Thou Shalt Kill : Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia, 1894-1917.
Anna Geifman examines the explosion of terrorist activity that took place in the Russian empire from the years just prior to the turn of the century through 1917, a period when over 17,000 people were killed or wounded by revolutionary extremists. On the basis of new research, she argues that a multitude of assassination attempts, bombings, ideologically motivated robberies, and incidents of armed assault, kidnapping, extortion, and blackmail for party purposes played a primary role in the revolution of 1905 and early twentieth-century Russian political history in general
History
1 online resource (394 pages)
9780691221458, 0691221456
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Cover Page
Half-title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Revolutionary Terrorism in the Empire
Chapter Two: The Party of Socialists-Revolutionaries and Terror
Chapter Three: The Social Democrats and Terror
Chapter Four: Terrorists of a New Type
Chapter Five: The ""Seamy Side"" of the Revolution
Chapter Six: The United Front
Chapter Seven: The Kadets and Terror
Chapter Eight: The End of Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Includes index