The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917: The End of the Tsarist Regime and the Birth of Dual Power

Author:   Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Volume:   149
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9781608460151


Pages:   701
Publication Date:   11 December 2018
Format:   Paperback
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The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917: The End of the Tsarist Regime and the Birth of Dual Power


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The February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917 is the most comprehensive book on the epic uprising that toppled the tsarist monarchy and ushered in the next stage of the Russian Revolution. Hasegawa presents in detail the intense drama of the nine days of the revolution, including the workers' strike, soldiers' revolt, the scrambling of revolutionary party activists to control the revolution, and the liberals' conspiracy to force Tsar Nicholas II to abdicate.

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Author:   Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Volume:   149
ISBN:  

9781608460151


ISBN 10:   1608460150
Pages:   701
Publication Date:   11 December 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

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Preface Acknowledgements List of Maps List of Abbreviations Russia and the First World War 1 Russia Enters the War 2 The Political Crisis of the Summer 1915 3 Deepening Gulf: The Government and the Liberals, 1916 4 Petrograd during the War 5 The War and the Workers 6 The War and the Revolutionary Parties On the Eve 7 The Tsar, the Tsarina, and the Government 8 The Security of Petrograd 9 The Liberal Opposition 10 The Liberals, Conspiracies, and the Freemasons 11 The Workers and the Revolutionary Parties The Uprising 12 The Beginning: February 23 13 The Second Day: February 24 14 The General Strike: February 25 15 Bloody Sunday: February 26 16 The Insurrection, February 27 The Petrograd Soviet and the Duma Committee 17 The Formation of the Petrograd Soviet 18 The Formation of the Duma Committee 19 The First Steps of the Duma Committee 20 The Petrograd Soviet and the Masses 21 The ‘Transfer’ of Power The Abdication of Nicholas II 22 Nicholas II and the Revolution 23 The Duma Committee and the Monarchy 24 The Stavka and Counterrevolutionary Attempts 25 The Abdication of Nicholas II 26 The Duma Committee’s Delegates The Formation of the Provisional Government and the Birth of Dual Power 27 The Formation of the Provisional Government 28 Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich’s Renunciation of the Throne 29 The Provisional Government, the State Duma, and the Birth of Dual Power 30 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Ph.D. (1969), University of Washington, is Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of the prize-winning books,Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and Japan's Surrender in the Pacific War(Harvard University Press, 2005),The Northern Territories Dispute and Russo-Japanese Relations(University of California, 1998), andThe February Revolution, Petrograd, 1917(University of Washington Press, 1981).

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