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The Russian Revolution in Asia: From Baku to Batavia presents a
unique and timely global history intervention into the
historiography of the Russian Revolution of 1917, marking the
centenary of one of the most significant modern revolutions. It
explores the legacies of the Revolution across the Asian continent
and maritime Southeast Asia, with a broad geographic sweep
including Iran, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China, the Philippines,
Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. It analyses how revolutionary
communism intersected with a variety of Asian contexts, from the
anti-colonial movement and ethnic tensions, to indigenous cultural
frameworks and power structures. In so doing, this volume
privileges Asian actors and perspectives, examining how Asian
communities reinterpreted the Revolution to serve unexpected ends,
including national liberation, regional autonomy, conflict with
Russian imperial hegemony, Islamic practice and cultural nostalgia.
Methodologically, this volume breaks new ground by incorporating
research from a wide range of sources across multiple languages,
many analysed for the first time in English-language scholarship.
This book will be of use to historians of the Russian Revolution,
especially those interested in understanding transnational and
transregional perspectives of its impact in Central Asia and
Southeast Asia, as well as historians of Asia more broadly. It will
also appeal to those interested in the history of Islam.
The Russian Revolution in Asia: From Baku to Batavia presents a
unique and timely global history intervention into the
historiography of the Russian Revolution of 1917, marking the
centenary of one of the most significant modern revolutions. It
explores the legacies of the Revolution across the Asian continent
and maritime Southeast Asia, with a broad geographic sweep
including Iran, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China, the Philippines,
Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. It analyses how revolutionary
communism intersected with a variety of Asian contexts, from the
anti-colonial movement and ethnic tensions, to indigenous cultural
frameworks and power structures. In so doing, this volume
privileges Asian actors and perspectives, examining how Asian
communities reinterpreted the Revolution to serve unexpected ends,
including national liberation, regional autonomy, conflict with
Russian imperial hegemony, Islamic practice and cultural nostalgia.
Methodologically, this volume breaks new ground by incorporating
research from a wide range of sources across multiple languages,
many analysed for the first time in English-language scholarship.
This book will be of use to historians of the Russian Revolution,
especially those interested in understanding transnational and
transregional perspectives of its impact in Central Asia and
Southeast Asia, as well as historians of Asia more broadly. It will
also appeal to those interested in the history of Islam.
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