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The Russian Revolution: World War to Civil War, 1917–1921 (Images of War) Kindle Edition

by Nik Cornish (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Often the drama of the October Revolution and the Bolshevik seizure of power overshadow the disastrous Russian-German war that preceded it and the extended, confusing, many-sided civil war between the Reds and the Whites that followed. But Nik Cornishs vivid photographic history gives equal coverage to each of these momentous events and shows how the Russian empire of the Romanovs was transformed into the Soviet dictatorship. Contemporary photographs show the leading characters in the drama Tsar Nicholas II, Kerensky, Lenin and Trotsky and other Bosheviks, and the White commanders Denikin, Kolchak, Wrangel and the rest. But they also record, in an unforgettable way, the ordinary people who were caught up in the surge of events civilian crowds on the city streets, peasant groups in the villages, the faces of common soldiers on all sides who fought on multiple fronts across Russia from Poland, the Baltic states and the White Sea to the Black Sea and Siberia. The scale of the conflict was remarkable, as was the intensity of the experience of those who took part and witnessed it, and this collection of historic photographs gives a poignant insight into the conditions of their time. It is a fascinating introduction to a period that saw a sea change in Russian history.
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    July 19, 2012
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About the Author

Nik Cornish is a former head teacher whose passionate interest in the world wars on the Eastern Front and in Russias military history in particular has led to a series of important books on the subject including Images of Kursk, Stalingrad: Victory on the Volga, Berlin: Victory in Europe, Partisan Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1944, The Russian Revolution: World War to Civil War 1917-1921, Hitler versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1941-1942 Barbarossa to Moscow, Hitler versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1942-1943 Stalingrad to Kharkov and Hitler versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1943-1944 Kursk to Bagration.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CLEAU7G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military (July 19, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 19, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 10450 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 261 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Howard D. White
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2018
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GREAT BOOK AT A GREAT PRICE! excellent VENDOR +++
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Mike O'Connor
4.0 out of 5 stars Russia at War With Itself!
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2013
Nik Cornish's THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, WORLD WAR TO CIVIL WAR 1917-1921 is a comprehensive, nicely-illustrated overview of events in Russian from 1917 to 1921 when Bolsheviks and Anti-Bolsheviks battled for control of Mother Russiain in a pitiless Civil War that saw millions of Russians slain.. Part of Pen & Sword's IMAGES OF WAR series, it provides a useful, easy-to-understand guide to some horrendous history.

Considering the fact that other volumes on the Russian Civil War top off at 300 pages or more, Coriish does a good job of tracing events following the Tsar;'s abdication as the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ignited armed conflict between the Bolsheviks led by Lenin and Trotsky and various other Anti-Bolshevik White/Red/Green forces. The fighting steadily escalated as various political and ethnic groups joined the fighting as did British/French/American forces who intervened, sending troops to topple the Bolsheviks. The war eventually raged over all of the former Russian Empire, all the way to Siberia. When the war ended in 1921, Lenin had won his 'Worker's Paradise' but at the cost of 8-13 million Russian dead, roughly 10% of the prewar population of Russia.

Cornish's comprehensive text is complimented by over 180 photographs and illustrations. The images are a big plus. Many of the images are new to me and quite interesting, depicting various combatants, units and weapons from that long-ago conflict.

Thus far the IMAGES OF WAR series has yielded uneven results. I think THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION is one of the better efforts i've seen in a long time. It does a good job of explaining a horribly complex, wide-ranging war and illustrates that conflict with fascinating imagery. Recommended.
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ANDREWRAUBENSTINE
5.0 out of 5 stars Would recommend this book to any history buff
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2017
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Very informative. Would recommend this book to any history buff!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pictures that We Forgot.
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2021
Excellent, for what it is, which is not a detailed history. What it provides to the beginner in Russian history, is images, that are sadly lacking in most works. I want to see pictures of Daniken and Wrangel, among others. This book fills a void in my library.
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Ken in Sask
5.0 out of 5 stars Many photographs
Reviewed in Canada on April 2, 2013
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This is an excellent book for someone who is interested in many photographs of the Russian army in WW I and of Red and White antagonists during the Russian Civil War. There is just enough narrative to basically describe both the war with the Central Powers and the civil war.
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Prutkow
5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr gute Übersicht / Very good starting-point
Reviewed in Germany on November 26, 2013
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Wer wenig bis nichts über die Russische Revolution von 1917 und den anschließenden Bürgerkrieg weiß und das korrigieren will, sollte sich für eine (erste und für die meisten völlig ausreichende) Übersicht allein dieses Buch besorgen. Neben den zahlreichen Bildern mit ihren kenntnis- und detailreichen Unterschriften ist der Begleittext die vielleicht beste kompakte Darstellung der sehr komplexen Materie. Unbedingt empfehlenswert.

All those who don't really know anything about the Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Russian Civil War should look no further: This book gives a very good condensed and still very clear account of the years 1917 to 1922, Nik Cornish's text is probably the best (short one) out there, plus the many interesting pictures and their accompanying captions, detailed and very knowledgable, add immensely to grasping the dimension of the tragedy. Very highly recommended.
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Lance Grundy
4.0 out of 5 stars The faces of the Russian Revolution
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2013
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This lavishly illustrated history book has been put together by the author Nik Cornish who has written a number of books about the armed forces of Russia and the Soviet Union. Here he has applied his considerable knowledge of twentieth century Russian military history to the period 1917-1921 and his photographic history of the era records such momentous, world-changing events as Russian participation in the First World War, the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War.

The photographs themselves are of good quality and are mainly drawn from the Russian archives. As such, most of them have never been seen before in the West and when combined with Cornish's brief, politically balanced narrative of the period they make a fairly impressive visual history book which would be of interest to anyone looking for a photographic record of Russia before, during and immediately after the Revolution.
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jessica millar
4.0 out of 5 stars Searcing for family roots
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2014
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As oll ways Nik Cornish works of resercing are very Well done, good quality pictures and oll togheder a interesting book
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