A concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861.

Looks at the roots of what has been described as the most important political event in the history of the twentieth century, from the emancipation of the serfs

Looks at the roots of what has been described as the most important political event in the history of the twentieth century, from the emancipation of the serfs

The rise of literacy in late nineteenth-century Russia, and its influence on "high literature" and low, and on economic development

This book explores the 1917 Russian Revolution from its February Revolution beginning to the victory of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in October.