Title from container. Lecture given by Jonathan D. Smele. Release date supplied by publisher. Previously released by Recorded Books, LLC, p2009. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated media audio player. In container (21 x 13 x 3 cm.) One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback. "14 lectures"--Container. Includes bibliographical references (guide)
Contents:
Russia: the geographical setting -- Russia: empire and people -- The "Great Reforms": Alexander II and the emancipation of the serfs -- The social and economic consequences of the emancipation -- Origins of the First Russian Revolution, 1881-1905 -- Russia and the world in the late nineteenth century -- The opposition to tsarism: Lenin and the Bolsheviks -- Nicholas II, Stolypin, and the "Constitutional Monarchy," 1905-1917 -- Russia in war and revolution: August 1914-February 1917 -- The year of revolutions, 1917: events -- The year of revolutions, 1917: interpretations -- The Russian Civil Wars, 1917-1921: events -- The Russian Civil Wars, 1917-1921: interpretations.
Summary:
Senior lecturer and renowned Russian researcher Dr. Jonathan Smele sheds new light on the many forces that came to bear in tsarist Russia, from the emancipation of the serfs in the mid-nineteenth century to the climactic revolutions of the early twentieth century that brought the small Bolshevik party to power.
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