Abstract
Before 1917, the main pattern of history in imperial Russia was the movement towards a sort of alliance between a right-wing constitutional régime and the wealthy landed interest and industrial capitalist class. However the political base for this alliance was too narrow, and a rift developed between the new middle classes and the peasantry and proletariat. The race to strengthen the régime was lost and the outbreak of war in 1914 brought unacceptable pressure to bear on the social system.
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Further reading
Kochan, L., The Making of Modern Russia (Jonathan Cape, 1962).
Lynch, M., Reaction and Revolutions: Russia, 1881–1924 (Hodder & Stoughton, 1992).
Seton-Watson, H., The Decline of Imperial Russia (Methuen, 1952).
Shub, D., Lenin (Pelican, 1966).
Wolfe, B.D., Three who made a Revolution (Penguin, 1956).
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Miller, S. (1997). Imperial Russia 1881–1914. In: Mastering Modern European History. Macmillan Master Series. Red Globe Press, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13789-3_20
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