A Concise History of the Russian Revolution

by PIPES, RICHARD

• ISBN13: 9780679745440
• ISBN10: 0679745440
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-26
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

The author of the classic two-volume study, The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime, now distills those works into an authoritative new chronicle of Russia between 1900 and the death of Lenin. "A deep and eloquent condemnation."--The New York Times.

Author Biography

Richard Pipes was for many years a professor of history at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books and essays on Russia, past and present, including Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime. In 1981–82 he served as President Reagan's National Security Council adviser on Soviet and East European affairs, and he has twice received a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Marlborough, New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Introduction
The Agony of the Old Regime	p. 1
Russia in 1900	p. 3
The Constitutional Experiment	p. 31
Russia at War	p. 56
The February Revolution	p. 75
The Bolsheviks Conquer Russia	p. 99
Lenin and the Origins of Bolshevism	p. 101
The October Coup	p. 113
Building the One-Party State	p. 150
The Revolution Internationalized	p. 166
War Communism	p. 192
Red Terror	p. 211
Russia under the Bolshevik Regime	p. 231
The Civil War	p. 233
The New Empire	p. 275
Communism for Export	p. 286
Spiritual Life	p. 312
Communism in Crisis	p. 343
Reflections on the Russian Revolution	p. 382
Glossary	p. 407
Chronology	p. 409
References	p. 413
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 415
Index	p. 417
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