Alan Wood provides a concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861. The third edition of this successful pamphlet brings the historiography up to date to include the multitude of research in the last ten years that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening up of the state archives.
Preserving the childhood memories of some of the last generation of White Russian women to experience the Revolution first-hand, this collection of interviews and photographs provides a unique and moving record of life in imperial and Bolshevik Russia.
Only introduction to the Russian Revolution to be written after the fall of Communism
New sources and archives made available since the fall of Communism are used as sources in Smith's introduction making most up-to date introduction available
Concise, accessible, and illustrated introduction to key moment in Soviet history
Treats all aspects and effects of the revolution, from political to social and economic developments
Controversial new perspectives, indicating the Bolsheviks had real choices and their decisions helped bring about Stalinism.
Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend
This volume offers the first comprehensive guide in English to the myth and legend of the Russian Empire and other Slavic countries and peoples. Extensive historical, geographical and biographical background is included to enhance the reader's understanding.
Not everything that can be said in one language can be said in another. The lexicons of different languages seem to suggest different conceptual universes. Investigating cultures from a universal, language-independent perspective, this book rejects analytical tools derived from the English language and Anglo culture and proposes instead a "natural semantic metalanguage" formulated in English words but based on lexical universals.
