Books

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Conspirator Conspirator Helen Rappaport The father of Communist Russia, Vladimir Ilych Lenin now seems to have emerged fully formed in the turbulent wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. But Lenin's character was in fact forged m… OL14956138W
The road to Communism The road to Communism Ted Gottfried Chronicles the Czarist Russian Empire in the 1800s, the birth of Bolshevism, events leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the development of new political structures in its aftermath. OL15059711W
Three "whys" of the Russian Revolution Three "whys" of the Russian Revolution Richard Pipes America's foremost authority on Russian communism--the author of the definitive studies *The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime*--now addresses the enigmas of that country's 70-… OL1746648W
Caught in the revolution Caught in the revolution Helen Rappaport "Caught in the Revolution is Helen Rappaport's masterful telling of the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold. Between the… OL19667232W
The truth of the Russian Revolution The truth of the Russian Revolution K. I. Globachev "An eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath, newly translated into English. Major General Konstantin Ivanovich Globachev was chief of the Okhrana, the Tsarist secret po… OL19714628W
Crime and punishment in the Russian revolution Crime and punishment in the Russian revolution Tsuyoshi Hasegawa,Tsuyoshi Hasegawa "In a new perspective on the Russian Revolution, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa examines in detail the convulsions of the revolutionary year from March 1917 to March 1918 through the lens of violent crime, police… OL19722801W
Red October Red October Douglas Boyd In this timely publication, Douglas Boyd shows how this still-flying banner of revolution changed the world. OL19733484W
Lenin on the train Lenin on the train Catherine Merridale A meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful rail journey across Europe to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian revolution and forever changed the world. In the early spring of 1917, as t… OL20052248W
Russia 1917-1939 Russia 1917-1939 Steve Waugh Using a skills-centred approach, this series outlines key lines of enquiry and gives full coverage of the content requirements of the specification. It includes model answers, exam-style questions an… OL24717093W
Black night, white snow Black night, white snow Harrison Evans Salisbury An account of the revolutions in Russia from 1905 to 1917 that resulted in the overthrow of the Romanov dynasty and the establishment of a new form of government. OL4106885W
Ten Days That Shook the World Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed **Ten Days That Shook the World** (1919) is a book by the American journalist and socialist John Reed. Here, Reed presented a firsthand account of the 1917 Russian October Revolution. Reed followed m… OL827976W