Heinemann Advanced History: Lenin and the Russian Revolution, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (July 4, 2000) © 2000

  • Steve Phillips

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Heinemann Advanced History: Lenin and the Russian Revolution
Published 2000

Title overview

Lenin and the Russian Revolution covers the events in Russia leading up to the revolution in 1917 and the establishment of the Bolshevik Government.

Table of contents

  • Part 1: Narrative and Explanation
  • Section 1: Russia in revolution 1905–17
  • Tsarist Russia 1905–14
  • The impact of the First World War and the collapse of Tsarism, 1914–17
  • The problems of the Provisional Government
  • The Bolshevik Revolution
  • Section 2: The consolidation of Bolshevik power: Russia, 1918–29
  • The consolidation of Bolshevik rule, 1918–24
  • Economic policy—War Communism and the NEP
  • Soviet society and culture under Lenin
  • Safeguarding the Revolution: The struggle for power after Lenin's death
  • Soviet foreign policy, 1917–28
  • Part 2: Analysis and Interpretation
  • Section 3: The Russian Revolution and the establishment of Bolshevik power
  • Why did Tsarist regime collapse in 1917?
  • How and why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in 1917?
  • What direction did Bolshevik ideology and tactics take between 1903 and 1917?
  • To what extent did practical difficulties stop Lenin from implementing communist ideology?
  • What was the nature of the Bolshevik state?
  • How important was the role of Lenin?
  • How and why did Stalin manage to secure power by 1929?
  • Index.

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