Kronstadt 19171921
Subtitle: The Fate of a Soviet Democracy (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 31, 1983
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780521244794
Subjects: World history; History / Europe / General
First sentence: Kronstadt, fortress, naval base and port town on the island of Kotlin in the Gulf of Finland, situated some twenty miles from Petersburg and protecting the capital from the sea, entered the Russian February revolution of 1917 with a population of some 82,000 (20,000 soldiers, 12,000 sailors and 50,000 civilian inhabitants) and a formidable reputation for severe regimentation, revolutionary unrest, mutiny and repression, and thorough disaffection.