Revolution and Civil War in North Russia

Revolution and Civil War in North Russia examines the Allied/anti-Bolshevik military and home fronts from a previously uncharted perspective and shines a much-needed light on the establishment and consolidation of Bolshevik power on the civil war periphery. Expanding our understanding of the Russian civil war, this book provides the first detailed, archival-based study in English to analyse the two neighbouring regions of Murmansk and Karelia. Despite not being far from the revolutionary capital, Petrograd, both territories resisted the establishment of Bolshevik power longer than many others and so this study offers novel insights into the complexities of the struggle that eventually led to communist rule.Alistair S. Wright reflects on how both Murmansk and Karelia relied on food being imported, comparing how this problem was dealt with by the two independent local governments. Wright shows, for the first time, how the food supply in Murmansk was a key feature of Allied intervention during the conflict, part of an informative analysis of Bolshevik and Allied food supply polices to be found throughout the book.>

Préface
A unique case study of the home and military fronts in the Karelian and Murmansk regions during the Russian civil war.

Auteur
Alistair S. Wright is an Independent Scholar and Alumnus of the University of Glasgow, UK, where he obtained a PhD in History.

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Revolution and Civil War in North Russia examines the Allied/anti-Bolshevik military and home fronts from a previously uncharted perspective and shines a much-needed light on the establishment and consolidation of Bolshevik power on the civil war periphery. Expanding our understanding of the Russian civil war, this book provides the first detailed, archival-based study in English to analyse the two neighbouring regions of Murmansk and Karelia. Despite not being far from the revolutionary capital, Petrograd, both territories resisted the establishment of Bolshevik power longer than many others and so this study offers novel insights into the complexities of the struggle that eventually led to communist rule. Alistair S. Wright reflects on how both Murmansk and Karelia relied on food being imported, comparing how this problem was dealt with by the two independent local governments. Wright shows, for the first time, how the food supply in Murmansk was a key feature of Allied intervention during the conflict, part of an informative analysis of Bolshevik and Allied food supply polices to be found throughout the book.

Contenu
List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements Notes on the text Glossary of selected terms Maps Introduction 1 Different paths: politics in Petrozavodsk and Murmansk, February 1917-March 1918 2 Autonomy and central 'control': Petrozavodsk, Moscow and Murmansk, February-June 1918 3 Success and shortcomings: Allied intervention in the Murmansk region, June-December 1918 4 The struggle for Bolshevik control: Petrozavodsk, July-December 1918 5 Murmansk goes to war, January to June 1919 6 The Murmansk home front, January to June 1919 7 The Bolshevik fight for survival, January to June 1919 8 Red victory, July 1919 to March 1920 Conclusion Bibliography Index