Politics and the people in revolutionary Russia :: a provincial history /

An analysis of Russian democracy's collapse in 1917 through the experiences of ordinary people.

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1. Verfasser: Badcock, Sarah, 1974- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Schriftenreihe:New studies in European history.
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Zusammenfassung:An analysis of Russian democracy's collapse in 1917 through the experiences of ordinary people.
After the collapse of the Romanov dynasty in February 1917, Russia was subject to an eight month experiment in democracy. Sarah Badcock studies its failure through an exploration of the experiences and motivations of ordinary men and women, urban and rural, military and civilian. Using previously neglected documents from regional archives, she offers a new history of the revolution as experienced in the two Volga provinces of Nizhegorod and Kazan. She exposes the confusions and contradictions between political elites and ordinary people and emphasizes the role of the latter as political actors. By looking beyond Petersburg and Moscow, she shows how local concerns, conditions and interests were foremost in shaping how the revolution was received and understood. She also reveals the ways in which the small group of intellectuals who dominated the high political scene of 1917 had their political alternatives circumscribed by the desires and demands of ordinary people.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256) and index.
ISBN:9780511354595
0511354592
9780511496998
0511496990
9780511355653
0511355653

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