The Bolsheviks Survive by Alexander Rabinowitch - 9780822949039

The Bolsheviks SurvivePetrograd 1919\nAuthor(s): Alexander Rabinowitch\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, United States\nImprint: University of Pittsburgh Press\nISBN-13: 9780822949039, 978-0822949039\nSynopsis\nPetrograd, the imperial capital and the urban stage upon which virtually the entire Russian Revolution was enacted, in 1919 struggled through a year of civil war, hunger, social upheaval, and political and economic challenges. Based on exhaustive research in previously closed Russian archives, the book presents an in depth look at how Petrograds local Soviet government and Bolshevik party organizations struggled to implement the Bolshevik party program, fight domestic and foreign counterrevolutionaries, quiet labor unrest, and provide food, fuel, and education to the local population.