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In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history How did this unimaginable transformation take place How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions This is the story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February and October, of the forces and individuals who made 1917 so epochal a year, of their intrigues, negotiations, conflicts and catastrophes From familiar names like Lenin and Trotsky to their opponents Kornilov and Kerensky from the byzantine squabbles of urban activists to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire from the revolutionary railroad Sublime to the ciphers and static of coup by telegram from grand sweep to forgotten detail.Historians have debated the revolution for a hundred years, its portents and possibilities the mass of literature can be daunting But here is a book for those new to the events, told not only in their historical import but in all their passion and drama and strangeness Because as well as a political event of profound and ongoing consequence, Mi ville reveals the Russian Revolution as a breathtaking story From the Hardcover edition. Best Download October By China Miéville For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr We are sick and tired of living in debt and slavery We want space and lightLetter from Rakalovsk peasants, quoted by China Mi ville, OctoberA nice narrative history of the Russian Revolution in 1917 This isn t an academic book This book, by design, is meant to be a nonintimidating book of narrative history for the curious As we look back on the last 100 years, the Communist Revolution still has much to teach us Hell, Steve Bannon is a self described Leninist We might want to pay CLOSEWe are sick and tired of living in debt and slavery We want space and lightLetter from Rakalovsk peasants, quoted by China Mi ville, OctoberA nice narrative history of the Russian Revolution in 1917 This isn t an academic book This book, by design, is meant to be a nonintimidating book of narrative history for the curious As we look back on the last 100 years, the Communist Revolution still has much to teach us Hell, Steve Bannon is a self described Leninist We might want to pay CLOSE attention to the trains of the past I m still trying to sort out exactly what I thought of this book On one level it was well written and paced Mi ville is a gifted story teller, obviously He even makes the bureaucratic infighting of 1917 seem exciting But while his technique is similar to others who have approached history or biography from a novelistic perspective, it doesn t quite hit the level of literature not quite Mailer or Capote I was hoping for Next to Mi ...One must always try to be as radical as reality itself LeninThe position of the Bolsheviks I understood, because they preached Down with the war and immediate peace at any price, but I couldn t understand at all the tactics of the SRs and the Mensheviks, who first broke up the army, as if to avoid counterrevolution, and at the same time desired the continuation of the war to a victorious end General BrusilovIf this book doesn t make Verso a killing, I really don t know what will I recom One must always try to be as radical as reality itself LeninThe position of the Bolsheviks I understood, because they preached Down with the war and immediate peace at any price, but I couldn t understand at all the tactics of the SRs and the Mensheviks, who first broke up the army, as if to avoid counterrevolution, and at the same time desired the continuation of the war to a victorious end General BrusilovIf this book doesn t make Verso a killing, I really don t know what will I recommend it to everyone Mensheviks, Bolsheviks, liberals, anarchists, royalists, reactionaries, black hundreds, drunken soldiers deserting en masse Fun for the whole family Evenof a page turner than Lineages of the..., . The revolution of 1917 is a revolution of trains History proceeding in screams of cold metal. ,, , , The revolution of 1917 is a revolution of trains History proceeding in screams of cold metal. ,, , , , o Mi ville , , dramatis personae, , Those who count themselves on the side of the revolution..., , 1917,, , 1917,, 1883 , , , , 09 01 1905 , , , , 1.500 , , 1917, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 24 10 1917, ,, China Mi ville 1917 , , , , , , , ,, , ,, ,, ,, , , , , ,._ 3.5 Mieville ,, , , , , 3.5 Mieville ,, , , , , ,, 100%,,,, ,,, , , ,, ,, ,fantasy geek ,page turner , , Mieville , ,, .100facebook 25 10 ,1917, , ,,17 China Mieville 17 1917 17,, 17 China Mieville 17 1917 17,, , ,,,3.5 5, , 3.5 5, ,1917 , 25, , ,,.A book about historical facts that have been mis interprereted quite often and manages to be easy to read and accurate.The book focuses on Petrograd, then capital of Russia and the events that took place from February to October 1917 It is not a full history of everything that ...The old regime was vile and violent, while Russian liberalism was weak, and quick to make common cause with reaction All the same, did October lead inexorably to Stalin It is an old question, but one still very much alive Is the gulag the telos of 1917 The timing appears apt A sunny Sunday in June begs for calm Jihadis again rocked the night before There is a thirst for deliverance in the air, again Always While I appreciate the urgency of the book, I am doubtful about the necessity I a The old regime was vile and violent, while Russian liberalism was weak, and quick to make common cause with reaction All the same, did October lead inexorably to Stalin It is an old question, but one still very much alive Is the gulag the telos of 1917 The timing appears apt A sunny Sunday in June begs for calm Jihadis again rocked the night be...When I first heard China Mi ville was coming out with a book on the Russian Revolution of 1917, I was excited to see how he would turn it into a SF novel Of course , he didn t This is a straight forward account of the two revolutions of 1917 February, when Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his throne and October when the workers peasants of Russia overthrew the Provisional Government and attempted to establish a purely socialist society and the turbulent months between.But Mieville bri When I first heard China Mi ville was coming out with a book on the Russian Revolution of 1917, I was excited to see how he would turn it into a SF novel Of course , he didn t This is a straight forward account of the two revolutions of 1917 February, when Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his throne and October when the workers peasants of Russia overthrew the Provisional Government and attempted to establish a purely socialist society and the turbulent months between.But Mieville brings a novelist s sensibility to the whole affair that makes it exciting and suspenseful to read It c...

October
  • English
  • 13 May 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 369 pages
  • 1784782777
  • China Miéville
  • October