The Russian Revolution, 1917

The Russian Revolution, 1917
Author: Rex A. Wade
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2017-02-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107130328

This book explores the 1917 Russian Revolution from its February Revolution beginning to the victory of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in October.

Ten Days That Shook The World

Ten Days That Shook The World
Author: John Reed
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2019-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0359345212

An impassioned firsthand account of the Russian Revolution An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became a close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reeds extraordinary record of that event. 'It flashed upon me suddenly: they were going to shoot me!' This electrifying eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution, written by an American journalist in St Petersburg as the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, is an unsurpassed record of history in the making. John Reed (1887-1920) American journalist and poet-adventurer whose colorful life as a revolutionary writer ended in Russia but made him the hero of a generation of radical intellectuals. Reed became a close friend of V.I. Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917 October revolution. He recorded this historical event in his best-known book TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD (1920). Reed is buried with other Bolshevik heroes beside the Kremlin wall.

Presidential Decrees in Russia

Presidential Decrees in Russia
Author: Thomas F. Remington
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1107040795

The book examines the way Russian presidents Yeltsin, Medvedev, and Putin have used their constitutional decree powers since the end of the Soviet regime. The Russian constitution gives the Russian president extremely broad decree-making power, but its exercise is constrained by both formal and informal considerations. The book compares the Russian president's powers to those of other presidents, including the executive powers of the United States president and those of Latin American presidents. The book traces the historical development of decree power in Russia from the first constitution in 1905 through the Soviet period and up to the present day, showing strong continuities over time. It concludes that Russia's president operates in a strategic environment, where he must anticipate the way other actors, such as the bureaucracy and the parliament, will respond to his use of decree power.

First Decrees of Soviet Power

First Decrees of Soviet Power
Author: Russian S.F.S.R.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1970
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Selections from volumes 1-2 of Dekrety sovetskoæi vlasti (romanized form.)

The Bolsheviks in Power

The Bolsheviks in Power
Author: Alexander Rabinowitch
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 0253220424

Access to newly opened archives has allowed Alexander Rabinowitch to substantially rewrite the history of how the Bolsheviks consolidated their power in Russia. Focusing on the first year of Soviet rule in St Petersburg, he shows how state organs evolved in the face of repeated crises.

Soviet Union

Soviet Union
Author: Raymond E. Zickel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1182
Release: 1991
Genre: Russia
ISBN:

War on War

War on War
Author: R. Craig Nation
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1989-10-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780822309444

The outbreak of World War I precipitated a schism in the international socialist movement that endures today. Heeding calls for "rational defense," the leading European socialist democratic parties abandoned their vision of peace and internationalism as an integral part of the struggle for social justice and set aside their view of interstate war as the clearest example of the irrational essence of competitive capitalism. Only the Zimmerwald Left, led by Lenin, continued to speak out for internationalism. R. Craig Nation utilizes sources in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Swedish to provide the first comprehensive history of the Zimmerwald Left as an international political tendency.

The Development of Capitalism in Russia

The Development of Capitalism in Russia
Author: Vladimir I. Lenin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Capitalism
ISBN: 9781410213006

CONTENTS The Development of Capitalism in Russia The Theoretical Mistakes of the Narodnik Economists The Differentiation of the Peasantry The Landowners' Transition from Corvée to Capitalist Economy The Growth of Commercial Agriculture The First Stages of Capitalism in Industry Capitalist Manufacture and Capitalist Domestic Industry The Development of Large-Scale Machine Industry The Formation of the Home Market