Alexander Rabinowitch
Alexander Rabinowitch (born 30 August 1934 in London) is an American historian, professor emeritus of Indiana University.
Rabinowitch received his B.A. at Knox College, 1956, M.A. at University of Chicago, 1961 and Ph.D. at Indiana University, 1965.
His main areas of expertise are Russian history to 1917, the Russian Revolutions, the Soviet Union in World War II, and Soviet-American relations.
His best-known book, The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, was only the second history text by a Western author to be published in the Soviet Union. The reason for this was that it generally followed Soviet interpretations. His work on the Russian Revolution stresses the diversity of opinion and grass-roots initiatives within the Bolshevik party, contrary to traditional interpretations focusing on the party's authoritarian nature. In 2007, following decades of archival research and writing, Rabinowitch released, The Bolsheviks in Power:The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd which attempts to explain how the Bolshevik party "was quickly transformed into one of the most highly centralized, authoritarian, political organizations in modern history", how the independence of the soviets was destroyed so quickly and the "extreme rapidity" with which the grass-roots democratic ideals that animated the revolution were subverted.[1]
He was visiting the Soviet Union during the August 1991 coup.
Books
- Prelude to Revolution The Petrograd Bolsheviks and the July 1917 Uprising by Alexander Rabinowitch and 6 Illustrations 1 Map (Hardcover - 1968)
- The Soviet Union Since Stalin by Stephen F. Cohen and Alexander Rabinowitch and Robert Sharlet (Paperback - 1980)
- Prelude to Revolution (A Midland Book, Mb 661) by Alexander Rabinowitch (Paperback - Aug 1, 1991)
- Russia in the Era of NEP (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and Eastern European Studies) by Sheila Fitzpatrick, Alexander Rabinowitch, and Richard Stites (Paperback - Sep 1, 1991)
- Politics and society in Petrograd, 1917-1920: The bolsheviks, the lower classes, and Soviet power, Petrograd, February 1917 - July 1918 by Alexander Rabinowitch (Unknown Binding - 1993)
- The Bolsheviks Come To Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd by Alexander Rabinowitch (Hardcover - Jun 1, 2004)
- The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd by Alexander Rabinowitch (Hardcover - Sep 30, 2007)
- The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd by Alexander Rabinowitch (Paperback - July 17, 2008)
External links
- Homepage at Indiana University
- Interview with Rabinowitch on "New Books in History"
References
- ↑ Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd, Indiana University Press, p.x
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