SOCIAL SCIENCES

Revolutionary Russia, 1891–1991: A History

by Orlando Figes

Metropolitan: Holt. 2014. 336p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780805091311. $28; pap. ISBN 9781250062628. $20; ebk. ISBN 9780805095982.

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Figes traces the history of the Soviet Union from the reign of Tsar Nicholas II through the empire's dissolution in 1991. The author delineates three distinct eras: Lenin and the Bolsheviks, Stalinism, and the post-Stalin generation. (LJ 2/15/14)

Reviewed by Laurie Unger Skinner , Jan 01, 2017

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