“The Anti-Bourgeois Democratic Revolution”: A Reading of the Russian Revolution

I propose a new category to describe the Russian revolution of 1917: the “anti-bourgeois democratic revolution.” “Soviet power” was actually proclaimed in during the February revolution in 1917. The basic force behind this new power or sovereign authority—the workers, soldiers and peasant who made u...

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Main Author: Lars T. Lih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2017-12-01
Series:RUS (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/rus/article/view/138835