Biblioteca / 1970-1979
Martin McCauley, editor. The Russian Revolution and the Soviet State, 1917-1921. Documents.
Londres: Macmillan Press, 1975.
2da edición, 1980.
xxxiii, 317 páginas.
Contents
Preface
1 – The Revolution of February 1917
Background Statistics
The Critical Food Situation
Unofficial Meeting of the Members of the State Duma, 27 February 1917
Telegram of 27 February 1917 from Rodzyanko, President of the State Duma, to the Tsar
Telegram of 28 February 1917 from General Alekseev, Chief of Staff of the Supreme Commander to all the Commanders in Chief
Nicholas II Abdicates
Grand Duke Mikhail Refuses the Throne
Attitude of the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet on the Question of Participation in the Provisional Government
The First Provisional Government
2 – Russia Between Two Revolutions: Political Aspects of the Period February to October 1917
Order No. 1
Soviet Appeal to All the Peoples of the World
Resolution of Support for the Provisional Government by the All-Russian Conference of Soviets First Coalition Government of 5 May 1917
The Situation in the Towns, March-May 1917
Soviet Prohibits Demonstrations
The June Offensive
The July Days
The Second Coalition Government of 24 July 1917
David Soskice’s Reminiscences
The Kornilov Revolt
Formation of the Council of Five, 1 September 1917
Proclamation of a Republic
The Third Coalition Government of 25 September 1917
Foreign Affairs
The Nationalities
Lenin
Who Instigated the February Revolution?
3 – Russia Between Two Revolutions: Economic and Social Aspects of the Period February to October 1917
Working Conditions in Petrograd: The Eight Hour Day, etc.
The Land Question
The Economic Situation
‘The Fuel Shortage
Agrarian Disorders in European Russia, March-September 1917
Inflation
General Baluev on the Food Supply Situation
Anti-Semitism in Bessarabia
4 – The October Revolution
Lenin Calls for an Uprising, 12-14 September 1917
Kamenev and Zinoviey Oppose Uprising, 11 October 1917
Trotsky’s Speech at a Session of the Petrograd Soviet on the Question of the Military Revolutionary Committee, 16 October 1917
Trotsky’s Statement to the Petrograd Soviet
The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet Appeals to the People of Petrograd
Stankevich on the Events of 24 October 1917
The Petrograd Soviet Welcomes the Revolution
The Revolution in the Baltic Fleet
Trotsky After the Event
The Red Guards
3 – War, Civil War and Intervention
Chronology of the Civil War
German Subventions for the Bolsheviks
Formation of the Red Army
Soviet Troops take Kiev
The Search for Peace
Compulsory Military Training
Fighting at Sviyazhsk
Fighting at Kazan
Trotsky Insists on Stalin’s Recall
Ex-Tsarist Officers May Serve in Red Army
Stalin Reports Victories at Tsaritsyn
Order to Red Troops on Southern Front
Lack of Discipline in Perm
The Shooting of Commissar Panteleev
Report on Medical Services
Supply Difficulties
The Situation in Petrograd
Mobilise the Workers!
Trotsky’s Resignation Refused
Red Victories in the Urals
Trotsky on Military Discipline
Stalin Complains about Overwork and Lenin Rebukes Him
The Situation in the Ukraine
The War against Poland
Lenin on the Navy
Makhno
Denikin’s Proclamation
6 – Politics in a Socialist State
A People’s Court
Decree on the Judicature
Establishment of the Cheka
Revolutionary Tribunals
On the Rights and Duties of Soviets
The Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly
The Red Terror
Murder of the Tsar
Decree on the Press
Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia
Patriarch Tikhon Anathematises the Bolsheviks
Negotiations with the Germans
Lenin: Miscellaneous
The Party
The Comintern
7 – The Economic and Social Revolution
Establishment of the Supreme Council of the National Economy
Nationalisation of the Banks
Workers’ Control
Annulment of State Loans
Trade Unionists Criticise the Government
Martial Law in Ural Coal Mines
Use of the Army for Economic Purposes
Consumers’ Co-operatives
Trade Concessions
The Land
Grain Requisition
Local Difficulties
Lenin and Vladimirov on the Food Situation
Bread Prices in Petrograd
Tomsky on Labour Shortage
Stalin on NEP
The New Calendar
The Economy in 1913 and in 1921
8 – Culture
Malevich
El Lissitzky
Lenin on Proletarian Culture
The Proletcult Theatre
Lenin on Youth
9 – The Eye Witness
Conditions in Petrograd
Everyday Life in Petrograd
The Constituent Assembly
Lenin: A Pen Portrait
10 – The Verdict
Rosa Luxemburg
Leon Trotsky
Lenin
Appendix I
Appendix II
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