Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Introduction v
3. Contents xv
4. Chapter I. Social Forces in Russian History xvii
5. Chapter II. Pioneers of Revolution 18
6. Chapter III. The 1905 Revolution and the World War 46
7. Chapter IV. The Autocracy Collapses 73
8. Chapter V. First Steps of the New Regime 100
9. Chapter VI. Vladimir Ilyitch Lenin: Genius of Revolution 121
10. Chapter VII. The Deepening of the Revolution 142
11. Chapter VIII. July Days: The Revolution Checked 166
12. Chapter IX. Kornilov and the Failure of Counterrevolution 192
13. Chapter X. The Mutiny of the Russian Army 223
14. Chapter XI. The Peasant Upsurge 242
15. Chapter XII. The Revolt of Labor 260
16. Chapter XIII. On the Eve 277
17. Chapter XIV. The Bolsheviki Take Power 306
18. Chapter XV. The Revolution in the Country 335
19. Chapter XVI. First Steps of the New Regime 351
20. Chapter XVII. Civil War Begins 373
21. Chapter XVIII. Brest-Litovsk: The Struggle for Peace 389
22. Chapter XIX. The Shortlived "Breathing-Space" 414
23. Appendix. Documents of the Revolution March 12, 1917–May 14, 1918 429