The Formation of the Soviet Union: Communism and Nationalism, 1917-1923
Here is the history of the disintegration of the Russian Empire, and the emergence, on its ruins, of a multinational Communist state. In this revealing account, Richard Pipes tells how the Communists exploited the new nationalism of the peoples of the Ukraine, Belorussia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Volga-Ural area—first to seize power and then to expand into the borderlands.\ The Formation of the Soviet Union acquires special relevance in the post-Soviet era, when the ethnic groups...
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Here is the history of the disintegration of the Russian Empire, and the emergence, on its ruins, of a multinational Communist state. In this revealing account, Richard Pipes tells how the Communists exploited the new nationalism of the peoples of the Ukraine, Belorussia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Volga-Ural area—first to seize power and then to expand into the borderlands.The Formation of the Soviet Union acquires special relevance in the post-Soviet era, when the ethnic groups described in the book once again reclaimed their independence, this time apparently for good.In a 1996 Preface to the Revised Edition, Pipes suggests how material recently released from the Russian archives might supplement his account. International Journal The most lucid description of the nationalist revolutionary upheavals following the October revolution.
IThe National Problem in RussiaThe Russian Empire on the Eve of the 1917 Revolution1National Movements in Russia7Socialism and the National Problem in Western and Central Europe21Russian Political Parties and the National Problem29Lenin and the National Question before 191334Lenin's Theory of Self-Determination41II1917 and the Disintegration of the Russian EmpireThe General Causes50The Ukraine and Belorussia53The Moslem Borderlands75The Caucasus93The Bolsheviks in Power107IIISoviet Conquest of the Ukraine and BelorussiaThe Fall of the Ukrainian Central Rada114The Communist Party of the Ukraine: Its Formation and Early Activity (1918)126The Struggle of the Communists for Power in the Ukraine in 1919137Belorussia from 1918 to 1920150IVSoviet Conquest of the Moslem BorderlandsThe Moslem Communist Movement in Soviet Russia (1918)155The Bashkir and Tatar Republics161The Kirghiz Republic172Turkestan174The Crimea184VSoviet Conquest of the CaucasusThe Transcaucasian Federation193Soviet Rule in the North Caucasus and Eastern Transcaucasia (1918)195The Independent Republics (1918-19)204The Prelude to the Conquest214The Conquest221VIThe Establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsThe Consolidation of the Party and State Apparatus242The Opposition to Centralization255Formulation of Constitutional Principles of the Union269Lenin's Change of Mind276The Last Discussion of the Nationality Question289Conclusion294Chronology of Principal Events298Ethnic Distribution of Population, 1897 and 1926300The System of Transliteration302Bibliography304Notes329Index353
\ International JournalThe most lucid description of the nationalist revolutionary upheavals following the October revolution.\ \ \ \ \ \ Political Science QuarterlyReview of the First Edition:\ Simply to chronicle the highly complicated sequence of events in the ethnic borderlands of Russia during the tumultuous years between 1917 and 1923 is a difficult problem by itself. Richard Pipes has not only accomplished this task...but he has given this complex story meaning and perspective.\ \ \ \ Russian ReviewPipes has succeeded remarkably well in elucidating a most complex subject and in giving a systematic, well-documented, and well-written account of the stormy years, 1917-1923.\ \ \
