10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PETROGRAD»
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Petrograd in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Petrograd and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Red
Petrograd: Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918
This book explores the impact of the 1917 Revolution on factory life in the Russian capital.
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Pierrot in
Petrograd: Commedia Dell'Arte/ Balagan in ...
Commedia dell'arte was an essential ingredient of the revolution in Russian art in the early twentieth century.
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Seven Days to
Petrograd
During the First World War, American agent Harry Bauer is called on to infiltrate a train carrying a party of Russian revolutionaries, kill their leader--a man named Lenin--and complete a mission that could change history
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Prelude to Revolution: The
Petrograd Bolsheviks and the July ...
Rabinowitch documents how the party's pluralistic nature had crucial implications for the outcome of the revolution in October.
Alexander Rabinowitch, 1991
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The Writer in
Petrograd and the House of Arts
By chronicling the rise and fall of this literary landmark, this book conveys in greater depth and detail than ever before a significant but little studied period in Soviet literature.
Martha Weitzel Hickey, 2009
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The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in ...
'The best volume on the Russian Revolution in years .
Alexander Rabinowitch, 2004
Cleary, a reluctant British spy, finds himself assigned to the most difficult assignment of his career: orchestrate the death of Grigoi Rasputin, the mad monk who is extremely influential over the Russian royal family.
Philip Gelatt, Jill Beaton, 2011
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Russia's Second Revolution: The February 1917 Uprising in ...
"This beautifully written, serious work is of value to all who are interested in our country's [Russia's] past." —Genrikh Ioffe, Moscow News "This is a serious and mature book on a key event... "Â —History "The book in question is of ...
Ėduard Nikolaevich Burdzhalov, Donald J. Raleigh, 1987
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The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in ...
The dramatic story of the Bolsheviks' struggle for political survival during the first year of Soviet power
Alexander Rabinowitch, 2008
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Bread and Justice: State and Society in
Petrograd, 1917-1922
This is a study of Petrograd in the period immediately following the Russian Revolution.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PETROGRAD»
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Petrograd is used in the context of the following news items.
Remembering Trotsky
“A professional revolutionary and political figure, Trotsky was one of the leaders of the October insurrection of the Bolsheviks in Petrograd; he ... «Russia!, Jul 15»
A Brest Litovsk moment?
... Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks, who had seized power in Petrograd in November 1917, capitulated to Germany, signing away almost half ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»
BOOK REVIEW: 'A Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and …
When she met Wells in Petrograd in 1920, as the authors write with characteristic bite, “she began their acquaintance as she meant to go on ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
Kovar story travels from the pyramids to a Melbourne attic
Being multilingual, and a talented writer and photographer, he was invited in 1917 to open foreign press offices in Petrograd, Moscow and Kiev, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
WWI ARGUS ARCHIVE: The great battle for Warsaw
... points our Ally is giving ground, albeit the general tone of the communication is satisfactory. The next Petrograd report may be more sombre in character. «South Wales Argus, Jul 15»
The Obukhov State Plant: Funded from an engineer's own pocket
The enterprise was given a new name and a new profile in the Soviet era: The "Bolshevik" plant in Petrograd (later renamed Leningrad) built ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jul 15»
IHT Retrospective | 1915: Russians Gain Success Against Austro …
According to the latest official report from Petrograd, the critical battle between the Vistula and the Bug became very intense on Saturday, but ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
A Remarkable Armored Train Fought Its Way Across Eurasia
As the revolution spread out of Petrograd —present day Saint Petersburg — Red Russian forces took to the rails to link up with revolutionary ... «War is Boring, Jul 15»
A male baby boom, the vanishing homeless and the torture of tight …
This summer, Petrograd is witnessing a completely new phenomenon – the total disappearance of dossers in the open air from parks and ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jul 15»
MORNING BID EUROPE-Iran: dual power forever? - Note from our …
... until October 1917, with the liberal, "bourgeois" provisional government and the embryonic revolutionary Petrograd Soviet vying for authority. «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
