Books
Books about Russian Revolution (12 books)
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Phase
Russian Revolution
1917 CE
The Russian Revolution of 1917 unfolded in two major stages: the February Revolution, which ended the Romanov monarchy, and the October Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks seized power. War exhaustion, food shortages, worker unrest, peasant demands and political radicalisation all contributed. The revolution shattered imperial authority and opened a period of civil war.
It mattered because it changed global politics and created the first lasting communist state. It also turned private life into political danger, as class, loyalty and survival suddenly had life-or-death consequences. Doctor Zhivago, Ken Follett’s Century trilogy and many Russian Revolution novels use this setting for families, officers, doctors, aristocrats, workers and revolutionaries.
Russian Revolution and Soviet-era fiction connects to Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, Ken Follett's Century trilogy, Robert Harris's Archangel, Amor Towles's A Gentleman in Moscow, Paullina Simons and novels about Stalinism, exile and siege. Spy and political thrillers also use Soviet power, purges and Cold War state security as central machinery. These entries can group family sagas, revolutionary fiction, gulag narratives, wartime novels and ideological thrillers.
Related people for Russian Revolution
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)1872–1918 Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia1904–1918 Catherine the Great1729-1796 David Lloyd George1863 – 1922 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig1861–1928 Genghis Khan1162–1227 Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia1901–1918 Grigori Rasputin1869–1916 Ivan the Terrible1530–1584 Joseph Stalin1878–1953 Kublai Khan1215–1294 Mao Zedong1893–1976 Modu Chanyu Nicholas II of Russia1868–1918 R. H. Bruce Lockhart1887–1970 Sidney Reilly1873–1925 Victoria1819–1901 Vladimir Lenin1870–1924 Wilhelm II1859–1941 Woodrow Wilson1856–1924
Non Fiction
Non Fiction about Russian Revolution (4 books)
Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.
