Peasant Russia, Civil War: The Volga Countryside in Revolution 1917-21 by Orlando Figes

Peasant Russia, Civil War: The Volga Countryside in Revolution 1917-21

Orlando Figes

428 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced

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Why and how did the October 1917 revolution occur in Russia? Often overlooked as a crucial factor in the Bolsheviks' victory was the role of the peasantry. Here is an enthralling portrait of this poor but sizable population on the eve of the upris...

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