Williams was already in petrograd when reed arrived and acted as a calming tutor to his wilder and more activist colleague. History of the communist party of the soviet union bolsheviks. Communist propaganda in the soviet union was extensively based on the marxistleninist ideology to promote the communist party line. The regime was greatly influenced by traditional russian religion, social order, family, policing, corruption, and even. A lot of people argue wishfully that the bolshevik revolution was a democratic revolution, and that decisions went through the soviet congress where the. The history of russian revolution recreates the story of the bolshevik revolution. The best books on the russian revolution five books expert. Bolshevik and stalinist russia 191764 fifth edition supports the content and assessment requirements of the 2015 aqa a level history specification. Bolshevik and stalinist russia 191856 michael lynch.
After all, the russian revolution embraces more than just the bolshevik party. On the night of october 24, 1917, bolshevik red guards began to take control of key points in the russian capitalrailway stations, telegraph offices, and government buildings. Ted grants book traces the evolution of soviet russia from the bolshevik victory of 1917, through the rise of stalinism and the political counterrevolution, its emergence as a superpower after the second world war, and the crisis of stalinism and its eventual collapse. As this book reveals, the emergence and persistence of the bolshevik dictatorship was, in fact, the complicated product of a failed democratic transition. Legendary heroes like aleksandr nevskii and epic events like the battle of borodino quickly eclipsed more conventional communist slogans revolving around class struggle and proletarian internationalism. An avalanche of books has recently been published to discredit lenin, trotsky and the russian revolution. The key theoretical concept was speaking bolshevik, by which kotkin meant not only the rote language people used to navigate the bureaucracy but also the. Bolshevism and stalinism paul mattick mattick analyses the superficiality of the ideological differences between stalinism and trotskyism and why trotskys own past and theories, with his role in the construction of the russian regime, condemned trotskyism to remain a mere collecting agency for unsuccessful bolsheviks. The history of the allunion communist party bolsheviks. Bolshevik and stalinist russia 191764 for aqa fifth edition uk ed. The aim of his latest book on trotsky is to prove that bolshevism leads to stalinism and totalitarianism. Stalinism is the means of governing and related policies implemented from 1927 to 1953 by joseph stalin 18781953. Undoing the rigid stereotypes of the russian revolution.
Bolshevik and stalinist russia 191856 by michael lynch. The former was a spontaneous uprising that began in russias capital in late february 1917 and led to the collapse of the tsarist monarchy and the establishment of the provisional government, a. Here, he takes the readers through the white movement, which though commanding a considerable amount of resources including a measure of foreign support was totally unsuccessful in trying to dislodge the bolsheviks who, by lenins own admission. In this ambitious volume, smith, a major historian of russia, sets out to explain how the 1917 bolshevik revolution, inspired by a radical democratic and egalitarian spirit, degenerated into the stalinist totalitarian regime. Yevgeny zamyatin was a highranking bolshevik whose concern over the revolutions increasingly sinister trajectory led him to write we, a short book set in a distant dystopian future, and one of the firstif not the first novelto fictionalise the distinctly bolshevik totalitarian society that would soon become synonymous with stalins.
Bolshevik is defined by the lexicographers at oxford dictionaries as a member of the majority faction of the russian social democratic party, which was renamed the communist party after. The aim of his latest book on trotsky is to prove that bolshevism leads to stalinism. Here we provide a number of articles that deal with what the russian revolution really was, its subsequent degeneration, the role of trotsky and the left opposition in combating the rising stalinist bureaucracy. Bolshevism and stalinism an avalanche of books has recently been published to discredit lenin, trotsky and the russian revolution. The violent revolution marked the end of the romanov. Richard pipes russia under the bolshevik regime takes a different approach. It has been revised and fully updated for the 2008 as specifications for edexcel and aqa, providing both a narrative and an analysis of the impact of stalins leadership on the ussr. This sequel to the harvard historians the russian revolution, completes the trilogy he began some twenty years ago with his russia under the old regime. Top 10 books about the russian revolution books the guardian. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Through the russian revolution by albert rhys williams. The great war, revolution and the struggle over peace. Access to history is the most popular, trusted and wideranging series for alevel history students.
The theme of practicing stalinism is found in its subtitle. In the stalin era, it penetrated even social and natural sciences giving rise to the pseudoscientific theory of lysenkoism, whereas fields of real knowledge, as genetics. To understand bolshevism, and in a narrower sense stalinism, it is not enough to follow the superficial and often silly controversies between stalinists and trotskyites. Many of the characters and events of orwells novel parallel those of the russian revolution. Bolshevik and stalinist russia 191764 for aqa fifth edition by michael lynch, 9781471838156, available at book depository with free. Contains authoritative and engaging content, including the russian revolution and bolshevik consolidation, stalins rise to power and rule and destalinisation. Short course translated to english under the title history of the communist party of the soviet union bolsheviks. This important work was first published in 1999, with material collected by the author over a thirty year period, and has been republished here to mark the centenary of the russian. This book has been cited by the following publications. Learn more about the russian revolution in this article.
Contains authoritative and engaging content, including the russian revolution and bolshevik consolidation, stalin\s rise to power and rule and destalinisation. The russian revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the 20th century. His book is in some ways a more solid work, helped by several conversations with lenin and other bolsheviks, as well as their opponents. It has been revised and fully updated for the 2008 as specifications for edexcel and aqa, providing both a narrative and an analysis of the impact of stalin s leadership on the ussr. The past year has prompted a predictable flurry of sovietthemed. Here, rabinowitch reflects on the cold war context in which the book was written and how his own research led him to reject the predominant notionshared by stalinist and capitalist ideologues alikethat the russian revolution was primarily the product of a topdown organization and a conspiratorial coup orchestrated by a tightlyknit. After the revolution the union of soviet socialist republics ussr was born, which eliminated poverty, established free medicine and highly. One of orwells goals in writing animal farm was to portray the russian or bolshevik revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive, totalitarian, and deadly than the one it overthrew. Russian revolution definition, causes, summary, history. Ariadna tyrkovawilliams, a russian journalist and politician who spent time in southern russian with the antibolshevik whites and wrote about events for american and british publications louise bryant, an american journalist and political activist who travelled to petrograd in august 1917 with her journalist husband john reed to report on. Stalinist mass culture and the formation of modern russian national.
The russian army suffered defeat and almost the entire russian navy was destroyed in the straits of tsushima, forcing the tsarist government to conclude an ignominious peace treaty in september 1905. Stalinist russia download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. First and foremost of these writers is professor robert service. This is a new edition of the bestselling title bolshevik and stalinist russia 191856 which now focuses on the period from 192453. The history of the russian revolution by leon trotsky is a threevolume book on the russian. Born in 1885, he had joined the russian social democratic party in 1902 and became a member of the bolshevik faction with lenin early on.
During the six decades that preceded the october revolution. Kollontais political career breaks down conveniently into three stages. Stalinist policies and ideas that were developed in the soviet union included rapid industrialization, the theory of socialism in one country, a totalitarian state, collectivization of agriculture, a cult of personality and subordination of the interests of foreign communist. Women and the russian revolution the british library. Wade presents an essential overview of the russian revolution from its beginning in february 1917, through the numerous political crises under kerensky, to the victory of lenin and the bolsheviks in the october revolution.
Michael j lynch revolutionary russia stalin stalins purges stalin and foriegn policy stalin and the cold war life in stalins russia. Propaganda was one of the many ways the soviet union tried to control its citizens. Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining indepth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Among this books most interesting chapters was the chapter dealing with the russian civil war. Bolshevik and stalinist russia 191764 for aqa fifth edition by michael lynch, 9781471838156, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. One hundred years ago, in wartime petrograd, russian radicals known as the bolsheviks carried out the great october socialist revolution.
His book presents a panoramic and indepth view of russias epochmaking events in the years 18901928. The road to revolution is a comprehensive history of the bolshevik party, from its early beginnings through to the seizure of power in october 1917. Bolshevik and stalinist russia 191764 by michael lynch. This list is generated based on data provided by crossref. The books inspired by the bolsheviks book riot book. It is true that the man responsible for the deaths around 20 million, by most moderate estimates of more people than any other in russian history has slipped slightly. Despite the revolutionary rhetoric, the culture of the soviet bolshevik regime was deeply rooted in traditional russia. Russian revolution, two revolutions in 1917, the first of which, in february march, new style, overthrew the imperial government and the second of which, in october november, placed the bolsheviks in power, leading to the creation of the soviet union. Revolutionary russia stalin stalins purges stalin and foriegn policy stalin and the cold war life in stalins russia. A century after the bolsheviks seized power for communism, tariq ali. Our political tasks between february and may 1904, lenin was engaged on writing the book one step forward, two steps back. In short, manor farm is a model of russia, and old major, snowball, and napoleon represent. The term russian revolution itself refers to two upheavals that took place in 1917.
The menshivik, bolshevik, stalinist feminist the new. Drawing on longignored archival sources and original research, this fascinating volume brings together an international team of leading scholars to reconsider one of the most important and. Top 10 books about the russian revolution books the. Nine years have already passed since an indescribable crime against humanity, the. During the 1930s, stalin and his entourage rehabilitated famous names from the russian national past in a propaganda campaign designed to mobilize soviet society for the coming war. Her menshevik phase is neatly summed up by a chapter heading in cathy porters book. The bolsheviks and their allies occupied government buildings and other strategic locations in the russian capital of petrograd now st. Socialism in one country are collected all the statements on the question made by the bolshevik leaders from 1917 until 1923. It has been revised and retitled to reflect the needs of the current specifications and provides a narrative and analysis of the bolshevik consolidation of power under lenin and.
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