Red Petrograd

Revolution in the Factories, 1917–1918

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ID19922928
AuthorsStephen A Smith (0000-0003-1067-0801, University of Essex, corresponding author)
Year1983
Publication date1983-05-19
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueRed Petrograd (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511562952
OpenAlexW4232653467
Open LibraryOL3493006M
ISBN9780511562952
LanguageEN
Citations received38

This book explores the impact of the 1917 Revolution on factory life in the Russian capital. It traces the attempts of workers to take control of their working lives from the February Revolution through to June 1918, when the Bolsheviks nationalised industry. Although not primarily concerned with the political developments of the Revolution, the book demonstrates that the sphere of industrial production was a crucial arena of political as well as economic conflict. Having discussed the structure and composition of the factory workforce in Petrograd prior to 1917 and the wages and conditions of workers under the old regime, Dr Smith shows how workers saw the overthrow of the autocracy as a signal to democratise factory life and to improve their lot. After examining the creation and activities of the factory committees, he analyses the relationship of different groups of workers to the new labour movement, and assesses the extent to which it functioned democratically

Ancient history · Autocracy · Capital (architecture) · Democracy · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Factory (object-oriented programming) · Political science · Politics · Workforce · History · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Soviet and Russian History · 1917-1921 · Arbeiter · Company unions · Employee participation · Europe · Factories · Labor · Labor movement · Management · Oktoberrevolution · revolution · Revolution, 1917-1921 · Russia · Saint Petersburg · Soviet Union · Working class

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