Introducing Lenin and the Russian Revolution by Richard Appignanesi

Introducing Lenin and the Russian Revolution by Richard Appignanesi

Lenin is the key to understanding the Russian Revolution. His dream as the creation of the world's first Socialist state. It was a short-lived dream that became a nightmare when Stalin rose to absolute power in 1929. Lenin was the avant-garde revolutionary who adapted Marxist theory to the practical realities of a vast, complex and backward Russia. Is he chiefly to blame for opening the way to the totalitarian regime of Stalin? Readers will be able to judge for themselves. Lenin's career is depicted, from his obscure provincial origins to his role as architect of the Bolshevik Revolution, and his ideas, his genius for underground organisation and his strategies for agitation are explained. It is impossible to understand the events in post-communist Russia and eastern Europe today without some basic grasp of the Russian Revolution and Lenin's crucial role in it. This book is a re--issued classic which makes that history accessible and digestible.

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ISBN 13	9781840461565
ISBN 10	184046156X
Title	Introducing Lenin and the Russian Revolution
Author	Richard Appignanesi
Series	Introducing
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Icon Books
Year published	2000-08-01
Number of pages	176
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