Russia Goes to the Polls : : The Election to the All-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917 / / Oliver H. Radkey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Radkey, Oliver H.,
• MitwirkendeR: Fitzpatrick, Sheila,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 5 tables

Held after the overthrow of the monarchy in the interlude of freedom between the Bolshevik seizure of power and the forging of the one-party Soviet system, the 1917 election to the Constituent Assembly was the only ballot that was universal, secret, equal, and direct in the history of the Russians and other peoples who make up today 's USSR. Its results are perhaps the most accurate available index of popular opinion throughout the country at the time the Bolsheviks took power.In the present volume, Oliver H. Radkey provides the most authoritative analysis of the election returns available in any language. The author's earlier account of the voting, first published in 1950 and long unavailable, is reprinted in its entirety. Radkey supplements that work with a wealth of new data, and reassesses his earlier findings in the light of current scholarship. Especially noteworthy is the new information on the vote of the non-Russian peoples and of various religious parties and special-interest groups. These data, the fruit of many years of painstaking research, are set forth in meticulous and substantial new tables.The results of the 1917 election are essential to an understanding of the range and depth of popular support for the Bolsheviks and other parties. Radkey's classic account will enhance ongoing debates about the course of the 1917 Revolution and the legitimacy of Soviet rule.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART ONE. The Election to the Russian Constituent Assembly of 1917 -- CHAPTER I. THE SETTING -- CHAPTER II. ANALYSIS OF RETURNS FOR THE COUNTRY AT LARGE -- CHAPTER III. ANALYSIS OF RETURNS FOR REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS -- CHAPTER IV. THE QUESTION OF VALIDITY: HOW FREE WAS THE VOTE? -- CHAPTER V. THE QUESTION OF VALIDITY: DID THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING? -- CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- PART TWO. The Election Revisited -- CHAPTER VII. THE SETTING AND THE ROLE OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT -- CHAPTER VIII. THE DEGREE OF VOTER PARTICIPATION -- CHAPTER IX. WERE THE ELECTION RESULTS UNREPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNTRY? -- CHAPTER X. QUESTIONS OF COMPILATION -- CHAPTER XI. FAILURES AND SUCCESSES -- CHAPTER XII. LESSONS OF THE ELECTION -- PART THREE. Tables -- EXPLANATORY NOTE -- NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS -- Table 1. Condensed tabulation of vote affording general view of the election -- Table 2. Other socialist vote and Jewish vote in detail -- Table 3. Special-interest vote and religious and/or rightist vote in detail -- Table 4. Votes cast for Turko-Tatar lists and for groups of diverse nationalities, by election districts grouped as to region -- Table 5. Votes cast for Ukrainian parties and groups, by election districts grouped as to region -- INFORMATION ON WHAT IS LACKING TO COMPLETE CERTAIN DISTRICTS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) -- INDEX