Intelligentsia and Revolution : Russian Views of Bolshevism, 1917-1922

Over The Five Years Following The Russian Revolution Of 1917 There Occurred A Brilliant Outburst Of Theory And Criticism Among Russian Intellectuals Struggling To Comprehend Their Country's Vast Social Upheaval. Much Of Their Intense Speculation Focused On Issues That Are Still Hotly Debated: Was This Socialism? Why Had The Revolution Happened In Russia? What Did Bolshevik Power Mean For Russia And The Western World? This Compelling Study Recovers These Early Responses To 1917 And Analyzes The Specific Ideological Context Out Of Which They Emerged. Jane Burbank Explores The Ideas And Experiences Of Diverse Prominent Intellectuals, Ranging From The Monarchists On The Right To The Mensheviks, Socialist Revolutionaries, And Anarchists On The Left. Following These Thinkers Through The Turbulent Years Of Civil War And Rebuilding Of State Power, Burbank Shows How Revolution Both Revitalized Their Political Culture And Exposed The Fragile Basis Of Its Existence. Introduction: The Intelligentsia Tradition -- Revolutionaries In The Revolution: The Search For Democratic Socialism -- Revolutionaries In The Revolution: Populist Perspectives -- Two Russian Liberals: Socialism On Trial -- The Monarchy In Fact And Fancy -- A Different Culture -- The Revolution And The Intelligentsia. Jane Burbank. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 315-326. Contents......Page 8 Introduction: The Intelligentsia Tradition......Page 14 Menshevik Prospects......Page 22 lulii Martov: Principled Protest Against the Commissarocracy......Page 25 Menshevik Dissenters: Plekhanov, Potresov, Zasulich......Page 44 Pavel Axelrod: "A Dictatorship over the Proletariat"......Page 55 Martov's Battles......Page 60 The Revival of Russian Populism......Page 75 Viktor Chernov: "The Dictatorship of the City over the Country"......Page 78 Mark Vishniak: Constitutional Illusions......Page 94 Petr Kropotkin: "How Communism Cannot Be Introduced"......Page 108 Populism in Defeat......Page 114 Principles and Goals......Page 122 P. N. Miliukov and Bolshevik Power......Page 125 Petr Struve: "The Experimental Refutation of Socialism"......Page 137 Struve: Searching for the Nation......Page 152 Miliukov: "The Birth of Russian Democracy"......Page 163 The Liberals and the People......Page 174 The Autocratic Legacy......Page 179 F. V. Vinberg: "The Forces of Darkness"......Page 180 S. S. Ol'denburg: The Best Case for the Sovereign......Page 187 Monarchist Politics: 1921–1922......Page 193 The Kingdom of Ideals......Page 196 From the Depths......Page 199 Nikolai Berdiaev: "The Pecularity of Bitter Russian Fate"......Page 202 N. S. Trubetskoi: The Rebellion of the Despised......Page 217 N. V. Ustrialov: Changing Landmarks......Page 231 6 The Revolution and the Intelligentsia......Page 247 Notes......Page 266 Selected Bibliography......Page 324 B......Page 336 C......Page 337 E......Page 339 I......Page 340 L......Page 341 M......Page 342 N......Page 343 P......Page 344 R......Page 345 S......Page 346 T......Page 347 W......Page 348 Z......Page 349 This study of the outburst of theory and criticism in the early years of the Russian Revolution from an intelligentsia which was soon to be suppressed, presents works covering the entire political spectrum. It aims to provide an understanding of the complexities of the Revolution and its aftermath