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The End of Imperial Russia (Paperback, New)
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The End of Imperial Russia (Paperback, New)
Series: European History in Perspective
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The Tsarist regime collapsed in 1917 with barely a whimper.
Nicholas II abdicated in February in the face of popular unrest in
the Russian capital and, less than eight months later, the
Provisional Government which had replaced the autocracy was
brusquely swept aside by Lenin and the Bolsheviks. The dramatic
events of 1917 had their roots, however, firmly in the history of
Russia. This book examines the imperial Russian state and the
society over which it ruled. It deals with Russia during the reigns
of the last three Tsars, Alexander II (1855-81), Alexander III
(1881-94) and Nicholas II (1894-1917), and identifies the sources
of instability - political, economic and social - which meant that,
as the great crisis of the First World War engulfed Russia, the
Tsarist regime found itself bereft of support. The book examines
key themes in the history of late imperial Russia. It looks at the
political structures of the empire, the forces of opposition to the
regime and the impact of reform in the 1860s. Even though
concessions were wrung from the regime in the revolution of 1905,
Tsarism proved powerful enough to reassert its authority and render
the new parliament ineffective. Economic and social change were
much more difficult for the state to manage and the book deals with
the attempts at rural reform, analyzing why they failed to bring
fundamental change to the Russian countryside. As industrialization
proceeded, Russian cities expanded and brought huge social change.
Working people were to play a key role in eventually bringing an
end to Tsarism. Russia was a multinational empire and the impact
that the state's imperial ambitions had, both internally and on
Russian foreign policy, are considered. It was the First World War
which proved to be the midwife of revolution: between 1914 and 1917
the strains which had accumulated in Russia over the previous 60
years came to a head. The book concludes by analyzing why the
Tsarist regime failed to survive this great crisis.
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