Episode 81 - The Years of Revolution, Part I

<p>The dam starts to break for Imperial Russia as it embarked on a terribly ill-advised war on the extreme edge of its empire. Long story short, it didn't go well and all the pressures that had been building for decades broke out in a frenzy of protest and violence. </p> <p> </p> <p>Bibliography for this episode: </p> <p> </p> <ol><li>Hosking, Geoffrey Russia and the Russians: A History The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2001</li> <li>Figes, Orlando A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1917 Penguin Books 1998</li> <li>Smith, SA Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis 1890-1928 Oxford University Press 2018</li> <li>Fitzpatrick, Sheila The Russian Revolution, 4th Edition Oxford University Press 2017</li> <li>Kotkin, Stephen Stalin: Paradoxes of Power 1878-1928 Penguin Books 2015</li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Questions? Comments? Email me at <a href='mailto:peaceintheirtime@gmail.com'>peaceintheirtime@gmail.com</a></p>