Fitzpatrick’s work remains the definitive short history of the Russian Revolution. It treats the event not as a tragedy or a fairy tale, but as a massive social transformation where the Bolsheviks rode the wave of history, eventually crashing against the rocks of Stalinism.
Fitzpatrick argues that the Russian Revolution was a single, extended process that began in 1917 and did not fully conclude until the consolidation of Stalinism in the late 1930s. She explores three major themes:
October 26, 2023
Instead of focusing solely on the political elite in the Smolny Institute, Fitzpatrick asks:
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Fitzpatrick’s work remains the definitive short history of the Russian Revolution. It treats the event not as a tragedy or a fairy tale, but as a massive social transformation where the Bolsheviks rode the wave of history, eventually crashing against the rocks of Stalinism.
Fitzpatrick argues that the Russian Revolution was a single, extended process that began in 1917 and did not fully conclude until the consolidation of Stalinism in the late 1930s. She explores three major themes:
October 26, 2023
Instead of focusing solely on the political elite in the Smolny Institute, Fitzpatrick asks:
