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Beschreibung

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.

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.

Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations

Preface

Prologue: The Bolsheviks and the October Revolution in Petrograd

Part I: The Defeat of the Moderates

Chapter 1 Forming a Government

Chapter 2 Rebels into Rulers

Chapter 3 Gathering Forces

Chapter 4 The Fate of the Constituent Assembly

Part II: War or Peace

Chapter 5 Fighting Lenin

Chapter 6 "The Socialist Fatherland Is in Danger"

Chapter 7 An Obscene Peace

Part III: Soviet Power on the Brink

Chapter 8 A Turbulent Spring

Chapter 9 Continuing Crises

Chapter 10 The Northern Commune and the Bolshevik-Left SR Alliance

Chapter 11 The Suicide of the Left SRs

Part IV: Celebration amid Terror

Chapter 12 The Road to "Red Terror"

Chapter 13 The Red Terror in Petrograd

Chapter 14 Celebrating "the Greatest Event in the History of the World"

Chapter 15 Price of Survival

Chronology of Key Events

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780253220424
ISBN-10: 0253220424
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Rabinowitch, Alexander
Hersteller: Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 234 x 156 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Alexander Rabinowitch
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.08.2008
Gewicht: 0,778 kg
Artikel-ID: 130948930