The Resource Russia in flames : war, revolution, civil war, 1914-1921, Laura Engelstein
Russia in flames : war, revolution, civil war, 1914-1921, Laura Engelstein
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- Summary
- In 1913, the Romanov dynasty celebrated its tercentenary--three centuries of autocratic rule over one of the world's mightiest and most expansive empires. Four years later, the monarchy lay in ruins and a brutal struggle had begun to fill the vacuum of power. The Russian Revolution utterly re-shaped the landscape of the twentieth century. To mark the centennial of this epochal event, distinguished scholar Laura Engelstein offers a full history of not just the February and October Revolutions but the critical period surrounding and giving rise to them, beginning with the outbreak of World War One and following through until the end of the civil strife--seven years of violence and chaos that finally left the Bolsheviks in command of the field. With fresh eyes and narrative verve, backed by a lifetime of scholarly work in the field, Engelstein's account offers new perspectives on the events that led to the fall of the old order and ultimately the creation of the Soviet state, a way of looking at the institutions and structures of power that were simultaneously crumbling and being replaced. In the process she provides a dynamic sense of the play of personalities and agendas that set Russia on a course of self-destruction and reinvention, and on a scale previously unimagined. Russia in Flames will join the ranks of works by Orlando Figes, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Timothy Snyder, and Richard Pipes: a major, defining, exhaustive, and exhilarating account of war and revolution as they were unfolding, and as one of history's greatest empires was dissolving and reforming itself before the eyes of the world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxvii, 823 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Author's Note
- Part I: Last Years of the Old Empire, 1904-1914
- Part II: The Great War : Imperial Self-Destruction
- The Great War Begins
- Germans, Jews, Armenians
- Tearing Themselves Apart
- Conflict and Collapse
- Part III: 1917 : Contest for Control
- Five Days that Shook the World
- The War Continues
- From Putsch to Coup
- Bolshevik October
- Death of the Constituent Assembly
- Politics from Below
- Part IV: Sovereign Claims
- The Peace that Wasn't
- Treason and Terror
- Finland's Civil War
- Baltic Entanglements
- Ukrainian Drama, Act I
- Colonial Repercussions
- Part V: War Within
- The Unquiet Don
- Foreign Bodies
- Trotsky Arms, Siberia Mobilizes
- Kolchak : the Wild East
- Ukraine, Act II
- War Against the Cossacks
- Miracle on the Vistula
- War Against the Jews
- The Last Page
- War Against the Peasants
- Part VI: Victory and Retreat
- The Proletariat in the Proletarian Dictatorship
- The Revolution Turns Against Itself
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780199794218
- Label
- Russia in flames : war, revolution, civil war, 1914-1921
- Title
- Russia in flames
- Title remainder
- war, revolution, civil war, 1914-1921
- Statement of responsibility
- Laura Engelstein
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1913, the Romanov dynasty celebrated its tercentenary--three centuries of autocratic rule over one of the world's mightiest and most expansive empires. Four years later, the monarchy lay in ruins and a brutal struggle had begun to fill the vacuum of power. The Russian Revolution utterly re-shaped the landscape of the twentieth century. To mark the centennial of this epochal event, distinguished scholar Laura Engelstein offers a full history of not just the February and October Revolutions but the critical period surrounding and giving rise to them, beginning with the outbreak of World War One and following through until the end of the civil strife--seven years of violence and chaos that finally left the Bolsheviks in command of the field. With fresh eyes and narrative verve, backed by a lifetime of scholarly work in the field, Engelstein's account offers new perspectives on the events that led to the fall of the old order and ultimately the creation of the Soviet state, a way of looking at the institutions and structures of power that were simultaneously crumbling and being replaced. In the process she provides a dynamic sense of the play of personalities and agendas that set Russia on a course of self-destruction and reinvention, and on a scale previously unimagined. Russia in Flames will join the ranks of works by Orlando Figes, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Timothy Snyder, and Richard Pipes: a major, defining, exhaustive, and exhilarating account of war and revolution as they were unfolding, and as one of history's greatest empires was dissolving and reforming itself before the eyes of the world
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Engelstein, Laura
- Dewey number
- 947.084/1
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DK265
- LC item number
- .E476 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1914-1918
- Civil war
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Label
- Russia in flames : war, revolution, civil war, 1914-1921, Laura Engelstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [781]-790) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's Note -- Part I: Last Years of the Old Empire, 1904-1914 -- Part II: The Great War : Imperial Self-Destruction -- The Great War Begins -- Germans, Jews, Armenians -- Tearing Themselves Apart -- Conflict and Collapse -- Part III: 1917 : Contest for Control -- Five Days that Shook the World -- The War Continues -- From Putsch to Coup -- Bolshevik October -- Death of the Constituent Assembly -- Politics from Below -- Part IV: Sovereign Claims -- The Peace that Wasn't -- Treason and Terror -- Finland's Civil War -- Baltic Entanglements -- Ukrainian Drama, Act I -- Colonial Repercussions -- Part V: War Within -- The Unquiet Don -- Foreign Bodies -- Trotsky Arms, Siberia Mobilizes -- Kolchak : the Wild East -- Ukraine, Act II -- War Against the Cossacks -- Miracle on the Vistula -- War Against the Jews -- The Last Page -- War Against the Peasants -- Part VI: Victory and Retreat -- The Proletariat in the Proletarian Dictatorship -- The Revolution Turns Against Itself -- Conclusion
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxvii, 823 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780199794218
- Lccn
- 2017000595
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- ocn990057131
- (OCoLC)990057131
- Label
- Russia in flames : war, revolution, civil war, 1914-1921, Laura Engelstein
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [781]-790) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's Note -- Part I: Last Years of the Old Empire, 1904-1914 -- Part II: The Great War : Imperial Self-Destruction -- The Great War Begins -- Germans, Jews, Armenians -- Tearing Themselves Apart -- Conflict and Collapse -- Part III: 1917 : Contest for Control -- Five Days that Shook the World -- The War Continues -- From Putsch to Coup -- Bolshevik October -- Death of the Constituent Assembly -- Politics from Below -- Part IV: Sovereign Claims -- The Peace that Wasn't -- Treason and Terror -- Finland's Civil War -- Baltic Entanglements -- Ukrainian Drama, Act I -- Colonial Repercussions -- Part V: War Within -- The Unquiet Don -- Foreign Bodies -- Trotsky Arms, Siberia Mobilizes -- Kolchak : the Wild East -- Ukraine, Act II -- War Against the Cossacks -- Miracle on the Vistula -- War Against the Jews -- The Last Page -- War Against the Peasants -- Part VI: Victory and Retreat -- The Proletariat in the Proletarian Dictatorship -- The Revolution Turns Against Itself -- Conclusion
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxvii, 823 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780199794218
- Lccn
- 2017000595
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- ocn990057131
- (OCoLC)990057131
Subject
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Causes
- Civil war -- Soviet Union -- History
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia (Federation)
- Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1945
- Russia -- History -- 1904-1914
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