The fall of tsarism : untold stories of the February 1917 Revolution /

The fall of tsarism : untold stories of the February 1917 Revolution /

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Author / Creator:Lyandres, Semion, 1959-
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description:xix, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Personal narratives.
Soviet Union.
History.
Personal narratives.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8968383
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ISBN:9780199235759
0199235759
9780198713487
0198713487
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and index.
Summary:"The Fall of Tsarism reveals to the world for the first time a unique selection of interviews with leading participants in the February Revolution in Petrograd, sources that have been hidden for most of a century. Focusing on the pivotal period between the outbreak of the popular uprising on 27 February 1917 and the fall of the Russian monarchy five days later, these gripping, plain-spoken testimonies take the reader directly to the revolutionary headquarters inside the Tauride Palace. The interviews present wide-ranging perspectives on the events, politics, and personalities of the February Days from a diverse group of key political figures as well as lesser-known activists, including: M.V. Rodzianko, the conservative president of the last Imperial Duma; P.V. Gerasimov, the liberal Duma deputy; N.S. Chkheidze, leading Menshevik and the first chairman of the Petrograd Soviet; A.F. Kerenskii, the future revolutionary premier; and M.I. Tereshchenko, the 'repentant capitalist' and Provisional Government minister. Recorded between 1 May and 7 June 1917, months before the Bolshevik takeover--at a time when the outcome of the revolution was far from obvious--the interviews are free of any post-1917 hindsight and represent the most significant contemporary testimony on the overthrow of Europe's last old regime."--Publisher's description.

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