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1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps. |
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Perspectives on modern world history |
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Gale eBooks
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Perspectives on modern world history.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical background on the Bolshevik revolution. An overview of the Bolshevik revolution (Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War) ; World War I was among the main causes of the Bolshevik revolution / Hugh Jebson ; The United States must not recognize the Bolshevik government of Russia (New York Times) ; The Bolsheviks have suppressed all opposition and will lead russia to ruin (The Times) ; The Bolsheviks took over Siberia with violence and brutality / John A. Embry ; The former Czar and his entire family were imprisoned and then murdered / Robert Wilton -- Controversies surrounding the Bolshevik revolution. The triumph of the Bolsheviks represents the desire of the workers / John Reed ; The Bolsheviks are hated by the workers and retain power only by force / Inna Rakitnikov ; Americans do not understand the true meaning of Bolshevism / Emma Goldman ; The Bolsheviks suppress all opposition from working-class people (C.E.B.) ; Russia is establishing a great democracy that will lead the world / Fred P. Haggard ; The Bolsheviks are a threat to the world and the allies should step in to defeat them / John Pollock ; The Russian people are aware that bolshevism is destroying their country / Catherine Breshkovskaya ; The Bolshevik goal of spreading revolution throughout the world is unlikely to succeed (New York Times) ; The situation in Russia continued to worsen until the collapse of the Soviet Union / Richard M. Ebeling ; Bolshevik revolution : national disaster or midwife of history? / Boris Kaimakov -- Personal narratives. A leader of the Bolshevik revolutionaries describes their takeover of the Winter Palace / Nikolai Podvoisky ; A diary shows life in a Russian town during the early days of Bolshevik rule / Anonymous ; The commander of the Russian Women's Battalion tells about the disbanding of her unit / Maria Botchkareva ; An American-born Russian princess describes her escape from Bolshevik violence / Julia Grant Cantacuzene ; A British socialist describes her doubts about the Bolsheviks' actions in Russia / Ethel Snowden. |
| Summary |
Offers multiple perspectives on momentous events. This volume covers the Bolshevik Revolution, one of the most influential political events of the twentieth century. It shaped not only the history of Russia but that of the entire world. |
| Subject |
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Sources.
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Engdahl, Sylvia, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bolshevik revolution. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014 9780737763638 (DLC) 2013000651 |
| ISBN |
9780737770575 (electronic book) |
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9780737763638 (hardcover) |
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0737763639 |
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