Thou Shalt Kill Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia, 1894-1917 / Anna Geifman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geifman, Anna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ryssland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 22 halftones

Place of Publication:

Ewing : Princeton Univ. Press, 1996.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Anna Geifman examines the explosion of terrorist activity that took place in the Russian empire from the years just prior to the turn of the century through 1917, a period when over 17,000 people were killed or wounded by revolutionary extremists. On the basis of new research, she argues that a multitude of assassination attempts, bombings, ideologically motivated robberies, and incidents of armed assault, kidnapping, extortion, and blackmail for party purposes played a primary role in the revolution of 1905 and early twentieth-century Russian political history in general.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustration

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE. Revolutionary Terrorism in the Empire: Background, Extent, and Impact

CHAPTER TWO. The Party of Socialists-Revolutionaries and Terror

CHAPTER THREE. The Social Democrats and Terror

CHAPTER FOUR. Terrorists of a New Type: The Anarchists and the Obscure Extremist Groups

CHAPTER FIVE. The "Seamy Side" of the Revolution: The Criminal Element, the Psychologically Unbalanced, and Juveniles

CHAPTER SIX. The United Front: Interparty Connections and Cooperation

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Kadets and Terror

CHAPTER EIGHT. The End of Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia

EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-365) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691221458

0691221456

OCLC:

1206241693