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A major contribution to the historiography of the world in the 20th century, The Bolsheviks in Power focuses on the fateful first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd. It examines events that profoundly shaped the Soviet political system that endured through most of the 20th century. Drawing largely from previously inaccessible Soviet archives, it demolishes standard interpretations of the origins of Soviet authoritarianism by demonstrating that the Soviet system evolved ad hoc as the Bolsheviks struggled to retain political power amid spiralling political, social, economic, and military crises. The book covers issues such as the rapid fall of influential moderate Bolsheviks, the formation of the dreaded Cheka, the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, the Red Terror, the national government's flight to Moscow, and the subsequent rivalry between Russia's new and old capitals.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Bolsheviks in Power
• Author: Alexander Rabinowitch
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520
• EAN: 9780253220424
• ISBN: 0253220424
• ID: 04044063
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Weight: 736 g
• Dimensions: 231 × 156 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. August 2008

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