The Revolution as Event Actors and the Question of Agency Parties, Movements, Ideologies Institutions and Institutional Cultures Social Groups, Identities, Cultures and the Question of Consciousness Economic Issues and Problems of Everyday Life Nationality and Regional Questions
The Companion is a landmark in the study of the Russian Revolution and civil war, bringing together specially commissioned contributions by 46 of the world's leading historians of the period - from the United States and Britain, from Australia and Japan, from Israel and western Europe and from Russia and the former Soviet Union. Unlike a general synthesis, a conventional reference book or a 'definitive' dictionary, the Companion presses the limits of current knowledge and sets the agenda for future research. The issues considered range from those debated for decades to those only now being opened up for discussion, with each entry offering a critical and interpretative treatment. Edward Acton is Professor of Modern European History at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. Vladimir Iu. Cherniaev is Senior Research Scholar at the Institute of Russian History, RAN, St Petersburg. William G. Rosenberg is Professor of Modern Russian and Soviet History at the University of Michigan
