research, analysis, and interpretation, it is an exciting and original contribution to the study of pre-revolutionary Russia.

Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin

2012-06-28
Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin

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  • Author: Andrei P. Tsygankov
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1139537008
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 331

Since Russia has re-emerged as a global power, its foreign policies have come under close scrutiny. In Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin, Andrei P. Tsygankov identifies honor as the key concept by which Russia's international relations are determined. He argues that Russia's interests in acquiring power, security and welfare are filtered through this cultural belief and that different conceptions of honor provide an organizing framework that produces policies of cooperation, defensiveness and assertiveness in relation to the West. Using ten case studies spanning a period from the early nineteenth century to the present day - including the Holy Alliance, the Triple Entente and the Russia-Georgia war - Tsygankov's theory suggests that when it perceives its sense of honor to be recognized, Russia cooperates with the Western nations; without such a recognition it pursues independent policies either defensively or assertively.

Road to Revolution

2014-07-14
Road to Revolution

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  • Author: Avrahm Yarmolinsky
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • ISBN: 1400858402
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 396

This book traces the history of revolutionary movements in nineteenth- century Russia, ending with the great famine of 1891-92, by which time Marxism was already in the ascendant. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.