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1 online resource |
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Part one. Russia's social development and Tsarism -- Russian capitalism -- The peasantry and the agrarian question -- The driving forces of the Russian revolution -- The spring -- January ninth -- The strike in October -- The creation of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies -- October eighteenth -- Witte's ministry -- The first days of the "freedom" -- The Tsar's men at work -- Storming the censorship bastilles -- Opposition and revolution -- The November strike -- Eight hours and a gun -- The peasant riots -- The Red fleet -- On the threshold of counter-revolution -- The last days of the Soviet -- December -- Summing up -- Annexes -- The Proletariat and the Russian revolution -- Our differences -- The struggle for power -- On the special features of Russia's historical development -- Part two. Instead of a preface to the second part -- The trial of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies -- The Soviet and the prosecution -- My speech before the court -- There... and back |
| Summary |
Annotation In January of 1905, thousands of Russian workers, led by a priest on the payroll of the Tsar himself, marched to the gates of the Winter Palace with the intention of humbly petitioning their ruler for an eight hour work day. They were met by an intransigent detachment of royal guards who opened fire, killing hundreds of demonstrators. This massacre was the spark that set off an uprising that would shake the Russian Empire to its very foundation before the year's end. At the very center of this movement stood the newly created Soviet of Workers Deputies. Formed to coordinate the wave of mass strikes that stretched from St. Petersburg to Warsaw, this council became the de-facto voice of Russia's revolutionary workers, who chose Leon Trotsky as their elected leader. '1905' is Leon Trotsky's account of these events |
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Translation of: 1905, Tysiacha deviat'sot piatyi. 2nd, revised edition |
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Translation originally published: New York: Random House, 1971. of work originally published in German as: Russland in der Revolution, Dresden: Kaden, 1909, and in Russian, in two editions, both published : Moskva : Gos. izd-vo, 1922 |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940 -- Imprisonment
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| SUBJECT |
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940 fast |
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HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
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HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics
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HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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Imprisonment
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Russia -- History -- Revolution, 1905-1907.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125806
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Russia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bostock, Anya, translator
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Schoenman, Ralph, author of introduction.
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| ISBN |
9781608467365 |
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1608467368 |
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160846735X |
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9781608467358 |
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