Prologue : the patrimony of imperial Russia -- Introduction to Bolshevik gold : the nature of a forgotten problem -- The heist -- The banks -- The people -- The Gokhran -- The church -- Cashing in -- Brest-Litovsk and the diplomatic bag -- Blockade -- Stockholm -- London -- Rapallo -- Epilogue :...

Verlagsinfo: In this major contribution to our understanding of the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Brovkin provides the fullest account to date of the Menshevik party during the first year of Soviet rule. Focusing on the period from October 1917 through October 1918 - months when the Soviet...

"In this first full-length biography of Alexander Bogdanov, James D. White traces the intellectual development of this key socialist thinker, situating his ideas in the context of the Russian revolutionary movement. He examines the part Bogdanov played in the origins of Bolshevism, his role in...