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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 The story of the hopes, struggles, strains, and defeats that followed 1917 has been told many times before. It was not a given that the revolution would turn out this way, and it was not written in any stars.
#2 The consolidation of the revolution around the country was not uniform. In Moscow, there was prolonged, bitter fighting. The Bolsheviks extended their control,...
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"Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist...