Socialism In Russia
Subtitle: Lenin and His Legacy, 1890-1991
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780333972359
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; Marxism & Communism; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Russia; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; Political Science / Communism & Socialism; 1894-1917; History; Politics and government; Socialism; Soviet Union
First sentence: Socialism in Russia began with Alexander Herzen, who escaped from Russia in 1847 to seek revolution in the west but in exile discovered the socialist potential of the country he had left behind.