Access to History: Reaction and Revolution: Russia 1894-1924: (Access to History)

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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - Late Imperial Russia 1894-1917 The Land, the People and Tardom The Problem of Reform in Imperial Russia Economic Reform 1893-1914 The Opponents of Tsardom Study Guide Chapter 2 - From War to War 1904-14 The Russo-Japanese War 1904-5 The 1905 Revolution The Government's Response to 1905: Stolypin and Land Reform The Government's Response to 1905: The Dumas 1906-14 Growing Tensions in Russia 1911-14 The Key Debate Study Guide Chapter 3 - War and Revolution 1914-17 Russia's Entry into the First World War: Long Term Reasons Russia's Entry into the First World War: Short-Term Reasons Russia at War The Growth of Opposition to Tsardom The Febuary Revolution The Key Debate Study Guide Chapter 4 - 1917: The October Revolution The Dual Authority The Bolsheviks Return The Provisional Government and its Problems The October Revolution Reasons for Bolshevik Success The Key Debate Study Guide Chapter 5 - The Bolshevik Consolidation of Power 1917-24 The Bolsheviks in Power The Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 The Russian Civil War 1918-20 The Foreign Interventions 1918-20 Lenin's Methods 1917-21 War Communism 1918-21 The Kronstadt Rising 1921 The New Economic Policy (NEP) Study Guide Chapter 6 - Interpreting the Russian Revolution The Key Debate Lenin's Role as a Revolutionary Interpretations of the Russian Revolution Glossary Index