Critical Companion to the Russian Revolution: 1914 - 1921

Edward Acton, V. I͡U︡ Cherni͡a︡ev, William G. Rosenberg

Indiana University Press, 1997 - History - 782 pages

Contents

• Interpreting Revolutionary Russia William G Rosenberg: 18
• THE REVOLUTION AS EVENT: 35
• The February Revolution Tsuyoshi Hasegawa: 48
• The April Crisis Ziva Galili: 62
• The Breakdown of the Imperial Army in 1917 Allan Wildman: 69
• The October Revolution Alexander Rabinowitch: 81
• The Military Campaigns Evan Mawdsley: 93
• The Tenth Congress of the Communist Party and the Transition: 115
• ACTORS AND THE QUESTION OF AGENCY: 129
• Kerensky Boris I Kolonitskii: 138
• Lenin Robert Service: 150
• Martov Israel Getzler: 161
• Miliukov Raymond Pearson: 168
• Dominic Lieven: 176
• Spiridonova Alexander Rabinowitch: 182
• Trotsky Vladimir Iu Cherniaev: 188
• Tsereteli Ziva Galili and Albert P Nenarokov: 197
• The White Generals Vladimir Iu Cherniaev: 206
• PARTIES MOVEMENTS IDEOLOGIES: 219
• The Bolshevik Party Robert Service: 231
• From BrestLitovsk to: 245
• The Constitutional Democratic Party Kadets: 256
• From Democrats to Statists Ziva Galili: 267
• The SocialistRevolutionary Party SRs19171920: 281
• The Left Socialist Revolutionaries 19171918: 291
• INSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES: 301
• The Cheka Alter L Litvin: 314
• The Constituent Assembly Nikolai N Smirnov: 323
• Education Schools and Student Life Aleksei R Markov: 334
• Factory Committees Steve Smith: 346
• Family Marriage and Relations Between the Sexes Elizabeth Waters: 359
• The Press and the Revolution Boris I Kolonitskii: 381
• The Provisional Government Howard White: 391
• The Red Army Francesco Benvenuti: 403
• The Russian Orthodox Church Mikhail V Shkarovskii: 416
• The Soviets Nikolai N Smirnov: 429
• Town and City Government Nikolai N Smirnov: 438
• The Trade Unions Diane P Koenker: 446
• The Village Commune and Rural Government Orlando Figes: 457
• The White Armies Evan Mawdsley: 468
• SOCIAL GROUPS IDENTITIES CULTURES: 479
• Bolshevik Cultural Policy Christopher Read: 490
• The Cossacks Shane ORourke: 499
• The Emigration Robert C Williams: 507
• The Intelligentsia Jane Burbank: 515
• The Lower Middle Strata in 1917 Daniel Orlovsky: 529
• Officers Peter Kenez: 534
• The Peasantry Orlando Figes: 543
• Population: 554
• The Role of Ritual and Symbols Richard Stites: 565
• Russian Industrialists and Revolution Peter Gatrell: 572
• Soldiers and Sailors Evan Mawdsley: 584
• Women and the Gender Question Barbara Evans Clements: 592
• Workers Sergei V Iarov: 604
• ECONOMIC ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF EVERYDAY LIFE: 619
• Problems of Social Welfare and Everyday Life: 633
• War Communism Silvana Malle: 645
• NATIONALITY AND REGIONAL QUESTIONS: 657
• Estonia and Latvia Olavi Arens: 667
• The Revolution in Central Asia Martha Brill Olcott: 679
• The Jews John D Klier: 693
• The Revolution in Transcaucasia Ronald G Suny: 719
• Ukraine Mark von Hagen: 734
• Glossary and abbreviations: 741
• Index of subjects: 770

About the author

Edward Acton is Professor of Modern European History at the University of East Anglia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Critical Companion to the Russian Revolution: 1914 - 1921
• Editors: Edward Acton, V. I͡U︡ Cherni͡a︡ev, William G. Rosenberg
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0253333334, 9780253333339
• Length: 782 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union