Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Conventions x
5. Selected Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations xi
6. Editors’ Introduction 1
7. History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
8. Introduction 99
9. Chapter One: The Struggle for the Creation of a Social- Democratic Labour Party in Russia (1883–1901) 102
10. Chapter Two: Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party. Appearance of the Bolshevik and the Menshevik Groups within the Party (1901–1904) 134
11. Chapter Three: The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Russo-Japanese War and the First Russian Revolution (1904–1907) 177
12. Chapter Four: The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the Period of the Stolypin Reaction. The Bolsheviks Constitute Themselves as an Independent Marxist Party (1908–1912) 236
13. Chapter Five: The Bolshevik Party during the New Rise of the Working-Class Movement before the First Imperialist War (1912–1914) 296
14. Chapter Six: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of the Imperialist War. The Second Revolution in Russia (1914–March 1917) 317
15. Chapter Seven: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Preparation and Realization of the October Socialist Revolution (April 1917–1918) 349
16. Chapter Eight: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Foreign Military Intervention and Civil War (1918–1920) 407
17. Chapter Nine: The Bolshevik Party in the Period of Transition to the Peaceful Work of Economic Restoration (1921–1925) 449
18. Chapter Ten: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle for the Socialist Industrialization of the Country (1926–1929) 494
19. Chapter Eleven: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle for the Collectivization of Agriculture (1930–1934) 540
20. Chapter Twelve: The Bolshevik Party in the Struggle to Complete the Building of the Socialist Society. Introduction of the New Constitution (1935–1937) 592
21. Conclusion 643
22. Notes 667
23. Index 719