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The Petrograd Workers in the Russian Revolution
February 1917-June 1918
Series: - Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 145
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The Petrograd Workers in the Russian Revolution is a study of the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and of the first months of Soviet power as viewed and experienced 'from below', by the industrial workers of Petrograd, Russiaâs capital and the centre of its revolutionary movement. Based largely on contemporary sources, it lets the workers speak for themselves, showing them as conscious, creative subjects of the revolutionary process, indeed, as the leading force of the revolution. In doing so, it sheds light on the nature and role of the Bolshevik party as an authentic workersâ organization that by the summer of 1917 had become the leading political force among workers.
Revised and expanded edition of two books published in English, namely: The Petrograd Workers and the Fall of the Old Regime (Macmillan, 1983) and The Petrograd Workers and the Soviet Seizure of Power (Macmillan, 1984).
Revised and expanded edition of two books published in English, namely: The Petrograd Workers and the Fall of the Old Regime (Macmillan, 1983) and The Petrograd Workers and the Soviet Seizure of Power (Macmillan, 1984).
David Mandel, PhD. (1977), Columbia University, is a professor of political science and a labour activist. He has authored monographs and articles on politics and labour in revolutionary Russia, the Soviet Union, and in post-Soviet Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
List of Tables and Maps
Glossary
Introduction
1 Types of Political Culture in the Industrial Working-Class of Petrograd
âThe Skilled Workers
âUnskilled Workers
âThe âWorker Aristocracyâ
âThe Generational Factor
2 The Social Composition of the Industrial Working Class of Petrograd and its Districts
âThe Social Composition of Petrogradâs Districts
âThe Vyborg District
âPetergof and Narva Districts
âVasilevskii ostrov
âPetrograd District
âMoskovskaya zastava
âNevskii-Obukhovskii District
âKolomna District
âSecond City District
âFirst City District
âRozhdestvenskii District
âOkhta and Porokhovskii Districts
3 The Honeymoon Period â From the February to the April Days
âThe Labour Movement during the War
âThe February Revolution â The Birth of Dual Power
âCensus Society
âDual Power in Light of Attitudes before the Revolution
âWhy Dual Power?
4 The February Revolution in the Factories
âThe Eight-Hour Day
âWages
âThe Press Campaign against âWorker Egoismâ
âWorker-Management Relations: âDemocratisation of Factory Lifeâ
âPurge of the Factory Administrations
âThe Factory Committees
5 From the April to the July Days
âThe April Days
âThe First Coalition Government
âThe Break with Census Society
âUnderlying Causes of the Shift to Soviet Power
6 The Struggle for Power in the Factories in AprilâJune
7 The July Days
âThe Workers and the Menshevik-SR Soviet Majority
âThe July Days
âReaction Unleashed
8 Rethinking the Revolution: Revolutionary Democracy or Proletarian Dictatorship?
âCensus Society on the Offensive
âFinal Rejection of âConciliationismâ
âThe Question of âRevolutionary Democracyâ
9 From the Kornilov Uprising to the Eve of October
âThe Kornilov Uprising
âThe Democratic Conference
âSetting Course for Soviet Power
10 Class Struggle in the Factories â SeptemberâOctober
âThe Factory Committees under Attack
âThe Struggle for Production â Workersâ Control Checked
âFrom Workersâ Control and towards Workersâ Management
âFactory Committees under Pressure âfrom Belowâ
âThe Struggle for Production and the Question of State Power
âQuiet on the Wage Front
11 On the Eve
12 The October Revolution and the End of âRevolutionary Democracyâ
âWorkersâ Attitudes towards the Insurrection
âThe Question of a âHomogeneous Socialist Governmentâ
âUnity from Below
13 The Constituent Assembly and the Emergence of a Worker Opposition
âThe Elections
âDissolution of the Constituent Assembly
âThe Chernorabochie and the Upsurge of Anarchist Influence
âThe Lines Harden
14 The October Revolution in the Factories
ââActiveâ or âPassiveâ Control?
âTowards Nationalisation
âManagement in Nationalised Enterprises
15 Summon Up Every Last Ounce of Strength or Accept Defeat!
âDispersal of Petrogradâs Working Class
âThe âObscene Peaceâ
âRise and Failure of the Opposition
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Glossary
Introduction
1 Types of Political Culture in the Industrial Working-Class of Petrograd
âThe Skilled Workers
âUnskilled Workers
âThe âWorker Aristocracyâ
âThe Generational Factor
2 The Social Composition of the Industrial Working Class of Petrograd and its Districts
âThe Social Composition of Petrogradâs Districts
âThe Vyborg District
âPetergof and Narva Districts
âVasilevskii ostrov
âPetrograd District
âMoskovskaya zastava
âNevskii-Obukhovskii District
âKolomna District
âSecond City District
âFirst City District
âRozhdestvenskii District
âOkhta and Porokhovskii Districts
3 The Honeymoon Period â From the February to the April Days
âThe Labour Movement during the War
âThe February Revolution â The Birth of Dual Power
âCensus Society
âDual Power in Light of Attitudes before the Revolution
âWhy Dual Power?
4 The February Revolution in the Factories
âThe Eight-Hour Day
âWages
âThe Press Campaign against âWorker Egoismâ
âWorker-Management Relations: âDemocratisation of Factory Lifeâ
âPurge of the Factory Administrations
âThe Factory Committees
5 From the April to the July Days
âThe April Days
âThe First Coalition Government
âThe Break with Census Society
âUnderlying Causes of the Shift to Soviet Power
6 The Struggle for Power in the Factories in AprilâJune
7 The July Days
âThe Workers and the Menshevik-SR Soviet Majority
âThe July Days
âReaction Unleashed
8 Rethinking the Revolution: Revolutionary Democracy or Proletarian Dictatorship?
âCensus Society on the Offensive
âFinal Rejection of âConciliationismâ
âThe Question of âRevolutionary Democracyâ
9 From the Kornilov Uprising to the Eve of October
âThe Kornilov Uprising
âThe Democratic Conference
âSetting Course for Soviet Power
10 Class Struggle in the Factories â SeptemberâOctober
âThe Factory Committees under Attack
âThe Struggle for Production â Workersâ Control Checked
âFrom Workersâ Control and towards Workersâ Management
âFactory Committees under Pressure âfrom Belowâ
âThe Struggle for Production and the Question of State Power
âQuiet on the Wage Front
11 On the Eve
12 The October Revolution and the End of âRevolutionary Democracyâ
âWorkersâ Attitudes towards the Insurrection
âThe Question of a âHomogeneous Socialist Governmentâ
âUnity from Below
13 The Constituent Assembly and the Emergence of a Worker Opposition
âThe Elections
âDissolution of the Constituent Assembly
âThe Chernorabochie and the Upsurge of Anarchist Influence
âThe Lines Harden
14 The October Revolution in the Factories
ââActiveâ or âPassiveâ Control?
âTowards Nationalisation
âManagement in Nationalised Enterprises
15 Summon Up Every Last Ounce of Strength or Accept Defeat!
âDispersal of Petrogradâs Working Class
âThe âObscene Peaceâ
âRise and Failure of the Opposition
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Anyone interested in the social and political history of the Russian Revolution, the history of socialism, labour history, the sociology of revolutions and social movement.