The Socialist Alternative to Bolshevik Russia - 9781138816916

Taylor & Francis

The Socialist Alternative to Bolshevik RussiaThe Socialist Revolutionary Party, 1921-39\nAuthor(s): Elizabeth White\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138816916, 978-1138816916\nSynopsis\nThe Socialist Revolutionary party, which had been the largest and most popular party in Russia in 1917, did not after the October Revolution just disappear into the \""dustbin of history\"", as Trotsky hoped, but led by its leadership in exile in the 1920s and 1930s continued to observe and comment on developments in Russia. \n\nIn emigration, the Socialist Revolutionary (SR) party often put forward policy proposals on a wide range of topics: policies which, based on a shrewd understanding of the real situation in Russia, offered realistic alternatives to the policies being pursued by the Marxist Bolshevik regime. This book fills a gap in examining one of the most significant Russian political parties, and is based on extensive o.