Politics and the people in revolutionary Russia : a provincial history /

Politics and the people in revolutionary Russia : a provincial history /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Badcock, Sarah, 1974- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	New Studies in European History New studies in European history.
Subject:	Democracy -- Russia (Federation) -- Volga River Region -- History -- 20th century. Democracy. Politics and government Volga River Region (Russia) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Volga River Region (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921. Russia (Federation) -- Volga River Region. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814456

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ISBN:	9780511354595 0511354592 9780511496998 0511496990 9780511355653 0511355653 9780521876230 0521876230 0521182255 9780521182256
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	An analysis of Russian democracy's collapse in 1917 through the experiences of ordinary people. After the collapse of the Romanov dynasty in February 1917, Russia was subject to an eight month experiment in democracy. Sarah Badcock studies its failure through an exploration of the experiences and motivations of ordinary men and women, urban and rural, military and civilian. Using previously neglected documents from regional archives, she offers a new history of the revolution as experienced in the two Volga provinces of Nizhegorod and Kazan. She exposes the confusions and contradictions between political elites and ordinary people and emphasizes the role of the latter as political actors. By looking beyond Petersburg and Moscow, she shows how local concerns, conditions and interests were foremost in shaping how the revolution was received and understood. She also reveals the ways in which the small group of intellectuals who dominated the high political scene of 1917 had their political alternatives circumscribed by the desires and demands of ordinary people.
Other form:	Print version: 9780521876230

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256) and index.
ISBN:	9780511354595 0511354592 9780511496998 0511496990 9780511355653 0511355653 9780521876230 0521876230 0521182255 9780521182256