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Lenin and the Making of the Soviet State

A Brief History with Documents

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Jeffrey Brooks
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  2. Georgiy Chernyavskiy
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Part of the book series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture (BSHC)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: V. I. Lenin’s Life and Legacy

    1. Introduction: V. I. Lenin’s Life and Legacy

      • Jeffrey Brooks, Georgiy Chernyavskiy
      Pages 1-33

  3. The Documents

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Lenin and the Bolshevik Seizure of Power, 1900–1917

      • Jeffrey Brooks, Georgiy Chernyavskiy
      Pages 37-60

    3. The Monopolization of Power during the Civil War: 1917–1920

      • Jeffrey Brooks, Georgiy Chernyavskiy
      Pages 61-102

    4. Threats to the Revolution: The Development of the New Economic Policy

      • Jeffrey Brooks, Georgiy Chernyavskiy
      Pages 103-149

    5. The Sick Leader: De Facto Removal from Power

      • Jeffrey Brooks, Georgiy Chernyavskiy
      Pages 150-161

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 162-176
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About this book

Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870 - 1924) led the first successful revolt against market-based liberal democracy and founded the Soviet State in 1917, serving as the new nation s chief architect and sole ruler for the next five years. This collection of primary sources allows readers to learn about Lenin through his own words and emphasizes Lenin s actions rather than his ideology. Jeffrey Brooks and Georgiy Chernyavskiy have translated newly available documents that make it possible to provide a more accurate portrait of a ruthless political strategist whose actions created a new political, economic, social, and cultural system that in its heyday challenged the military, technological, and cultural might of the United States. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support and encourage students to analyze the actions and beliefs of a man who transformed world history and whose legacy continues to affect social and political movements throughout the world.

About the authors

Jeffrey Brooks is Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University.

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