Russia's First World War

Written for students of modern European and Russian history, this new study looks at how the First World War affected Russia. The theme running through the book is that war can itself be seen as revolutionary; rupturing established social and economic ties and creating new social and economic relationships, affiliations, practices and opportunities.

Looking at the radical visions deployed by generals, technocrats and professionals, not just the familiar revolutionary names, it brings together the findings of Russian and non-Russian historians and draws upon fresh research.

Informationen zum Autor Peter Gatrell is Professor of Economic History at the University of Manchester. He has written extensively on Russia, including (with Nick Baron) Homelands: W ar , Population and Statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia , 1918-1924 (2004) and the prize-winning book, A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in Russia during World W ar I (1999). Klappentext Written for students of modern European and Russian history, this new study looks at how the First World War affected Russia. The theme running through the book is that war can itself be seen as revolutionary; rupturing established social and economic ties and creating new social and economic relationships, affiliations, practices and opportunities.Looking at the radical visions deployed by generals, technocrats and professionals, not just the familiar revolutionary names, it brings together the findings of Russian and non-Russian historians and draws upon fresh research. Zusammenfassung Shows that war is itself 'revolutionary' - rupturing established social and economic ties, but also creating new social and economic relationships, affiliations, practices and opportunities. This work looks at the First World War in Russia for its own sake, not just as the seedbed of the Revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Contents List of tables and maps Preface Introduction 1. The front line, 1914-1916 2. 'Educated society' and the Russian elite 3. Narod: plebeian society during the war 4. Tsarist authority in question, 1915-1916 5. Mobilising industry: Russia's war economy at full stretch 6. Paying for the war, Russian style 7. Feeding Russia: food supply as Achilles' heel 8. Economic nationalism and the mobilisation of ethnicity in the 'great patriotic war' 9. Hierarchy subverted: the February Revolution and the Provisional Government 10. Economic meltdown and revolutionary objectives: from European war to Civil War, 1917-1918 11. Russia's First World War: an overview ...

Autorentext

Peter Gatrell is Professor of Economic History at the University of Manchester. He has written extensively on Russia, including (with Nick Baron) Homelands: W ar , Population and Statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia , 1918-1924 (2004) and the prize-winning book, A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in Russia during World W ar I (1999).

Zusammenfassung
Shows that war is itself 'revolutionary' - rupturing established social and economic ties, but also creating new social and economic relationships, affiliations, practices and opportunities. This work looks at the First World War in Russia for its own sake, not just as the seedbed of the Revolution.

Inhalt

Dedication

Contents

List of tables and maps

Preface

Introduction

1. The front line, 1914-1916

2. 'Educated society' and the Russian elite

3. Narod: plebeian society during the war

4. Tsarist authority in question, 1915-1916

5. Mobilising industry: Russia's war economy at full stretch

6. Paying for the war, Russian style

7. Feeding Russia: food supply as Achilles' heel

8. Economic nationalism and the mobilisation of ethnicity in the 'great patriotic war'

9. Hierarchy subverted: the February Revolution and the Provisional Government

10. Economic meltdown and revolutionary objectives: from European war to Civil War, 1917-1918

11. Russia's First World War: an overview