The Russian Revolution
by Victor Sebestyen
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Pub Date 8 Jun 2023 | Archive Date 23 Jul 2023
Head of Zeus | Apollo
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Description
An illustrated account of one of the most pivotal events in modern history – the Russian revolution of 1917.
In the early years of the twentieth century, Imperial Russia was an ethnically diverse empire, stretching from Ukraine and Belarus in the west to the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk in the Far East. At the head of this profoundly dysfunctional polity was Tsar Nicholas II, whose Romanov successors had ruled Russia since the start of the seventeenth century with a lethal mixture of domestic cruelty, expansionist energy and reactionary incompetence – interspersed with occasional reformist spasms.
By early 1917, Russia was unreformable, and the tsar's authority irreparably damaged. In March of that year, Nicholas II abdicated and the tsarist system was overthrown. The provisional government installed in its stead to organise democratic elections lasted just eight chaotic months before being ousted by Lenin's Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.
Writing with crisp immediacy, Sebastyen narrates an unprecedented era of political and social convulsion. The Russian Revolutions changed the course of history, and, more than a century later, their backwash continues to be deeply felt across the world.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781800244719 |
| PRICE | £26.00 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 272 |
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Featured Reviews
Audrey L, Reviewer
A greatly detailed account of the events that shaped Russian for almost 100 years. All the key moments and characters are present, and this can easily be used as an introduction to the Russian Revolution for someone who has little knowledge of it. It is also well-written for someone like me who has read many books on the topic. Although I didn't learn anything new, I throughoughly enjoyed the refresher.
That being said, this account of the Russian Revolution reads more like a historical essay, as the author is clearly opiniated on the topic and sharing his conclusions and views on what happened. He does allude to different views before dismissing them. A new learner might want to keep this in mind.
Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a free copy in return for my honest opinion.
Sara F, Reviewer
I’ve been reading about the Russian Revolution for a little while now, in my history of Russia project. And this is a difficult topic to cover because SO MUCH HAPPENS. This books is a wonderful cliffnotes of this topic, and gives the main historical points that you need to know to understand what happened. This will not give you any comprehensive information because that’s impossible. But it’s a great outline.
I don’t like my history tainted by the author’s opinion. It’s just a weird fact about me. I just want the plain boring facts because I want to create my own thoughts about it. And reading about Russian history is tough here in America because so much is tainted with opinions. Many of the good history books need to be translated. Just my opinion, don’t come at me. This did have opinions thrown in, and I found them distracting and unnecessary. At one point, the author, describing the last Tsar (Nicholas II), says, “He deserves his place in the dustbin of history.” I don’t find that professional or pleasant to read. So it did alter my opinion about the book a little, and I almost didn’t keep reading. (I know it sounds dramatic, but again, it’s just a weird quirk about me).
Regardless, this was good. It had a lot of information that I didn’t know and I’m glad I read it.
Thank you to NetGalley and Head of Zeus Publishing for the advanced copy. This is my honest opinion.
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