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Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution - Mob Justice and Police in Petrograd (Hardcover)
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Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution - Mob Justice and Police in Petrograd (Hardcover)
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Russians from all walks of life poured into the streets of the
imperial capital after the February Revolution of 1917, joyously
celebrating the end of Tsar Nicholas II's monarchy. One year later,
with Lenin's Bolsheviks now in power, Petrograd's deserted streets
presented a very different scene. No celebrations marked the
Revolution's anniversary. Amid widespread civil strife and
lawlessness, a fearful citizenry stayed out of sight. In Crime and
Punishment in the Russian Revolution, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa offers a
new perspective on Russia's revolutionary year through the lens of
violent crime and its devastating effect on ordinary people. When
the Provisional Government assumed power after Nicholas II's
abdication, it set about instituting liberal reforms, including
eliminating the tsar's regular police. But dissolving this
much-hated yet efficient police force and replacing it with a new
municipal police led rapidly to the breakdown of order and
services. Amid the chaos, crime flourished. Gangs of criminals,
deserters, and hooligans brazenly roamed the streets. Mass prison
escapes became common. And vigilantism spread widely as ordinary
citizens felt compelled to take the law into their own hands, often
meting out mob justice on suspected wrongdoers. The Bolsheviks
swept into power in the October Revolution but had no practical
plans to reestablish order. As crime continued to escalate and
violent alcohol riots almost drowned the revolutionary regime, they
redefined it as "counterrevolutionary activity," to be dealt with
by the secret police, whose harshly repressive, extralegal means of
enforcement helped pave the way for a Communist dictatorship.
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