Russian Revolution : hope, tragedy, myths / edited by Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rogachevskai︠a︡, E. B., editor.

British Library, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Exhibitions.

Soviet Union.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

London : The British Library, 2017.

Summary:

"One hundred years ago events in Russia took the world by storm. In February 1917, in the middle of World War I and following months of protest and political unrest, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated. Later that year a new political force, the socialist Bolshevik Party, seized power under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. A bloody civil war and period of extraordinary hardship for Russians finally led to the establishment of the Soviet Union. This book accompanies a major exhibition that re-examines the Russian Revolution in light of recent research, focusing on the experiences of ordinary Russians living through extraordinary times. The Revolution was not a single event but a complex process of dramatic change. The story of the Revolution is told here through posters, maps, postcards, letters, newspapers and literature, photographs and personal accounts. Leading experts on Russian history reveal the Revolution as a utopian project that had traumatic consequences for people across Russia and beyond."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Timeline / Katie McElvanney

Introduction / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia

Tsar and his people : the Russian Empire on the brink of the twentieth century / Aaron McGaughey

1917 : the weeks when decades happened / Sarah Badcock

Cursed days : the 'Russian' civil wars / Jonathan Smele

The new world is born / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia

Russia and the world on fire / Mike Carey and Nick Baron

Epilogue : putting history into words : Russian novelists write the revolution / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia.

Notes:

"First published in 2017 ... on the occasion of the British Library exhibition Russian Revolution: hope, tragedy, myths"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233) and index.

ISBN:

9780712356770

0712356770

9780712356787

0712356789

OCLC:

969981879

Publisher Number:

99972271620