Kronstadt, 1921 (Princeton Legacy Library, 854) - Hardcover

Avrich, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691087210 ISBN 13: 9780691087214

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1970

Synopsis

In March 1921 the sailors of Kronstadt, the naval fortress in the Gulf of Finland, rose in revolt against the Bolshevik government, which they themselves had helped into power. Under the slogan of Òfree soviets,'' they established a revolutionary commune that survived for sixteen days, until an army came across the ice to crush it. After a savage struggle, the rebels were subdued. Paul Avrich vividly describes the uprising and examines it in the context of the development of the Soviet state.

Originally published in 1970.

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About this title

About the Author:

Paul Avrich was Professor of Russian History and Anarchism at Queens College, City University of New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0691087210
• ISBN 13: 9780691087214
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271