March 1917. Book 2 : The Red Wheel, Node III / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ; translated by Marian Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008, author.

Contributor:

Schwartz, Marian, 1951- translator.

Series:

Center for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn series.

The Center for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia--History--February Revolution, 1917--Fiction.

Russia.

Genre:

War fiction.

Military fiction.

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (729 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019]

Summary:

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's March 1917, Book 2, covers three days of the February Revolution when the nation unraveled, leading to the Bolshevik takeover eight months later.The Red Wheel is Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's multivolume epic work about the Russian Revolution. He spent decades writing about just four of the most important periods, or "nodes." This is the first time that the monumental March 1917-the third node-has been translated into English. It tells the story of the Russian Revolution itself, during which the Imperial government melts in the face of the mob, and the giants of the opposition also prove incapable of controlling the course of events.The action of Book 2 (of four) of March 1917 is set during March 13-15, 1917, the Russian Revolution's turbulent second week. The revolution has already won inside the capital, Petrograd. News of the revolution flashes across all Russia through the telegraph system of the Ministry of Roads and Railways. But this is wartime, and the real power is with the army. At Emperor Nikolai II's order, the Supreme Command sends troops to suppress the revolution in Petrograd. Meanwhile, victory speeches ring out at Petrograd's Tauride Palace. Inside, two parallel power structures emerge: the Provisional Government and the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, which sends out its famous "Order No. 1," presaging the destruction of the army. The troops sent to suppress the Petrograd revolution are halted by the army's own top commanders. The Emperor is detained and abdicates, and his ministers are jailed and sent to the Peter and Paul Fortress. This sweeping, historical novel is a must-read for Solzhenitsyn's many fans, as well as those interested in twentieth-century history, Russian history and literature, and military history.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title page

Copyright

Contents

TUESDAY, 13 MARCH

CHAPTER 171 / 1 Shlyapnikov's worries. - Must save Gorky!

CHAPTER 172 / 3 The Emperor in his train car before departure.

CHAPTER 173 / 5 Shlyapnikov takes the garden paths to Serdoboloskaya.

CHAPTER 174 / 7 The Nekrasov brothers face the firing squad.

CHAPTER 175 / 12 The voyenka at night's end. - Livelier in the morning

CHAPTER 176 / 16 Ensigns Andrusov and Grimm join the revolution

DOCUMENTS - 2 / 19 From dispatches to the Military Commission

CHAPTER 177 / 20 The spirit of the French Revolution

CHAPTER 178 / 26 Khabalov's detachment in its final inaction

CHAPTER 179 / 30 The Bolsheviks' manifesto.

CHAPTER 180 / 32 Kutepov in the mirror room.

CHAPTER 181 / 35 Rodzyanko prepares new telegrams

CHAPTER 182 / 40 The morning in Petrograd (fragments)

CHAPTER 183 / 45 Calculations of the Baltic Fleet leaders

DOCUMENTS - 3 / 48 Rodzyanko to all commanders

CHAPTER 184 / 48 The Empress gets no support. - Should they go? Should they stay?

CHAPTER 185 / 52 Wheeled battalion smashed. - Balkashin's death.

CHAPTER 186 / 55 Shingarev's condition

CHAPTER 187 / 57 Nikolai Iudovich delays departure. - Khabalov's telegraphed replies.

CHAPTER 188 / 59 Khabalov's detachment capitulates

CHAPTER 189 / 61 General Alekseev's loyalty

CHAPTER 190 / 65 Engineer Bublikov seizes Ministry of Roads and Railways

CHAPTER 191 / 71 Arrest of Khabalov's remaining generals

CHAPTER 192 / 75 Igor Krivoshein arrested

CHAPTER 193 / 79 Executive Committee in commotion

CHAPTER 194 / 84 Peshekhonov assumes the Petersburg

CHAPTER 195 / 88 Moscow Regiment officers in the Duma

CHAPTER 196 / 91 Guchkov in the Duma

CHAPTER 197 / 95 Obodovsky at the Military Commission

CHAPTER 198 / 100 Baron Raden's adventures in Petrograd.

CHAPTER 199 / 102 In the royal train. - Alarming telegrams. - Reassuring signs

CHAPTER 200 / 106 Bonch-Bruevich: commissar for the printing presses

CHAPTER 201 / 109 Panic in the crush of the Soviet

CHAPTER 202 / 112 Urgent concerns for the Military Commission

CHAPTER 203 / 116 Daytime in Petrograd (fragments)

CHAPTER 204 / 120 Captain Nelidov in a worker's apartment

CHAPTER 205 / 124 Lenartovich brings order to Kamennoostrovsky

CHAPTER 206 / 126 Grand Duke Pavel goes to the Empress

CHAPTER 207 / 130 The Interdistrict group.

CHAPTER 208 / 133 Clemency for the Wheeled unit officers

CHAPTER 209 / 135 Nina Kaul's impulse

CHAPTER 210 / 140 Protopopov wends through the city

CHAPTER 211 / 147 How Prince Lvov was drawn into a political career

CHAPTER 212 / 152 Kutepov forces his way into the regimental officers' club

CHAPTER 213 / 155 They're cutting ham with a sword

DOCUMENTS - 4 / 158 From Military Commission papers

CHAPTER 214 / 158 Alekseev's doubts about the situation and about sending troops

CHAPTER 215 / 160 At Kalisa's for the day

CHAPTER 216 / 162 At the Moscow City Duma

CHAPTER 217 / 166 The royal train at Rzhev. - At Likhoslavl

CHAPTER 218 / 168 The Duma deputies' day

CHAPTER 219 / 170 Rodzyanko's trials, travails, and tribulations

CHAPTER 220 / 174 The evening (fragments)

CHAPTER 221 / 178 Engineer Lomonosov mobilizes

CHAPTER 222 / 180 General Staffers arrive at the Military Commission

CHAPTER 223 / 183 The rescued Moscow men roam around the Tauride Palace

CHAPTER 224 / 187 Dinner with Gorky at Manukhin'

CHAPTER 225 / 191 Milyukov foresees the Duma's demise

CHAPTER 226 / 196 Protopopov's arrest

CHAPTER 227 / 198 The regime of the ministerial pavilion and its prisoners

CHAPTER 228 / 202 Ominous rumors at the Tsarskoye Selo palace.

CHAPTER 229 / 207 The royal train at Vyshni Volochok. - At Bologoye

CHAPTER 230 / 209 Tribulations of a Convoy half-hundred. - They go to see Karaulov

CHAPTER 231 / 212 Lomonosov arrives at Bublikov's office

CHAPTER 232 / 215 General Evert's frustration

CHAPTER 233 / 219 Rozdyanko calms Alekseev. - Alekseev's mood brightens

DOCUMENTS - 5 / 222 Telegram no. 1833

CHAPTER 234 / 222 Rodzyanko's heroic night

CHAPTER 235 / 224 The royal trains diverted at Malaya Vishera

CHAPTER 236 / 226 The Moscow men spend the night at the Tauride Palace

CHAPTER 237 / 228 The Preobrazhensky Regiment stopped at Lutsk

WEDNESDAY, 14 MARCH

CHAPTER 238 / 231 Officers from Siberia arrive in Petrograd

CHAPTER 239 / 234 Bublikov and Lomonosov. - Detain the Tsar

DOCUMENTS - 6 / 237 Bublikov's telegram to the Dno station

CHAPTER 240 / 237 Rodzyanko's plan to go to an audience with the Emperor

DOCUMENTS - 7 / 240The Military Commission - to officers in Petrograd.

CHAPTER 241 / 240 Vorotyntsev through early morning Moscow

CHAPTER 242 / 243 The Emperor detained? - The Empress's guard melts away

CHAPTER 243 / 246 Admiral Nepenin leads

DOCUMENTS - 8 / 248 From the papers of the Military Commission

CHAPTER 244 / 248 Himmer and the question of government

CHAPTER 245 ' ' / 251 (from the bulletin of Petrograd journalists)

CHAPTER 246 / 252 Evert completely discouraged, and GHQ is not explaining

CHAPTER 247 / 255 Imperial trains at Valdai. - At Staraya Russa

CHAPTER 248 / 258 General Alekseev's back-and-forth. Halting the Southwest Army Group regiments

CHAPTER 249 / 262 Petrograd, early in the day (fragments)

CHAPTER 250 / 266 Chaos at the commissariat. Peshekhonov takes pains

DOCUMENTS - 9 / 271 Engelhardt's order

CHAPTER 251 / 271 Colonel Polovtsov at the Military Commission.

CHAPTER 252 ' ' / 275 (from Izvestia of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies)

CHAPTER 253 / 277 Gathering of officers at the Hall of the Army and Navy

CHAPTER 254 / 282 Cavalry Captain Voronovich. - The mutiny spreads across Luga

CHAPTER 255 / 287 The EC discusses taking power

CHAPTER 256 / 292 Permit or forbid Rodzyanko to go see the Tsar

CHAPTER 257 / 294 Colonel Kutepov walks to the Preobrazhensky barracks

CHAPTER 258 / 298 Rodzyanko handicapped and constrained

CHAPTER 259 / 303 The soldier Soviet rages about officers

CHAPTER 260 / 307 Captain Nelidov back at his battalion. - Devastation

CHAPTER 261 / 311 Vorotyntsev at Moscow Military District headquarters

CHAPTER 262 / 318 Kutepov in the Tauride. - Athens

CHAPTER 263 / 320 General Ivanov's train crawls ahead

CHAPTER 264 / 323 General Belyaev in hiding. - Becoming a private citizen

CHAPTER 265 / 325 Petrograd during the day (fragments)

CHAPTER 266 / 329 Grand Duke Kirill in the Tauride Palace

CHAPTER 267 / 332 Guchkov's efforts and thoughts

CHAPTER 268 / 334 Royal train at the Dno station

CHAPTER 269 / 338 Lenartovich in Kshesinskaya's mansion

CHAPTER 270 / 340 Machine-gun regiment descends on Peshekhonov

CHAPTER 271 / 342 Paschal joy at the Public Library. - Vera at home

CHAPTER 272 / 345 Vorotyntsev in Moscow, torn where to go

CHAPTER 273 / 348 The Executive Committee completes debate on taking power

CHAPTER 274 / 352 Murders in Luga, the mutiny widens

CHAPTER 275 / 356 Alekseev steps up persuasion of the Emperor

CHAPTER 276 / 359 General Sukhomlinov arrested. - A windmill

CHAPTER 277 / 362I nto the evening and night

CHAPTER 278 / 366 Shulgin in the Duma maelstrom

CHAPTER 279 / 369 Rodzyanko abandons hope for his journey

CHAPTER 280 / 371 Bublikov's moves and plans. - Not appreciated in the Duma.

CHAPTER 281 / 374 General Ruzsky's former service

CHAPTER 282 / 381 Grand Duke Mikhail at the Putyatins' apartment

CHAPTER 283 / 385 Order No. 1 takes shape

CHAPTER 284 / 391 The Maklakov brothers

CHAPTER 285 / 396 Ruzsky demands a responsible ministry

CHAPTER 286 / 403 Duma Deputies at Tsarskoye Selo

CHAPTER 287 / 407 General Ivanov arrives at Tsarskoye

CHAPTER 288 / 411 The murder of Captain Fergen

CHAPTER 289 / 413 Milyukov's unique political preparation

CHAPTER 290 / 417 Himmer prepares for negotiations

CHAPTER 291 / 419 General Ruzsky among the Tsar's suit

CHAPTER 292 / 423 Dmitri Vyazemsky wounded. - Guchkov alongside the dying man

CHAPTER 293 / 429 Milyukov's negotiations with the Soviet about the government's program

CHAPTER 294 / 435 General Alekseev's torment. - Western Amy Group regiments halted

CHAPTER 295 / 439 A crushed Rodzyanko goes to the General Staff

CHAPTER 296 / 442 General Ivanov with the Empress. - He departs Tsarskoye Selo

CHAPTER 297 / 448 Evert's isolation. - Regiments stopped

CHAPTER 298 / 450 Milyukov's negotiations with the Soviet continue

CHAPTER 299 / 455 The bows of revolution

CHAPTER 300 / 455 Ruzsky and Rodzyanko speak by telegraph

CHAPTER 301 / 460 Rodzyanko again on wings

CHAPTER 302 / 461 Soviets soften "Order No. 1" during printing

CHAPTER 303 / 464 Guchkov breaks Milyukov's agreement with the Soviets

CHAPTER 304 / 469 Borodino Life Guards disarmed at Luga Station

, 15 MARCH

CHAPTER 305 / 473 Northern Army Group headquarters opens the way to the Petrograd news

CHAPTER 306 / 476 General Alekseev waits for news from Pskov

CHAPTER 307 / 482 Milyukov's life. - Maneuvers in forming a government

CHAPTER 308 / 487 GHQ turns to the commanders-in-chief to support the abdication

CHAPTER 309 / 490 The Emperor's difficult morning.

CHAPTER 310 ' ' / 495 (from Izvestia of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies).

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ISBN:

9780268106874

0268106878

OCLC:

1122448290