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Russian Revolution of 1917 : the essential reference guide / Sean N. Kalic and Gates M. Brown, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Encyclopedias.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxix, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado : ABC-CLIO, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book, through the combination of reference entries and examination of primary documents from the Russian Revolution, provides students with a better understanding of how and why political forces fought to reshape the Russian empire 100 years ago--and provides keen insights into the Soviet Union that resulted.
- Contents:
- Introductory essays: The 1905 Revolution - The 1917 Revolution - The Russian Civil War (1917-1922)
- A-Z entries
- Documents: The 1905 Revolution: The program of the Social Democrats (1903) - The program of the Social Revolutionaries (1905) - The Bloody Sunday petition to the Tsar (1905) - The U.S. Ambassador's report on Bloody Sunday (1905) - Gapon's eyewitness account of Bloody Sunday (1905) - Lenin's view of Bloody Sunday (1905) - The Soviet account of Bloody Sunday from 1938 - The October Manifesto (1905) - Lenin on the unfolding of the 1905 Revolution (1905) - The Tsar dissolves the Second State Duma (1907)
- The 1917 Revolution: Abdication of Nicholas (1917) - Abdication of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich (1917) - Lenin calls for an uprising (September 12-14, 1917) - The Decree on Peace (November 8, 1917) - Decree on the Press (November 9, 1917) - Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia (November 15, 1917) - Formation of the Red Army (January 28, 1918) - Compulsory military training (April 22, 1918) - On the rights and duties of Soviets (January 6, 1918)
- The Russian Civil War (1917-1922): Fighting in Sviyazhsk (August 13, 1918) - Fighting at Kazan (August 21, 1918) - Trotsky insists on Stalin's recall (October 4, 1918) - Stalin reports victories at Tsaritsyn (October 23, 1918).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 19, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9798216141136
- 9781440850936
- 1440850933
- OCLC:
- 978295708
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