Kronstadt 19171921
Subtitle: The Fate of a Soviet Democracy (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 16, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780521894425
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; World history; World - General; History; History - General History; History: American; Russia; History / Europe / General; History / World
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.