Description: A new history of the Russian Revolution, exploring how people experienced it in their own lives, from Bloody Sunday in 1905 to the final shots of the civil war in 1921. The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921 focuses on human experience to address key issues of inequality, power, and violence, and ideas of justice and freedom.
Review Quotes: "Steinberg's book is a good read. The cast of characters draws the reader into the Revolutionary experience, and he opens the door to a truly understudied dimension of the Revolution and its sources--the unshaped masses and the popular press. His book relates well to the key question of how people become revolutionaries."--Daniel Orlovsky, Slavic Review
"Steinberg has in the past produced valuable work on the 'voices' of remarkable individuals, especially workers, in the revolutionary process, and the new book builds on this....There are few accounts that so sharply bring to life a wide range of ethnic groups, especially Ukrainians, Jews and the peoples of Central Asia. Steinberg also examines the distinct experience of the peasantry and offers vignettes on the travails and rebellions of country-dwellers. The purpose is always to portray the entire population as having been active in its own local revolutions."--Times Literary Supplement"[D]raws in particular on contemporary journalism of the period, which provides some fascinating insights into attitudes and experiences of the revolution....[He] provides some fascinating insight into issues of nationality, religion and ethnic identity during the revolutionary period. Steinberg also gives a very useful and detailed bibliography of English language publications about the Russian Revolution which forms a good guide to anyone wanting to read further."--James Eaden, International Socialism