The Debate On Soviet Power: Minutes Of The All-Russian Central Executive Committee Of Soviets; Second Convocation, October 1917-January 1918
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At the crucible of modern history, the months between October 1917 and January 1918 witnessed the Bolshevik seizure of power and the turbulent birth of the Soviet state — and The Debate on Soviet Power places the reader directly inside the chamber where it all unfolded. Translated and edited by the distinguished historian John L. H. Keep, this meticulously compiled volume presents the verbatim minutes of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets during its Second Convocation, capturing the raw, unfiltered arguments, proclamations, and power struggles that shaped one of the most consequential political transformations of the twentieth century. Keep's scholarly apparatus — comprising detailed introductions, annotations, and contextual commentary — illuminates the ideological fault lines between Bolsheviks, Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, and Mensheviks as they clashed over the legitimacy and direction of revolutionary governance. Published by Clarendon Press Oxford, this primary source collection is an indispensable resource for historians and students of Russian and Soviet history alike, offering unmediated access to the debates that forged a new world order. For anyone seeking to understand not merely what happened in revolutionary Russia, but *how* and *why* it happened through the very words of its protagonists, this volume remains a landmark work of historical scholarship.
Author: John L. H. Keep
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Clarendon Press Oxford
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
At the crucible of modern history, the months between October 1917 and January 1918 witnessed the Bolshevik seizure of power and the turbulent birth of the Soviet state — and The Debate on Soviet Power places the reader directly inside the chamber where it all unfolded. Translated and edited by the distinguished historian John L. H. Keep, this meticulously compiled volume presents the verbatim minutes of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets during its Second Convocation, capturing the raw, unfiltered arguments, proclamations, and power struggles that shaped one of the most consequential political transformations of the twentieth century. Keep's scholarly apparatus — comprising detailed introductions, annotations, and contextual commentary — illuminates the ideological fault lines between Bolsheviks, Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, and Mensheviks as they clashed over the legitimacy and direction of revolutionary governance. Published by Clarendon Press Oxford, this primary source collection is an indispensable resource for historians and students of Russian and Soviet history alike, offering unmediated access to the debates that forged a new world order. For anyone seeking to understand not merely what happened in revolutionary Russia, but *how* and *why* it happened through the very words of its protagonists, this volume remains a landmark work of historical scholarship.