The Russian Revolution of 1917 - Memory and Legacy - Paperback

by Carol S. Leonard (Editor), Daniel Orlovsky (Editor), Jurej Petrov (Editor)

The way in which the Russian Revolution of October 1917 is regarded and commemorated has changed considerably over time, and is a contentious subject, well demonstrated by the absence of any official commemoration in Russia in 2017, a huge contrast to the very large celebrations which took place in Soviet times.

Author Biography

Carol S. Leonard is Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, UK, and the former Director of the Center for Russian Studies, International Laboratory: Russia's Historical Legacies and Regional Development at the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow.

Daniel Orlovsky is Emeritus Professor of History at Southern Methodist University.

Jurej Petrov is Director of the Institute of Russian History at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.