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White Siberia : the politics of civil war / N.G.O. Pereira.

Title: White Siberia : the politics of civil war / N.G.O. Pereira.
Author: Pereira, N. G. O. (Norman G. O.), 1942-
Publication: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1996.

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xii, 261 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

In this detailed analysis of the anti-Bolshevik movement in Siberia during the Russian Revolution and Civil War, N.G.O. Pereira argues that the White counter-revolution failed in Siberia because of the political weakness of the anti-Soviet governments vying for power in the region and their policies toward the Siberian peasantry. He highlights similarities and differences among the constitutional programs and ideologies, paying particular attention to the Kolchak government as the chief anti-Bolshevik force in the region. Through his analysis of the conflict, Pereira attempts to determine whether parliamentary democracy stood any real chance under the extraordinary circumstances or whether it was, as the Bolsheviks alleged, merely window-dressing hiding the real agenda of military counter-revolution and restoration of the ancien regime.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-253) and index.

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committed to retain

Contents

Physical setting, background, and regional development -- Revolution in Siberia--similarities and differences with European Russia, February to December 1917 -- Early resistance to Bolshevik rule, contending White governments, and the rise of Omsk, January to July 1918 -- Democratic counter-Revolution and White Union, spring to fall 1918 -- Kolchak's regime in ascendancy, 18 November 1918 to spring 1919 -- Kolchak's regime in decline, spring 1919 to February 1920 -- Aftermath and consolidation of Soviet power, early spring 1920 to fall 1922.

ISBN

0773513493

LCCN

cn^95900686^

OCLC

37195261

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Harvard Library