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).
Spanning high politics, identity, art, culture, and political parties, this is a first-rate investigation into a broad range of topics concerning the Russian Revolution. Anyone with a special interest in the Russian Revolution will find much of use in this volume. * George Gilbert, Lecturer in Modern Russian History, University of Southampton, UK * This is one of the few books on the Russian Revolution that offers new thoughts and research. An outstanding distillation of the latest findings. * Robert Service, Emeritus Professor of Russian History, Oxford University, UK * This volume assembles an international team of scholars to provide an essential reference on the Russian Revolution. Its well-chosen topics capture the rich historiographical tradition of Russian Revolution studies, while incorporating new findings and suggestions for future research. * Diane P. Koenker, Director and Professor of Russian and Soviet History, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies , UK * An excellent new text … there is much in this volume that students and scholars alike will find fresh, insightful, and useful. The text is warmly recommended. * Europe-Asia Studies *