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Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution : Mob Justice and Police in Petrograd / Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) : 10 halftones, 2 maps, 5 charts, 1 tableContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674981775
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.947/2109041 23
LOC classification:
  • HV7015.15.Z8 H37 2017eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Calendar and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Prelude to Revolution -- 2. Crime on the Rise -- 3. Why Did the Crime Rate Shoot Up? -- 4. Militias Rise and Fall -- 5. An Epidemic of Mob Justice -- 6. Crime after The Bolshevik Takeover -- 7. The Bolsheviks and the Militia -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Russians from all walks of life joyously celebrated the end of Nicholas II’s monarchy, but one year later, amid widespread civil strife and lawlessness, a fearful citizenry stayed out of sight. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa offers a new perspective on Russia’s revolutionary year through the lens of violent crime and its devastating effect on ordinary people.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Calendar and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Prelude to Revolution -- 2. Crime on the Rise -- 3. Why Did the Crime Rate Shoot Up? -- 4. Militias Rise and Fall -- 5. An Epidemic of Mob Justice -- 6. Crime after The Bolshevik Takeover -- 7. The Bolsheviks and the Militia -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Russians from all walks of life joyously celebrated the end of Nicholas II’s monarchy, but one year later, amid widespread civil strife and lawlessness, a fearful citizenry stayed out of sight. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa offers a new perspective on Russia’s revolutionary year through the lens of violent crime and its devastating effect on ordinary people.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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