Russian Revolution
Subtitle: hope, tragedy, myths
By: edited by Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia
Contributors: British Library
Publisher: British Library
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780712356787; 9780712356770
Subjects: Exhibitions; History
Description: "One hundred years ago events in Russia took the world by storm. In February 1917, in the middle of World War I and following months of protest and political unrest, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated. Later that year a new political force, the socialist Bolshevik Party, seized power under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. A bloody civil war and period of extraordinary hardship for Russians finally led to the establishment of the Soviet Union. This book accompanies a major exhibition that re-examines the Russian Revolution in light of recent research, focusing on the experiences of ordinary Russians living through extraordinary times. The Revolution was not a single event but a complex process of dramatic change. The story of the Revolution is told here through posters, maps, postcards, letters, newspapers and literature, photographs and personal accounts. Leading experts on Russian history reveal the Revolution as a utopian project that had traumatic consequences for people across Russia and beyond."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "First published in 2017 ... on the occasion of the British Library exhibition Russian Revolution: hope, tragedy, myths"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: Timeline / Katie McElvanney; title: Introduction / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia; title: Tsar and his people : the Russian Empire on the brink of the twentieth century / Aaron McGaughey; title: 1917 : the weeks when decades happened / Sarah Badcock; title: Cursed days : the 'Russian' civil wars / Jonathan Smele; title: The new world is born / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia; title: Russia and the world on fire / Mike Carey and Nick Baron; title: Epilogue : putting history into words : Russian novelists write the revolution / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia.