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October song : Bolshevik triumph, communist tragedy, 1917-1924 / Paul Le Blanc.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Le Blanc, Paul, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
- Soviet Union.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 479 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- A panoramic account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath-animated by the lives, ideas, and experiences of workers, peasants, intellectuals, artists, and revolutionaries of diverse persuasions-October Song vividly narrates the triumphs of those who struggled for a new society and created a revolutionary workers state. Yet despite profoundly democratic and humanistic aspirations, the revolution is eventually defeated by violence and authoritarianism. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Nothing Can Ever Be the Same 1
- 2 Prerevolutionary Russia 23
- 3 Revolutionary Triumph 69
- 4 Proletarian Rule and Mixed Economy 131
- 5 Global Context 181
- 6 Losing Balance 219
- 7 Majority of the People 255
- 8 Liberty under the Soviets 293
- 9 Consolidation of the Soviet Republic 327
- 10 Inevitabilities and Otherwise 369.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1608468488
- 9781608468485
- OCLC:
- 1013780716
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