{"product_id":"blood-on-the-snow-the-russian-revolution-1914-1924-paperback","title":"Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Service\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlood on the Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Service, the great unanswered question is how to reconcile the two vital narratives that underpin the extraordinary but troubled events of 1917. One puts the blame squarely on Tsar Nicholas II and on Alexander Kerensky's provisional government that deposed him. The other is the view from the bottom, that of the workers and peasants who wanted democratic socialism, not the Bolshevik dictatorship imposed by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and his successors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eService's vivid and revisionist account spans the period from the outbreak of the First World War to Lenin's death in 1924. In it, he reveals that key seeds of the revolution were sown by the Tsar's decision to join the war against Germany in 1914. He shows with brutal clarity how those events played out, eventually leading to the establishment of the totalitarian Soviet regime, which would endure for the next seven decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicholas II, Kerensky and Lenin are to the fore, but Service enriches his narrative by drawing on little-known diaries of those such as the Vologda peasant Alexander Zamaraev, the NCO Alexei Shtukaturov and the Moscow accounts clerk Nikita Okunev. Through the testimony of these 'ordinary' people, Service traces the tortuous path that Russia took through war, revolution and civil war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This authoritative, detailed account shows how Lenin won control of Russia and caused untold misery . . . ' -\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Service is a Fellow of the British Academy and of St Antony's College, Oxford. He has written several books, including the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eLenin: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStalin: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComrades: A History of World Communism\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as many other books on Russia's past and present. \u003ci\u003eTrotsky: A Biography \u003c\/i\u003ewas awarded the 2009 Duff Cooper Prize. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776622190789,"sku":"9781529065855","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/xZ1LvY2p-19781529065855.webp?v=1770552669","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/blood-on-the-snow-the-russian-revolution-1914-1924-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}