Bibliograph

The Bolsheviks, the intellectual and political history of the triumph of communism in Russia, Adam B. Ulam

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The Bolsheviks, the intellectual and political history of the triumph of communism in Russia, Adam B. Ulam

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Bolsheviks

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

711504

Responsibility statement

Adam B. Ulam

Sub title

the intellectual and political history of the triumph of communism in Russia

Summary

A comprehensive treatment which traces the course of the Bolshevik movement through birth, exile, inner dissension, unexpected opportunity-and, at the hour of its triumph, self-betrayal. Includes portraits of such figures as Nicholas I, Belinsky, Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin

Table Of Contents

The family -- The revolutionary tradition. The Decembrists ; Bakunin and Herzen ; Chernyshevsky ; Populism -- Apprenticeship. Samara ; St. Petersburg ; Siberia ; Marxism -- The leader. The Iskra period ; What is to be done ; From the rift to the Revolution of 1905 -- Revolution and reaction. The Revolution of 1905 ; The ebb -- The years of waiting : 1908-1917. Splits and scandals ; On the world stage : 1912-1917 -- 1917. A kind and considerate revolution ; Toward the great October -- Victory. The statesman ; The dictator -- The worlds of communism. The old economic policy ; The world of the comintern -- The last struggles. Medicine and administration ; Intrigue and death

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