{"product_id":"voices-of-revolution-1917","title":"Voices of Revolution  1917","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough much has been written about the political history of the Russian revolution  the human story of what the revolution meant to ordinary people has rarely been told. This book gives voice to the experiences  thoughts  and feelings of the Russian peopleworkers  peasants  soldiersas expressed in their own words during the vast political  social  and economic upheavals of 1917.  The documents in the volume include letters from individuals to newspapers  institutions  or leaders; collective resolutions and appeals; and even poetry. Selected from the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow  nearly all the texts are published here for the first time. In these writings we hear the voices of ordinary Russians seeking to understand the revolution and make sense of the values  ideals  and discontents of their turbulent times. Not only do they speak of their particular needs and desiresfor solutions to the economic crisis or an end to the war  for examplethey also reveal how relatively unprivileged Russians thought about such questions as political power  freedom  justice  democracy  social class  nationhood  and civic morality. Mark Steinberg provides introductions to the documents  explaining the language of popular revolution in Russia and setting the writings in the context of the history of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960694534197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300101694","price":27.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300101690.jpg?v=1770392822","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/voices-of-revolution-1917","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}