The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution

Edited By Harold Shukman

ISBN 10: 0631152385 / ISBN 13: 9780631152385

Published by Basil Blackwell Inc., New York, 1988

About this Item

Fine/VG, used, hc, map end papers, v-xiv, 418 pages. Interior clean, no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slightest of edge wear to dj, no chips or tears.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution
• Publisher: Basil Blackwell Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631152385
• ISBN 13: 9780631152385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • European History
  • Wars and Warriors

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Synopsis

Describes the conditions that led to the Russian Revolution, identifies its important participants, and includes background information on the political movements of the period

From the Back Cover

This single volume is an authoritative and accessible guide to the background and progress of the Revolution, written by a team of over forty specialist contributors. Beginning with the radical movements of the mid-nineteenth century, the Encyclopedia covers the development of the revolutionary movement created by the intelligentsia; the condition of the peasants, that of the working class, and of the army; the role of the Tsarist secret police; the 'agents provocateurs'; the revolutionaries' own underground. A substantial section is devoted to the emergence of liberation movements among the national minorities of the borderlands. The Encyclopedia also considers the formation of Soviet institutions, and examines too the emergence of revolutionary culture well before 1917, the avant-garde in art and theatre, and the relationship to the revolution of three major Russian writers, Blok, Gorky and Mayakovsky.