| Description |
7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (64 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm) |
| Series |
The modern scholar: great professors teaching you |
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Modern scholar.
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| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Professor Jonathan D. Smele, Queen Mary, University of London. |
| Bibliography |
Course guide includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
These 14 lectures examine events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the resulting events through 1921. |
| Contents |
Russia: the geographical setting -- Russia: the empire and the people -- The "great reforms": Alexander II and the emancipation of the serfs -- The social and economic consequences of the emancipation -- Origins of the first Russian Revolution, 1881-1905 -- Russia and the world in the late nineteenth century -- The opposition to Tsarism: constitutional Democrats and socialists-revolutionaries -- The opposition to Tsarism: Lenin and the Bolsheviks -- Nicholas II, Stolypin, and the "contitutional monarchy," 1905-1917 -- Russia in war and revolution: August 1914-February 1917 -- The year of revolutions, 1917: events -- The year of revolutions, 1917: interpretations -- The Russian civil wars, 1917-1921: events -- The Russian civil wars, 1917-1921: interpretations. |
| Subject |
Russia -- History -- 1801-1917 -- Sound recordings.
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Sound recordings.
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| Local Subject |
BOOKS ON COMPACT DISC.
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| Note |
Title on container: Recorded Books presents The Russian revolution : from tsarism to Bolshevism |
| ISBN |
9781440734625 (set) |
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1440734623 (set) |
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9781440734632 (course guide) |
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1440734631 (course guide) |
| Music No. |
UC158 Recorded Books |
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