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March 1917 : the Red Wheel.
- Title
- March 1917 : the Red Wheel. Node III (8 March-31 March), book 2 / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ; translated by Marian Schwartz.
- Author
- Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008
- Publication
- Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Schwartz, Marian, 1951-
- Description
- xxi, 703 pages : maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "The Red Wheel is Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's multivolume epic work about the Russian Revolution. He spent decades writing about just four of the most important periods, or "nodes." This is the first time that the monumental March 1917--the third node--has been translated into English. It tells the story of the Russian Revolution itself, during which the Imperial government melts in the face of the mob, and the giants of the opposition also prove incapable of controlling the course of events. The action of Book 2 (of four) of March 1917 is set during March 13-15, 1917, the Russian Revolution's turbulent second week. The revolution has already won inside the capital, Petrograd. News of the revolution flashes across all Russia through the telegraph system of the Ministry of Roads and Railways. But this is wartime, and the real power is with the army. At Emperor Nikolai II's order, the Supreme Command sends troops to suppress the revolution in Petrograd. Meanwhile, victory speeches ring out at Petrograd's Tauride Palace. Inside, two parallel power structures emerge: the Provisional Government and the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies, which sends out its famous "Order No. 1," presaging the destruction of the army. The troops sent to suppress the Petrograd revolution are halted by the army's own top commanders. The Emperor is detained and abdicates, and his ministers are jailed and sent to the Peter and Paul Fortress. This sweeping, historical novel is a must-read for Solzhenitsyn's many fans, as well as those interested in twentieth-century history, Russian history and literature, and military history." --
- Series Statement
- The Center for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn Series
- Uniform Title
- Mart semnadt͡satogo. Kniga 2. English
- Center for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn series.
- Alternative Title
- Mart semnadt͡satogo. Kniga 2.
- Red Wheel, node III (8 March-31 March)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- War fiction.
- Military fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Note
- Translated from the Russian.
- Includes index of names.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-3586
- ISBN
- 0268106851
- 9780268106850
- OCLC
- 1089004557
- Author
- Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008, author.
- Title
- March 1917 : the Red Wheel. Node III (8 March-31 March), book 2 / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ; translated by Marian Schwartz.
- Publisher
- Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Center for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn SeriesCenter for Ethics and Culture Solzhenitsyn series.
- Chronological Term
- 1917
- Added Author
- Schwartz, Marian, 1951- translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-3586