Sheila Fitzpatrick: The Russian Revolution [2017] paperback ZPRAR 'Rings down the decades as

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'As good as Chekhov

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a source of magic

delivered with characteristic wry humour

Sheila Fitzpatrick: The Russian Revolution [2017] paperback ZPRAR 'Rings down the decades asThe Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it has become possible to step back and see the full picture. Starting with an overview of the roots of the revolution, Fitzpatrick takes the story from 1917, through Stalin's 'revolution from above', to the great purges of the 1930s. She tells a gripping story of a Marxist