Intelligentsia and Revolution: Russian Views of Bolshevism, 1917-1922

by Jane Burbank

Book Overview

Over the five years following the Russian revolution of 1917 there occurred a brilliant outburst of theory and criticism among Russian intellectuals struggling to comprehend their country's vast social upheaval. Much of their intense speculation focused on issues that are still hotly debated: Was this socialism? Why had the revolution happened in Russia? What did Bolshevik power mean for Russia and the Western world? This compelling study recovers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195045734
• ISBN13: 9780195045734
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"