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

By John Gooding

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 033397235X
• ISBN13: 9780333972359
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"