In this Book
- The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: Indiana University Press
A major contribution to the historiography of the world in the 20th century, The Bolsheviks in Power focuses on the fateful first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd. It examines events that profoundly shaped the Soviet political system that endured through most of the 20th century. Drawing largely from previously inaccessible Soviet archives, it demolishes standard interpretations of the origins of Soviet authoritarianism by demonstrating that the Soviet system evolved ad hoc as the Bolsheviks struggled to retain political power amid spiraling political, social, economic, and military crises. The book covers issues such as the rapid fall of influential moderate Bolsheviks, the formation of the dreaded Cheka, the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, the Red Terror, the national government's flight to Moscow, and the subsequent rivalry between Russia's new and old capitals.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- pp. ix-xv
- ABBREVIATIONS [Includes Map]
- pp. xvii-xxii
- PART ONE: THE DEFEAT OF THE MODERATES
- 1. Forming a Government
- pp. 17-53
- 2. Rebels into Rulers
- pp. 54-79
- 3. Gathering Forces
- pp. 80-103
- 4. The Fate of the Constituent Assembly
- pp. 104-127
- PART TWO: WAR OR PEACE?
- 5. Fighting Lenin
- pp. 131-154
- 6. “The Socialist Fatherland Is in Danger”
- pp. 155-180
- 7. An Obscene Peace
- pp. 181-209
- PART THREE: SOVIET POWER ON THE BRINK
- 8. A Turbulent Spring
- pp. 213-236
- 9. Continuing Crises
- pp. 237-259
- 11. The Suicide of the Left SRs
- pp. 283-309
- PART FOUR: CELEBRATION AMID TERROR
- 12. The Road to “Red Terror”
- pp. 313-329
- 13. The Red Terror in Petrograd
- pp. 330-355
- 15. Price of Survival
- pp. 389-401
- CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS
- pp. 403-407
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 455-474
- INDEX [Includes About the Author]
- pp. 475-495