Dimensions
156 x 233 x 31mm
The Volga Countryside in Revolution 1917 - 1921.
The celebrated author of 'A People's Tragedy' explains, for the first time, how the Bolshevik victory in the civil war was made possible by the transformation of the Russian countryside in the years leading up to and during the revolution.
Emphasising that any military victory in a civil war will be short-lived unless it is backed by political power, Orlando Figes provides a detailed description of the Russian peasantry on the eve of the revolution; describes the breakdown of state power in the countryside; examines the system of peasant rule and the reluctance of the peasants to rise against the Soviet regime and, crucially, the relationship between the peasants and the Bolsheviks during the civil war.
An original approach and a fascinating account of this turbulent period, illustrated with disturbing images.
