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  • A New History
  • Written by: Sean McMeekin
  • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
  • Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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A “powerful revisionist history” (Times UK) of the Russian Revolution, by an award-winning scholar...

Between 1917 and 1922, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation. Taking advantage of the collapse of the czarist regime, the Bolsheviks staged a hostile takeover of the Imperial Russian Army, promoting mutinies and mass desertions in order to fulfill Lenin’s program of turning the “imperialist war” into a civil war. Five years later, over 20 million people had died and the Russian economy had collapsed. In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events that ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and introduced Communism to the world. Drawing on scores of previously untapped archival materials, McMeekin combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on one of the most significant turning points of the 20th century.

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©2017 Sean McMeekin (P)2017 Hachette Audio

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I studied the Russian Revolution at University, so it was nice to listen to this to refresh my knowledge. The narration was perfect. I've moved from this to reading the Gulag Archipelago.

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A must-read

This book is a great look into one of the most important, yet most misunderstood, chapters in history.

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