Socialism in Russia: Lenin and His Legacy, 1890-1991

Gooding, J.

This book asks three fundamental questions about the socialist experiment in twentieth-century Russia: How did Marxist ideas come to be implemented in Russia, a country entirely unsuited to them? Why did the experiment lead to such suffering and upheaval and prove so fruitless? And why did the attempt to return to a proper Marxism/Leninism bring about the rapid collapse of the experiment. In its answers, this book pays special attention to the shadow cast by Lenin throughout the entire Soviet era.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-12-03

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780333972359

DOI: 10.1057/9781403913876

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 287