The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926

by Jonathan Coopersmith

Book Overview

The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926 is the first full account of the widespread adoption of electricity in Russia, from the beginning in the 1880s to its early years as a state technology under Soviet rule. Jonathan Coopersmith has mined the archives for both the tsarist and the Soviet periods to examine a crucial element in the modernization of Russia. Coopersmith shows how the Communist Party forged an alliance with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501707167
• ISBN13: 9781501707162
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher