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

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

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 crim...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]
©2017
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.) :; 10 halftones, 2 maps, 5 charts, 1 table
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Table of 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

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