The Russian Revolution : the fall of the tsars and the rise of Communism / edited by Russell Trenton.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Russia in the 19th century -- The backdrop of revolution and the last years of tsardom -- The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Treaties of Brest-Litovsk -- Civil War and war Communism -- The New Economic Policy and collectivism.

Russia in the 19th century. Hostilities under Alexander I and Nicholas I ; Alexander II and the zemstvos ; Revolutionary activities ; The commune ; Economic and social development ; Education and ideas ; Russification policies ; Foreign policy -- The backdrop of revolution and the last years of stardom. The Russo-Japanese War ; The Trans-Siberian Railroad ; Bloody Sunday ; The October Manifesto ; The Russian Revolution of 1905 ; The State Duma ; Nicholas II and Alexandra ; Agrarian reforms ; War and the fall of the monarchy -- The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the treaties of Brest-Litovsk. Broken bonds and the inevitability of revolution ; Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov ; The February Revolution ; Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky ; The October (November) Revolution ; The Bolshevik dictatorship ; Treaties of Brest-Litovsk ; The Russian Communist Party -- Civil war and war communism. War or peace? ; Leon Trotsky ; The civil war (1918-20) ; Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ; War communism ; Kronshtadt Rebellion -- The New Economic Policy and collectivism. The NEP ; Leninism ; The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Nikolay Ivanovich Bukharin ; Joseph Stalin becomes supreme ruler ; Stalin's five-year plans ; Collectivization.

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