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October and the World: The Bolshevik Revolution and Its Aftermath

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October 1917: A Social History of the Russian Revolution. By FerroMarc. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. Pp. xiv + 345. £13.50.

The Debate on Soviet Power. Edited by KeepJohn L. H.. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979. Pp. xiv + 465. £15.00.

Les premiers communistes français: formation des cadres et bolchevisation. By TartakowskyDanielle. Paris: Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 1980. Pp. 215.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Jonathan Haslam
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University of Birmingham
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