Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution

Geoffrey Swain is Honorary Professor Emeritus and former Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is the author of several books, including A Short History of the Russian Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2017).Charlotte Alston is Professor in History at Northumbria University, UK. She is the author of several books, including Tolstoy and his Disciples (2013).Michael C. Hickey is Professor of History at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is the editor of Competing Voices from the Russian Revolution (2011), a 2011 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title and Winner of the 2012 ALA RUSA Outstanding Reference Work Award.Boris Kolonitskii is Professor of History at European University at St. Petersburg, Russia and Head Research Fellow at the St. Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. He is the co-author, along with Orlando Figes, of Interpreting the Russian Revolution (1999).Franziska Schedewie is Senior Lecturer of Modern History at the University of Jena, Germany. She is a co-editor of The Russian Revolution Of 1905 In Transcultural Perspective Identities, Peripheries, And The Flow Of Ideas (2013).

• Editors’ IntroductionPart 1 - Political Crises1. Public Organisations and the Crisis in the Duma Peter Waldron (University of East Anglia, UK)2. The February Revolution, Above and Below Tsuyoshi Hasegawa (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)3. Liberalism and the Rule of Law Ian D. Thatcher (University of Ulster, UK)4. The October Seizure of Power Sally Boniece (Frostburg University, USA)5. The Soviet Government’s First Year Lara Douds (University of Northumbria, UK)Part 2 - Politicians and Parties6. Kerensky Boris Kolonitskii (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)7. Chernov and the SRs Hannu Immonen (Research Fellow Emeritus at the Academy of Finland, Finland)8. The Internationalist Parties of the Radical Left Lutz Häfner (University of Bielefeld, Germany)9. The Anarchists Dmitrii Ivanov (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)10. Lenin and the Bolsheviks Barbara Allen (La Salle University, USA)Part 3 - Regions and Peoples11. The Revolution on the Volga Sarah Badcock (University of Nottingham, UK)12. The Revolution on the Western Borderlands Michael Hickey (Bloomsburg University, USA)13. The Revolution in Ukraine Nataliya Kibita (University of Edinburgh, UK)14. The Revolution in Turkestan Gero Fedtke (University of Jena, Germany)15. The Revolution and the Provincial Press Dennis Dierks and Franziska Schedewie (both University of Jena, Germany)Part 4 - Social Groups16. Soldiers and the Russian Revolution Konstantin Tarasov (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)17. Workers and the Russian Revolution Nikolai Mikhailov (Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia)18. Peasants and the Russian Revolution Peter Fraunholtz (Northeastern University, USA)19. The Lower Middle Strata Daniel Orlovsky (Southern Methodist University, USA)20. The Revolution and Russia’s Former Elites Matthew Rendle (University of Exeter, UK)Part 5 - Identities21. Women and the Russian Revolution Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild (Brandeis University, USA)22. Masculinity and the Russian Revolution Siobhan Hearne (University of Durham, UK)23. The Impact of the Russian Revolution on Children and Youngsters Elizabeth White (University of the West of England, UK)Part 6 - Broader Perspectives24. The Impact of the Revolution on Russia’s Infrastructure Tony Heywood (University of Aberdeen, UK)25. The Revolution and Russia’s Cultural Life Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal (University of Heidelberg, Germany)26. The Hope for World Revolution Geoffrey Swain (University of Glasgow, UK)Part 7 - Civil War27. Civil War: an Overview Evan Mawdsley (University of Glasgow, UK)28. The Red Home Front Murray Frame (University of Dundee, UK)29. The White Home Front Nikolaus Katzer (German Historical Institute, Russia)30. The Fate of the Revolution by 1921 Charlotte Alston (Northumbria University, UK)BibliographyIndex

The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution represents one of the freshest and most intellectually stimulating collections currently available on the subject. I would wholeheartedly recommend it to all teachers of the Russian Revolution in universities and even at the advanced level at school, as a way to challenge some of the stereotypes dominating anglophone teaching of the Russian Revolution.