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The State and Revolution
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The State and Revolution
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Vladimir Lenin
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Translated by Robert Service
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:192 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Revolutions, uprisings and rebellions |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780140184358
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| Classifications | Dewey:335.43 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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| Publication Date |
25 June 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This introduction covers the writing of "The State and Revolution", the 1927 revolution itself, Marxist influences on Lenin, what Lenin aimed to cover, the style of the book, the Bolshevik seizure of power, the furore over the books publication, its implications for general political theory, the book's fate from the 1920s to the 1960s and the book's influence today.
Author Biography
Vladimir Lenin was born in 1870 and was one of the most influential people of the 20th century. He became a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the principal leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and, from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union.
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