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This programme traces the path of events in Russia from the emancipation of serfs in 1861 to the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Paul Lewis considers in particular seven key dates: 1861 (the emancipa...tion of the serfs); 1881 (the assassination of Alexander II); 1896 (the Coronation of Nicholas II); 1905 (the "first" revolution); 1914 (the First World War); February 1917 (the February Revolution); and October 1917 (the Bolshevik takeover).
This programme traces the path of events in Russia from the emancipation of serfs in 1861 to the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Paul Lewis considers in particular seven key dates: 1861 (the emancipa...tion of the serfs); 1881 (the assassination of Alexander II); 1896 (the Coronation of Nicholas II); 1905 (the "first" revolution); 1914 (the First World War); February 1917 (the February Revolution); and October 1917 (the Bolshevik takeover).
| Module code and title: | D232, Comparative politics |
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| Item code: | D232; 07 |
| First transmission date: | 07-09-1979 |
| Published: | 1979 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:25 |
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| Producer: | Francis Sealey |
| Contributor: | Paul Lewis |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | History; Politics; 1917 Revolution; Russia; USSR |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/73120 |
| Production number: | FOUD007E |
| Videofinder number: | 111 |
| Available to public: | no |
