This book explores the long-term reasons for the demise of Imperial Russia, examining the failure of the autocratic state to strengthen its own political position while economic change transformed Russian society. It seeks to explain its debilitating internal tensions and to link these to the pressures exerted by Russia's repeated failure in war and by the empire's continuing expansion. Lastly, it analyzes what led to Russia being governed, only eight months after the collapse of Tsarism, by the Bolsheviks' revolutionary regime.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780333601686
Number of pages: 200
Weight: 261 g
Dimensions: 210 x 140 mm
'It is no mean task to write a brisk, accessible analysis of the fall of the Russian old regime which takes into account recent discoveries in social history without neglecting the traditional (and essential) virtues of politics and diplomacy. Peter Waldron has achieved that aim with exemplary clarity. A good index...well-balanced and cleverly organized thematic chapters...a model textbook that will be equally useful to undergraduates and to A-level students. If all the contributions to European History in Perspective are as good as this one, the series will be well worth having.' - Simon Dixon, History '...summaries all the latest historiography...examining the political framework of the Tsarist state, the nature of the economy, economic and social change, the place of the Tsarist empire in Europe, and the impact of the First World War...the book serves as a highly effective, accurate general guide to the period.' - A.G. Marshall, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London
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