ABSTRACT
This new interpretation of the final years of Imperial Russia provides a clear and concise introduction to a critical period in the history of modern Russia. Professor Hutchinson outlines the key problems facing the Tsarist regime, and the attitudes of its Liberal critics and revolutionary enemies. In particular, he considers how the monarchy was able to withstand the uprisings of 1904-06, but failed in 1917. This important new study provides an analysis of social, as well as political developments, and concludes with a brief historiographical essay which draws together alternative interpretations of the final years of the Tsars.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |13 pages
The Background
chapter |13 pages
Russia in the Late 19th Century
part |68 pages
Descriptive Analysis
chapter |14 pages
The 1890s: Hunger Sets the Agenda
chapter |14 pages
The Dawn of the New Century, 1899–1904
chapter |15 pages
Russia in Turmoil, 1904–1906
chapter |13 pages
Revival of Nerve, 1907–1914
chapter |12 pages
‘Fateful Years’, 1914–17
part |5 pages
Assessment
chapter |5 pages
Late Imperial Russia and the Historians
part |22 pages
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