Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Bandits and Partisans: The Antonov Movement in the Russian Civil War (Pitt Series in Russian East European Studies)
Erik Landis
€ 73.99
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Bandits and Partisans: The Antonov Movement in the Russian Civil War (Pitt Series in Russian East European Studies)
Hardcover. Beginning in the fall of 1920, Aleksandr Antonov led an insurgency that became the largest armed peasant revolt against the Soviets during the civil war. This book presents a tale of brutality, domination, and revolt, placing readers at the frontlines of the complex and history of the Russian civil war and the consolidation of the Soviet state. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; HBW; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
Beginning in the fall of 1920, Aleksandr Antonov led an insurgency that became the largest armed peasant revolt against the Soviets during the civil war. Yet by the summer of 1921, the revolt had been crushed, and popular support for the movement had all but disappeared. Until now, details of this conflict have remained hidden. Erik Landis mines recently opened provincial and central Soviet archives and international collections to provide a depth of detail and historical analysis never before possible in this definitive account of the uprising. Landis examines both sides of the conflict, probing the testimonies of the insurgents, ... Read more
Beginning in the fall of 1920, Aleksandr Antonov led an insurgency that became the largest armed peasant revolt against the Soviets during the civil war. Yet by the summer of 1921, the revolt had been crushed, and popular support for the movement had all but disappeared. Until now, details of this conflict have remained hidden. Erik Landis mines recently opened provincial and central Soviet archives and international collections to provide a depth of detail and historical analysis never before possible in this definitive account of the uprising. Landis examines both sides of the conflict, probing the testimonies of the insurgents, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Series
Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822943433
SKU
V9780822943433
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-16
About Erik Landis
Erik C. Landis is lecturer in modern European history at Oxford Brookes University.
Reviews for Bandits and Partisans: The Antonov Movement in the Russian Civil War (Pitt Series in Russian East European Studies)
The definitive account of the Antonov uprising. Based on years of meticulous research in the archives, informed by a profound understanding of the revolution in the countryside, and passionately written in lucid prose, this is an important contribution to our understanding of the Russian peasantry and the violent early years of the Soviet regime. - Orlando Figes, Birkbeck College, University ... Read more