Russia's Revolutionary Experience, 1905-1917
Subtitle: Two Essays
Contributors: David MacDonald (Foreword)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780231132824
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; First World War, 1914-1918; c 1900 - c 1914; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe - General; Political Process - General; World - General; History / Europe / General; 1894-1917; 20th century; Political activity; Politics and government; Russia; Socialism; Working class
First sentence: Undoubtedly the most novel and important of the findings presented in the volumes devoted to the revolution of 1917 in the new documentary history of Menshevism, made possible by the opening of hitherto secret archives after 1991, is the account that it provides of the political journey that Iulii Osipovich Martov, the leader of the Menshevik Internationalists, traveled during the period from the July Days of 1917 up to Vladimir Lenin's seizure and consolidation of his power in October 1917.