Last week I covered some of the major fixtures of the old Russia, and this week I go over their counterparts in the Russia to come. Many were not destined to last much longer than the autocracy itself, but all would have some influence on the revolutions that would lead to the USSR's formation.
Bibliography for this episode:
- Hosking, Geoffrey Russia and the Russians: A History The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2001
- Figes, Orlando A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1917 Penguin Books 1998
- Smith, SA Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis 1890-1928 Oxford University Press 2018
- Fitzpatrick, Sheila The Russian Revolution, 4th Edition Oxford University Press 2017
- Kotkin, Stephen Stalin: Paradoxes of Power 1878-1928 Penguin Books 2015
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