The Workers' Revolution in Russia, 1917
The View from Below

An analysis of Bolshevik relations with the Russian working population.

Daniel H. Kaiser (Edited by)

9780521349710, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 25 September 1987

168 pages, 10 maps 4 tables
21.5 x 13.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.23 kg

The essays in this book address the process of worker alienation and the way that the Bolsheviks appealed to, rather than exploited, the working population, especially in the capital cities of Petrograd and Moscow. James Bater surveys the growing demographic and social crisis in the capitals that accompanied rapid industrialization. Steve Smith then traces the revolution in Petrograd, particularly in the factories where worker radicalism often outpaced the leadership of parties of the left that came to power after the tsar was overthrown in February. Diane Koenker finds a similar process at work in Moscow, despite the differences between the two cities. Finally, both Ronald Suny and William Rosenberg demonstrate how significant these findings are for a more accurate understanding of the Russian Revolution and ultimately of the survival of the Bolsheviks' government.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on dates
1. Revising the old story: the 1917 revolution in light of new sources Ronald Grigor Suny
2. St. Petersburg and Moscow on the eve of revolution James H. Bater
3. Petrograd in 1917: the view from below Steve A. Smith
4. Moscow in 1917: the view from below Diane P. Koenker
5. Russian labor and Bolshevik power: social dimensions of protest in Petrograd after October William G. Rosenberg
6. Conclusion: understanding the Russian Revolution William G. Rosenberg
Index.

Subject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], European history [HBJD]