Russian Revolution of 1917: The Essential Reference Guide: Sean N. Kalic: ABC-CLIO

Russian Revolution of 1917

The Essential Reference Guide

Russian Revolution of 1917

The Essential Reference Guide

Description

Combining reference entries and examination of primary documents from the Russian Revolution, this book gives students 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.
This invaluable reference guide provides an understanding of the social, political, and economic forces and events in Russia that led to the 1905 Russian Revolution in which leftists radicals disposed of the Czar and his regime. It addresses key developments such as the formation of the provisional government, the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917, and the Russian Civil War—connected, evolutionary historical events that fundamentally reshaped Russia into the Soviet Union.

This book serves students and general readers seeking a single source that provides in-depth coverage of the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War. Beyond the reference entries, the book contains primary documents that cover the key events, people, and issues that emerged during Russia's revolutions and Civil War. These documents give readers a more detailed understanding of how the Bolsheviks used calls for greater "democracy" to gain support for their revolution, how the Bolsheviks used terror and control as means to maintain their power once the Bolshevik Revolution took place, and why the Bolsheviks believed such extreme measures were needed. Also included is a chronology of major events from 1890 through 1923 and a bibliography that serves as a starting point for more directed research.

Preface,

Introductory Essays,

The 1905 Revolution,
Background Alexander III,
Tsar Nicholas II,
The Aftermath of Bloody Sunday,
The October Manifesto,
Dumas,
Consequences of 1905,

The 1917 Revolution,
Background to the Revolution,
Abdication of the Tsar,
Lenin Returns,
Summer 1917,
The October Revolution,
Consequences,

The Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
First Moves,
Organizational Response,
Allied Intervention in the North,
War in the East,
Southern Russia and the Volunteer Army,
Polish-Soviet War (1920–1921),
Consequences,

A–Z Entries
Alekseev, Mikhail Vasilievich (1857–1918),
Alexandra Fyodorovna, Tsarina (1872–1918),
Allied Intervention in Russia (1918–1922),
American Expeditionary Force, Siberia,
Anarchists,
Antonov-Ovseyenko, Vladimir (1883–1938),
April Theses,
Army, Soviet (Red Army; 1918–1991),
Bloody Sunday,
Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of (March 3, 1918),
Brusilov Offensive (June 4–September 1, 1916),
Budenny, Semen Mikhailovich (1883–1973),
Bukharin, Nikolai (1888–1938),
Bullitt, William C. (1891–1967),
Casualties, Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
Cheka (Chrezvychaynaya komissiya),
Churchill, Winston (1874–1965),
Cossacks,
Czech Legion (August 1914–December 1919),
Denikin, Anton Ivanovich (1872–1947),
Duma,
Dzerzhinsky, Felix (1877–1926),
February (March) Revolution (1917),
Frunze, Mikhail (1885–1925),
Gapon, Father Georgy Apollonovich (1870–1906),
Golovin, Nikolai (1875–1944),
Goremykin, Ivan Logginovich (1839–1917),
Graves, William S. (1865–1940),
The Great Reforms,
Greens,
Guchkov, Alexander Ivanovich (1862–1936),
Izvestia,
Japanese Intervention in Siberia (1918–1922),
Kadets (Constitutional Democratic Party),
Kaledin, Alexei Maximovich (1861–1918),
Kamenev, Lev (1883–1936),
Kanin, Vasily Aleksandrovich (1862–1927),
Kazakov, Alexander Aleksandrovich (1889–1919),
Kerensky, Alexander Fyodorovich (1881–1970),
Kerensky Offensive (July 1–19, 1917),
Kolchak, Alexander Vasilievich (1874–1920),
Kornilov, Lavr Georgievich (1870–1918),
Kornilov Rebellion (1917),
Krylenko, Nikolai Vasilievich (1885–1938),
Labor Unions,
Lenin, Vladimir (1870–1924),
Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich (1876–1951),
Lloyd George, David (1863–1945),
Lvov, Prince Georgy Yevgenievich (1861–1925),
Makhno, Nestor Ivanovich (1889–1935),
Makhnovites,
Marx, Karl (1818–1883),
Mensheviks,
Mikhail Alexandrovich, Grand Duke (1878–1918),
Miliukov, Pavel Nikolaevich (1859–1943),
Molotov, Vyacheslav (1890–1986),
Narva, Battle of (1918),
Nicholas II, Tsar (1868–1918),
Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke (1856–1929),
October (November) Revolution (1917),
Octobrists,
Order No. 1 (March 1, 1917),
Orel-Kursk, Battle of,
Peasant Land Bank,
Petrograd Mutiny,
Pilsudski, Jozef (1867–1935),
Plekhanov, Georgi (1856–1918),
Pravda,
Prinkipo Conference,
Provisional Government,
Rasputin, Grigory Yefimovich (1864?–1916),
Red Guards,
Red Terror,
Revolution of 1905,
Revolutionary Military Council,
Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
Russo-Polish War (February 1919–March 1921),
Semenovites,
Shchepkin, N. N. (1854–1919),
Stalin, Joseph V. (1878–1953),
Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadievich (1861–1911),
Tambov Rebellion (1920–1922),
Trotsky, Leon (1879–1940),
Tukhachevsky, Mikhail Nikolaevich (1893–1937),
Volunteer Army,
War Communism,
White Armies in the Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
Wilson, Woodrow (1856–1924),
Witte, Sergei Yulevich (1849–1915),
Women's Battalions of Death (1917),
World War I, Russia in (1914–1917),
Wrangel, Pyotr Nikolaevich (1878–1928),
Yegorov, Alexander Ilyich (1883–1939),
Yudenich, Nikolai (1862–1933),
Zemstvo Union,
Zinoviev, Grigory (1883–1936),

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),

Chronology,
Bibliography,
Editors and Contributors,
About the Editors,
Index,

Product details

Published	21 Sep 2017
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	304
ISBN	9781440850929
Imprint	ABC-CLIO
Illustrations	25 bw illus
Dimensions	254 x 178 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

This is an excellent resource for primary documents and historical information that encompass the events of the Russian Revolution.

Booklist Online
Editors Sean N. Kalic and Gates M. Brown, both in the Department of Military History at the United States Army Command and General Staff College, are joined by forty-two scholars in producing an excellent introduction to not only the conflict referenced in the title, but also the 1905 Revolution and the Russian Civil War (1917-1922). . . . Public and undergraduate libraries should strongly consider acquiring this resource for their reference collections.

ARBA
[The authors'] goal is to provide 'an introduction to key events, figures, and documents' for readers new to this area of study. They have achieved this goal in an admirable fashion. . . . As with any volume dealing with Russian history of this period, transliteration and dates can cause issues. The editors have explicitly stated how they handled them. Summing Up: Recommended. Public, general, community college, and lower-division undergraduate collections.

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