Background Reading
Books
Alexabdrov, Victor. The End of the Romanovs. London: Hutchinson, 1966
Brovkin, Vladimir N., The Bolsheviks in Russian Society. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
Burns, Emile. An Introduction to Marxism. New York: International Publishers, 1966.
Charques, Richard. Twilight of Imperial Russia: The Reign of Tsar Nicholas II. London: Oxford University Press, 1965.
Dan, Theodore. The Origins of Bolshevism. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
Douzinas, Costas and Slavoj Zizek. The Idea of Communism. London: Verso, 2010.
Dukes, Paul. October and the World: Perspectives of the Russian Revolution. London: Macmillan, 1979.
Fitzpatrick, Sheila and Alexander Rabinowitch (ed.). Russia in the Era of NEP: Explorations in Soviet Society and Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991.
---. The Russian Revolution. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Galili y Garcia, Ziva. The Menshevik Leaders in the Russian Revolution. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1989.
Knei-Paz, Baruch. The Social and Political Thought of Leon Trotsky. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
Lenin, Vladimir. Revolution at the Gates: A Selection of Writings from February to October 1917. London: Verso, 2002.
Lenin, Vladimir. What is to be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement. New York: International, 1969.
Lichtheim, G., A Short History of Socialism. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970.
Malia, Martin. The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia 1917-1991. New York: Free Press, 1994.
Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. London: Pluto Press, 2008.
McNeal, Robert. Stalin: Man and Ruler. Hampshire: Macmillan, 1988.
Montefiore, Simon. Young Stalin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Mowbray, Stephen. Key Facts in Soviet History. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990.
Pipes, Richard. Russia Under the Bolsheviks. New York, NY: A.A. Knopf, 1993.
Pomper, Philip. Lenin’s Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.
Pons, Silvio and Robert Service (ed.). A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism. Princeton: University Press, 2010.
Raleigh, Donald (ed.). Russia’s Second Revolution: The February 1917 Uprising in Petrograd. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987.
Schwarz, Soloman M. The Russian Revolution of 1905. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967.
---. The Russian Revolution of 1905:Tthe Workers’ Movement and the Formation of Bolshevism and Menshevism. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1967.
Service, Robert. Trotsky: a Biography. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009.
Shukman, Harold. Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991.
Trotsky, Leon. My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography. New York: Dover Publications, 2007.
Articles
Anderson, Kevin. “Lenin, Hegel and Western Marxism: From the 1920’s to 1953”. Studies in Soviet Thought, 44.2 (1992): 79-129.
Gorsuch, Anne. “Soviet Youth and the Politics of Popular Culture during NEP”. Social History, 17.2 (1992): 189-201.
Ree, E. Van. “Stalin as a Marxist Philosopher”. Studies in East European Thought. 52.4 (2000), 259-308.
Zenzinov, Vladimir. “The Bolsheviks and the Peasant”. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 4.1 (1925): 134-143.
Alexabdrov, Victor. The End of the Romanovs. London: Hutchinson, 1966
Brovkin, Vladimir N., The Bolsheviks in Russian Society. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
Burns, Emile. An Introduction to Marxism. New York: International Publishers, 1966.
Charques, Richard. Twilight of Imperial Russia: The Reign of Tsar Nicholas II. London: Oxford University Press, 1965.
Dan, Theodore. The Origins of Bolshevism. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
Douzinas, Costas and Slavoj Zizek. The Idea of Communism. London: Verso, 2010.
Dukes, Paul. October and the World: Perspectives of the Russian Revolution. London: Macmillan, 1979.
Fitzpatrick, Sheila and Alexander Rabinowitch (ed.). Russia in the Era of NEP: Explorations in Soviet Society and Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991.
---. The Russian Revolution. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Galili y Garcia, Ziva. The Menshevik Leaders in the Russian Revolution. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1989.
Knei-Paz, Baruch. The Social and Political Thought of Leon Trotsky. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978.
Lenin, Vladimir. Revolution at the Gates: A Selection of Writings from February to October 1917. London: Verso, 2002.
Lenin, Vladimir. What is to be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement. New York: International, 1969.
Lichtheim, G., A Short History of Socialism. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970.
Malia, Martin. The Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia 1917-1991. New York: Free Press, 1994.
Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. London: Pluto Press, 2008.
McNeal, Robert. Stalin: Man and Ruler. Hampshire: Macmillan, 1988.
Montefiore, Simon. Young Stalin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Mowbray, Stephen. Key Facts in Soviet History. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990.
Pipes, Richard. Russia Under the Bolsheviks. New York, NY: A.A. Knopf, 1993.
Pomper, Philip. Lenin’s Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.
Pons, Silvio and Robert Service (ed.). A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism. Princeton: University Press, 2010.
Raleigh, Donald (ed.). Russia’s Second Revolution: The February 1917 Uprising in Petrograd. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987.
Schwarz, Soloman M. The Russian Revolution of 1905. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967.
---. The Russian Revolution of 1905:Tthe Workers’ Movement and the Formation of Bolshevism and Menshevism. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1967.
Service, Robert. Trotsky: a Biography. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009.
Shukman, Harold. Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991.
Trotsky, Leon. My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography. New York: Dover Publications, 2007.
Articles
Anderson, Kevin. “Lenin, Hegel and Western Marxism: From the 1920’s to 1953”. Studies in Soviet Thought, 44.2 (1992): 79-129.
Gorsuch, Anne. “Soviet Youth and the Politics of Popular Culture during NEP”. Social History, 17.2 (1992): 189-201.
Ree, E. Van. “Stalin as a Marxist Philosopher”. Studies in East European Thought. 52.4 (2000), 259-308.
Zenzinov, Vladimir. “The Bolsheviks and the Peasant”. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 4.1 (1925): 134-143.