The Russian Revolution

by Fitzpatrick, Sheila

• ISBN13: 9780192802040
• ISBN10: 0192802046
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Now in a new edition, this provocative, highly readable work presents a fascinating look at events that culminated in the Russian Revolution. Focusing on the Revolution in its widest sense, Sheila Fitzpatrick covers not only the events of 1917 and what preceded them, but the social transformations brought about by the Bolsheviks.

Author Biography

Sheila Fitzpatrick is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Professor of Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	v
Introduction	1	(14)
The Setting	15	(25)
The society	16	(7)
The revolutionary tradition	23	(8)
The 1905 Revolution and its aftermath; the First World War	31	(9)
1917: The Revolutions of February and October	40	(28)
The February Revolution and `dual power'	44	(5)
The Bolsheviks	49	(3)
The popular revolution	52	(5)
The political crises of the summer	57	(4)
The October Revolution	61	(7)
The Civil War	68	(25)
The Civil War, the Red Army and the Cheka	72	(6)
War Communism	78	(5)
Visions of the new world	83	(4)
The Bolsheviks in power	87	(6)
NEP and the Future of the Revolution	93	(27)
The discipline of retreat	96	(6)
The problem of bureaucracy	102	(4)
The leadership struggle	106	(5)
Building socialism in one country	111	(9)
Stalin's Revolution	120	(28)
Stalin versus the Right	124	(5)
The industrialization drive	129	(6)
Collectivization	135	(6)
Cultural Revolution	141	(7)
Ending the Revolution	148	(25)
`Revolution accomplished'	150	(6)
`Revolution betrayed'	156	(7)
Terror	163	(10)
Notes	173	(12)
Select Bibliography	185	(8)
Index	193