Through 30 interpretative essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution sees an international team of leading scholars comprehensively examine Russia’s revolutionary years. In the wake of the 2017 centenary, this handbook is the first reference point for anyone wishing to learn more about the changes which took place in Russia between 1917 and 1921 and subsequently the 20th century.
Split into six sections covering political crises, politicians and parties, social groups, identities, regions and peoples, and civil war, the volume covers the collapse of Tsarism and the February Revolution, the emergence of the Provisional Government, and major historical figures such as Lenin, Kerensky and the Socialist Revolutionary leader Viktor Chernov. It also explores the events surrounding the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917, the first year of Soviet Government until the Bolshevik dictatorship was established, and the impact on Russia of the subsequent civil war. The focus is broader than these issues of high politics, however, since this handbook also considers events in the provinces as well as revolutionary Petrograd, and examines the social impact of the revolution in terms of class, gender, age and culture.
Editors’ Introduction
Part 1 - Political Crises
1. Public Organisations and the Crisis in the Duma Peter Waldron (University of East Anglia, UK)
2. The February Revolution, Above and Below Tsuyoshi Hasegawa (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
3. Liberalism and the Rule of Law Ian D. Thatcher (University of Ulster, UK)
4. The October Seizure of Power Sally Boniece (Frostburg University, USA)
5. The Soviet Government’s First Year Lara Douds (University of Northumbria, UK)
Part 2 - Politicians and Parties
6. Kerensky Boris Kolonitskii (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)
7. Chernov and the SRs Hannu Immonen (Research Fellow Emeritus at the Academy of Finland, Finland)
8. The Internationalist Parties of the Radical Left Lutz Häfner (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
9. The Anarchists Dmitrii Ivanov (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)
10. Lenin and the Bolsheviks Barbara Allen (La Salle University, USA)
Part 3 - Regions and Peoples
11. The Revolution on the Volga Sarah Badcock (University of Nottingham, UK)
12. The Revolution on the Western Borderlands Michael Hickey (Bloomsburg University, USA)
13. The Revolution in Ukraine Nataliya Kibita (University of Edinburgh, UK)
14. The Revolution in Turkestan Gero Fedtke (University of Jena, Germany)
15. The Revolution and the Provincial Press Dennis Dierks and Franziska Schedewie (both University of Jena, Germany)
Part 4 - Social Groups
16. Soldiers and the Russian Revolution Konstantin Tarasov (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)
17. Workers and the Russian Revolution Nikolai Mikhailov (Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia)
18. Peasants and the Russian Revolution Peter Fraunholtz (Northeastern University, USA)
19. The Lower Middle Strata Daniel Orlovsky (Southern Methodist University, USA)
20. The Revolution and Russia’s Former Elites Matthew Rendle (University of Exeter, UK)
Part 5 - Identities
21. Women and the Russian Revolution Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild (Brandeis University, USA)
22. Masculinity and the Russian Revolution Siobhan Hearne (University of Durham, UK)
23. The Impact of the Russian Revolution on Children and Youngsters Elizabeth White (University of the West of England, UK)
Part 6 - Broader Perspectives
24. The Impact of the Revolution on Russia’s Infrastructure Tony Heywood (University of Aberdeen, UK)
25. The Revolution and Russia’s Cultural Life Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
26. The Hope for World Revolution Geoffrey Swain (University of Glasgow, UK)
Part 7 - Civil War
27. Civil War: an Overview Evan Mawdsley (University of Glasgow, UK)
28. The Red Home Front Murray Frame (University of Dundee, UK)
29. The White Home Front Nikolaus Katzer (German Historical Institute, Russia)
30. The Fate of the Revolution by 1921 Charlotte Alston (Northumbria University, UK)
Bibliography
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