The Russian Revolution, 1899-1919

944 pages

English language

Published July 20, 1992 by Fontana Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-686233-8

(2 reviews)

Telling the story of the February 1917 Revolution, Pipes makes clear how the intelligentsia it bought to power proved unable to govern a country rent by social and ethnic conflicts, and how in the end power was seized by an authoritarian Bolshevik party bent on using Russia as a springboard for world revolution.

2 editions

neilernst reviewed Russian Revolution 1899-1919 by Richard Pipes

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5 stars

Thorough and well-written history. Can a group of young idealists take over the 5th biggest economy in the world, and bring misery and suffering to its people? (spoiler: they can).

Only quibble I have is this edition, although after the fall of the Soviet Empire, does not rely on more complete archival information now available. It would be interesting to have a foreword or review that explains where these gaps have more recently been filled in.

Shtakser

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April 5, 2017