The Bolsheviks in power : the first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd

The Bolsheviks in power : the first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd /

The dramatic story of the Bolshevik's struggle to consolidate power and create a new government in Russia after the Revolution of 1917.

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Main Author: Rabinowitch, Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2007
Subjects:
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, > 1870-1924.
Rossiĭskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (bolʹshevikov)
Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za > History > Sources.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Revolution, 1917-1921 > Sources.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The Bolsheviks and the October Revolution in Petrograd
  • Part 1. The Defeat of the moderates. 1. Forming a government
  • 2. Rebels into rulers
  • 3. Gathering forces
  • 4. The fate of the constituent assembly
  • Part 2. War or peace? 5. Fighting Lenin
  • 6. "The Socialist Fatherland Is in Danger"
  • 7. An obscene peace
  • Part 3. Soviet power on the brink. 8. A turbulent spring
  • 9. Continuing crises
  • 10. The Northern Commune and the Bolshevik-Left SR alliance
  • 11. The suicide of the Left SRs
  • Part 4. Celebration amid terror. 12. The road to "Red Terror"
  • 13. The Red Terror in Petrograd
  • 14. Celebrating "The Greatest Event in the History of the World"
  • 15. Price of survival.

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