• Preface; Introduction: 1917: Revolution and historical alternatives Jonathan Frankel; Part I. Political Power and Mass Action: 1. Soviets as agents of democratization Israel Getzler; 2. Political power in the Russian Revolution: a case study of Saratov Donald J. Raleigh; 3. The Red Guards, spontaneity, and the October Revolution Rex A. Wade; 4. Officers of the General Staff and the Kornilov Movement Allan Wildman; Part II. Peasants, Workers and Bourgoisie: 5. The peasantry in the Revolution of 1917 John Channon; 6. Perceptions and realities of labor protest, March to October 1917 Diane Koenker and William Rosenberg; 7. October in the Ivanovo-Kineshma industrial region David Mandel; 8. Commercial-industrial circles in revolution: the failure of 'industrial progressivism' Ziva Galiliy Garcia; Part III. Nationalities: 9. Nationalism and class as factors in the Revolution of 1917 Ronald G. Suny; 10. Georgian social democracy in 1917 Stephen F. Jones; 11. The ethnic Germans in the Russian Revolution Ingeborg Fleischhauer; Part IV. Leninism and the Making of October: 12. Lenin, socialism and the state in 1917 Neil Harding; 13. Bolsheviks on political campaign in 1917: a case study of the war question Robert Service; 14. Lenin's time budget: the Smolny period John Keep; Part V. 1917 in Retrospect: Historiography and Theory: 15. Problem of spontaneity and leadership in the Russian Revolution of February 1917 D. A. Longley; 16. The libertarians vindicated? the libertarian view of the Revolution in the light of recent western research Edward Acton; 17. Russian Marxism: theory, action and outcome Baruch Knei-Paz.

"This is a splendid collection of essays by first-rate scholars. Every one of the essays contribute something to our understanding of the Russian revolution and therefore would deserve a more detailed discussion than it is possible to give in a brief review." Peter Kenez, Slavic Review

• Preface; Introduction: 1917: Revolution and historical alternatives Jonathan Frankel; Part I. Political Power and Mass Action: 1. Soviets as agents of democratization Israel Getzler; 2. Political power in the Russian Revolution: a case study of Saratov Donald J. Raleigh; 3. The Red Guards, spontaneity, and the October Revolution Rex A. Wade; 4. Officers of the General Staff and the Kornilov Movement Allan Wildman; Part II. Peasants, Workers and Bourgoisie: 5. The peasantry in the Revolution of 1917 John Channon; 6. Perceptions and realities of labor protest, March to October 1917 Diane Koenker and William Rosenberg; 7. October in the Ivanovo-Kineshma industrial region David Mandel; 8. Commercial-industrial circles in revolution: the failure of 'industrial progressivism' Ziva Galiliy Garcia; Part III. Nationalities: 9. Nationalism and class as factors in the Revolution of 1917 Ronald G. Suny; 10. Georgian social democracy in 1917 Stephen F. Jones; 11. The ethnic Germans in the Russian Revolution Ingeborg Fleischhauer; Part IV. Leninism and the Making of October: 12. Lenin, socialism and the state in 1917 Neil Harding; 13. Bolsheviks on political campaign in 1917: a case study of the war question Robert Service; 14. Lenin's time budget: the Smolny period John Keep; Part V. 1917 in Retrospect: Historiography and Theory: 15. Problem of spontaneity and leadership in the Russian Revolution of February 1917 D. A. Longley; 16. The libertarians vindicated? the libertarian view of the Revolution in the light of recent western research Edward Acton; 17. Russian Marxism: theory, action and outcome Baruch Knei-Paz.

"This is a splendid collection of essays by first-rate scholars. Every one of the essays contribute something to our understanding of the Russian revolution and therefore would deserve a more detailed discussion than it is possible to give in a brief review." Peter Kenez, Slavic Review

• Preface; Introduction: 1917: Revolution and historical alternatives Jonathan Frankel; Part I. Political Power and Mass Action: 1. Soviets as agents of democratization Israel Getzler; 2. Political power in the Russian Revolution: a case study of Saratov Donald J. Raleigh; 3. The Red Guards, spontaneity, and the October Revolution Rex A. Wade; 4. Officers of the General Staff and the Kornilov Movement Allan Wildman; Part II. Peasants, Workers and Bourgoisie: 5. The peasantry in the Revolution of 1917 John Channon; 6. Perceptions and realities of labor protest, March to October 1917 Diane Koenker and William Rosenberg; 7. October in the Ivanovo-Kineshma industrial region David Mandel; 8. Commercial-industrial circles in revolution: the failure of 'industrial progressivism' Ziva Galiliy Garcia; Part III. Nationalities: 9. Nationalism and class as factors in the Revolution of 1917 Ronald G. Suny; 10. Georgian social democracy in 1917 Stephen F. Jones; 11. The ethnic Germans in the Russian Revolution Ingeborg Fleischhauer; Part IV. Leninism and the Making of October: 12. Lenin, socialism and the state in 1917 Neil Harding; 13. Bolsheviks on political campaign in 1917: a case study of the war question Robert Service; 14. Lenin's time budget: the Smolny period John Keep; Part V. 1917 in Retrospect: Historiography and Theory: 15. Problem of spontaneity and leadership in the Russian Revolution of February 1917 D. A. Longley; 16. The libertarians vindicated? the libertarian view of the Revolution in the light of recent western research Edward Acton; 17. Russian Marxism: theory, action and outcome Baruch Knei-Paz.

"This is a splendid collection of essays by first-rate scholars. Every one of the essays contribute something to our understanding of the Russian revolution and therefore would deserve a more detailed discussion than it is possible to give in a brief review." Peter Kenez, Slavic Review