The Bolsheviks in Russian Society: The Revolution and the Civil Wars

by Vladimir N. Brovkin

Was the Bolshevik success in Russia during the revolution and civil war years a legitimate expression of the will of the people? Or did Russian workers, peasants, bourgeoisie, and upper-class groups pose numerous challenges to Bolshevik authority, challenges that were put down through unyielding repression? In this book distinguished scholars from East and West draw on recently opened archives to challenge the commonly held view that the Bolsheviks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300067062
• ISBN13: 9780300067064
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"