Cover Page......Page 1
ADVISORY BOARD......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 6
ABOUT THE SERIES......Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 13
PERMISSIONS......Page 14
PREFACE......Page 15
1900......Page 17
1906......Page 18
1913......Page 19
1916......Page 20
1918......Page 21
1919......Page 22
1924......Page 23
1930......Page 24
Was the nobility a dominant force in Russian society at the end of the nineteenth century?......Page 25
TABLE OF RANKS......Page 28
Were the independent social institutions of Imperial Russia—including the media, professional associations, charitable groups, and artistic enterprises— contributing to the modernization of the country during the decades before 1917?......Page 32
Was Russian cultural expression subsumed by politics during the revolutionary era?......Page 38
Did Imperial Russia have feasible diplomatic goals during World War I?......Page 45
MEMORANDUM OF THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN OFFICE......Page 47
Did the Soviet regime pursue an aggressive foreign policy in the 1920s?......Page 52
CONDITIONS......Page 56
Was the Duma a viable parliamentary institution?......Page 59
THE MANIFESTO CALLING THE FIRSTDUMA......Page 61
Was the New Economic Policy (NEP) effective in promoting recovery from war and revolution?......Page 67
Were there substantial continuities between Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union?......Page 74
FORMER TSARIST OFFICERS......Page 75
Did the Russian terrorists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provide the model for present-day terrorist groups?......Page 81
Did the Bolsheviks accelerate achievements in literacy and primary education in the Soviet Union?......Page 90
URGENT SPADEWORK......Page 91
Did the Russian Revolution have a strong influence on national liberation movements?......Page 96
A REQUEST FOR AID......Page 98
Was the Soviet nationalities policy instituted by Vladimir Lenin fair and balanced?......Page 103
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA BY THE COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLES5 COMMISSARS......Page 105
Was Vladimir Lenin committed to maintaining the New Economic Policy (NEP)?......Page 110
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN RUSSIA FOR 1913 AND 1921......Page 112
Did the Russian Revolution have a meaningful influence on the Paris Peace Settlement?......Page 117
Could the Provisional Government have survived if it had pulled Russia out of World War I?......Page 124
Did the tsarist government consider public opinion in formulating foreign policy?......Page 131
IMPERIAL RESCRIPT......Page 133
Could the Bolshevik regime have established its authority without using terror and coercion?......Page 137
BIRTH OF THE CHEKA......Page 139
Did Josef Stalin's "revolution from above" equal a "Soviet Thermidor"?......Page 144
WE SHALL FULFIL YOUR BEHEST WITH HONOR!......Page 147
Was Lenin right when he called the Revolution of 1905a dress rehearsal for the Revolution of 1917?......Page 152
Did Bolshevik leaders in Moscow order the execution of the Imperial Family in Ekaterinburg in July 1918?......Page 159
Did Russia abandon its traditional role as protector of Serbia and other Balkan states during the Revolutionary period?......Page 168
IMPERIAL MANIFESTO......Page 171
Was Russia a viable combatant in World War I?......Page 174
LENIN'S CALL FOR PEACE......Page 178
Was the Russian Revolution a catalyst for international anti-Semitism?......Page 181
Was the Russian working class united behind Vladimir Lenin in 1917?......Page 187
WORKERS' CONTROL......Page 189
Was Russia doomed to defeat in the Russo-Japanese War?......Page 194
Were social-class divisions in late Imperial Russia insurmountable?......Page 201
NICHOLAS ITS OCTOBER MANIFESTO......Page 203
Did Stolypin's reforms in the wake of the Revolution of 1905 have the potential to solve the problems of rural Russia?......Page 208
AGRARIAN REFORM......Page 210
Did the Bolsheviks cede permanent domination of the Russian periphery in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?......Page 214
TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK......Page 216
Was the Okhrana, tsarist secret police, effective?......Page 221
Did the Whites have any chance of winning the Russian Civil War?......Page 227
Were Sergei Witte's policies favoring industrialization and economic development successful?......Page 233
TALENTED BUT DISLIKED......Page 237
Did the Soviets support gender equity and women's rights?......Page 239
Was Russia's alignment with France and Great Britain a wise strategy?......Page 245
THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE......Page 247
Did Russian defeats and shortages in World War I precipitate the revolutions of 1917?......Page 252
DURNOVO'S WARNING......Page 254
APPENDIX......Page 261
FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF 1906......Page 263
APRIL THESES......Page 269
LENIN'S CONGRESS OF SOVIETS SPEECH......Page 272
SOVIET CONSTITUTION OF 1918......Page 279
SOVIET CONSTITUTION OF 1924......Page 282
TROTSKYISM OR LENINISM?......Page 290
THE SUPPRESSED TESTAMENT OF LENIN......Page 302
REFERENCES......Page 319
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 325
A......Page 327
B......Page 334
C......Page 340
D......Page 350
E......Page 352
F......Page 355
G......Page 359
H......Page 364
I......Page 368
J......Page 371
K......Page 373
L......Page 375
M......Page 378
N......Page 383
O......Page 388
P......Page 389
R......Page 393
S......Page 397
T......Page 406
U......Page 409
V......Page 414
W......Page 415
Y......Page 419
Z......Page 420

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History in dispute / 21, Revolutionary Russia, 1890-1930 / ed. by Paul du Quenoy

Revolutionary Russia 1890-1930: Revolutionary Russia (History in Dispute, 21)

History in Dispute Volume 21. (History in Dispute)

Benjamin Frankel; Mazal Holocaust Collection

Saint James Press

United States, United States of America

Detroit, Michigan, 2000

Detroit, ©2000-<c2005>

Illustrated, 2005

June 30, 2005

до 2011-01

lg510533

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"A Manly, Inc. book."
Vol. have imprint: Thomson/Gale.

Vol. 1. The Cold War : first series / edited by Benjamin Frankel
v. 2. American social and political movements, 1900-1945 : pursuit of liberty / edited by Robert J. Allison
v. 3. American social and political movements, 1900-1945 : pursuit of progress / edited by Robert J. Allison
v. 4. World War II / edited by Dennis Showalter
v. 5. World War II / edited by Dennis Showalter
v. 6. The Cold War : second series / edited by Dennis E. Showalter and Paul DuQuenoy
v. 7. Water and the environment since 1945 : global perspectives
v. 8. World War I, first series / edited by Dennis E. Showalter
v. 9. World War I : second series / edited by Dennis Showalter
v. 10. The Crusades, 1095-1291
v. 11. The Holocaust, 1933-1945 / edited by Tandy McConnell
v. 12. The American Revolution, 1763-1789 / edited by Keith Krawczynksi
v. 13. Slavery in the Western hemisphere, circa 1500-1888 / edited by Mark G. Malvasi
v. 14. The Middle East since 1945. First series / edited by David W. Lesch
v. 15. The Middle East since 1945. Second series / edited by David W. Lesch
v. 16. Twentieth-century European social and political movements. First series / edited by Paul du Quenoy
v. 17. Twentieth-century European social and political movements. Second series / edited by Paul du Quenoy
v. 18. The Spanish Civil War / edited by Kenneth W. Estes and Daniel Kowalsky
v. 19. The Red scare after 1945 / edited by Robbie Lieberman
v. 20. Classical antiquity and classical studies / edited by Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter
v. 21. Revolutionary Russia, 1890-1930 / edited by Paul du Quenoy

Volume I of a projected six-volume set designed to stimulate critical thinking about major historical events by illuminating opposing viewpoints and perspectives on heavily debated questions. Each volume will contain about 50 entries that begin with a brief overview summarizing the controversy followed by two or more point-counterpoint essays; primary source documents critical to the debate; a list of key players involved in the event; photographs and drawings of the pertinent individuals, sites, objects or documents; and suggestions for further reading. Includes a chronology. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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