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Article: Voices of Revolution, 1917.(Book Review)
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- The Historian
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- March 22, 2005
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Voices of Revolution, 1917. Edited by Mark D. Steinberg. Translated by Mariana Schwartz. Documents compiled by Zinaida Peregudova and Liubov Tiutiunnik. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Pp. 404. $40.00.)
The volume is a collection of documents pertaining to ordinary Russians during the period of the Russian Revolution of 1917. These documents--including speeches, letters, and notes--informed the readers about the Russian masses's excitement that followed the collapse of the Tsarist regime, and the later discord with the Provisional Government because of the economic collapse and continuous war. Logically, as the documents show, the Provisional Government ...