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Thou shalt kill : revolutionary terrorism in Russia, 1894-1917

This study examines the explosion of terrorist activity that took place throughout the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century. Focusing on the years of the Russian Revolution, it analyzes the sudden escalation of political violence that occurred after two relatively tranquil decades
Print Book, English, ©1993
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©1993
History
xii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780691087788, 9780691025490, 0691087784, 0691025495
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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction3Ch. 1Revolutionary Terrorism in the Empire: Background, Extent, and Impact11Ch. 2The Party of Socialists - Revolutionaries and Terror45Ch. 3The Social Democrats and Terror84Ch. 4Terrorists of a New Type: The Anarchists and the Obscure Extremist Groups123Ch. 5The "Seamy Side" of the Revolution: The Criminal Element, the Psychologically Unbalanced, and Juveniles154Ch. 6The United Front: Interparty Connections and Cooperation181Ch. 7The Kadets and Terror207Ch. 8The End of Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia223Epilogue249Notes257Bibliography357Index367