Critical Companion to the Russian Revolution, 1914-1921

Edward Acton, V. I︠U︡ Cherni︠a︡ev, V. I͡U. Cherni͡aev, William G. Rosenberg

Indiana University Press, 1997 - History - 782 pages

Essays by 46 historians reflect the impact of the fall of the Soviet Union on the study of the revolution that birthed it, including better access to archives and new opportunities for collaborations between Russian and other specialists. They cover the revolution as event; actors and the question of agency; parties, movements, and ideologies; institutions and institutional cultures; social groups, identities, cultures, and the question of consciousness; economic issues and problems of everyday life; and nationality and regional questions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents

• the Critical Companion: 3
• Interpreting Revolutionary Russia William G Rosenberg: 18
• THE REVOLUTION AS EVENT: 35
• The February Revolution Tsuyoshi Hasegawa: 48
• The April Crisis Ziva Galili: 61
• The Breakdown of the Imperial Army in 1917 Allan Wildman: 69
• The October Revolution Alexander Rabinowitch: 81
• The Military Campaigns Evan Mawdsley: 93
• Foreign Intervention David S Foglesong: 106
• 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: 196
• 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
• Peasant Armies Orlando Figes: 369
• 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 and Civil War in Siberia Alan Wood: 706
• The Revolution in Transcaucasia Ronald G Suny: 719
• Ukraine Mark von Hagen: 728
• Glossary and abbreviations: 740
• Index of subjects: 770

Bibliographic information

• Title: Critical Companion to the Russian Revolution, 1914-1921
• Editors: Edward Acton, V. I︠U︡ Cherni︠a︡ev, V. I͡U. Cherni͡aev, William G. Rosenberg
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0253333334, 9780253333339
• Length: 782 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; History / Russia / General; History / Russia / Soviet Era