Lenin and the making of the Soviet state
Subtitle: a brief history with documents
By: Jeffrey Brooks, Georgiy Chernyavskiy.
Contributors: Cherniavskii, G. I.
Series: Bedford series in history and culture
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, N.Y; Basingstoke, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781403971586
Subjects: Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, -- 1870-1924 -- Political and social views; Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936; Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936 -- Sources
Genres: Biography.; Sources.
Description: This collection of primary sources allows readers to learn about Lenin through his own words and explores the complicated relationship between Lenin's actions and his ideology. Jeffrey Brooks and Georgiy Chernyavskiy have translated newly available documents that make it possible to provide a more accurate portrait of this ruthless strategist. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support and encourage students to analyze the actions and beliefs of a man who transformed world history and whose legacy continues to affect social and political movements throughout the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-167) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: V.I. Lenin's life and legacy; title: The documents: 1. Lenin and the Bolshevik seizure of power, 1900-1917; title: 2. The monopolization of power during the civil war, 1917-1920; title: 3. Threats to the revolution : the development of the new economic policy; title: 4. The sick leader : de facto removal from power.