1917 in the provinces

Badcock, Sarah

Abstract

This chapter explores the ways in which power operated across Russia's provinces. It examines the forms of and relationships between formal power structures in the provinces, the extent to which these structures were representative of the local population, and the ways in which disenfranchised groups exercised power. The role of party politics in provincial power structures is assessed, and found to be both more limited and more diffuse than central and elite accounts imply. By considering the problem of food supply, the limitations of regional and national authority in the direction of regional and local politics and economics are exposed. Overall, this chapter highlights the importance of local conditions and responses in defining the shape of national problems.

Citation

Badcock, S. (2020). 1917 in the provinces. In D. Orlovsky (Ed.), A Companion to the Russian Revolution. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118620878.ch21

• Online Publication Date: Aug 14, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Aug 2, 2023
• Publisher: Wiley
• Book Title: A Companion to the Russian Revolution
• Chapter Number: 21
• ISBN: 9781118620892
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118620878.ch21
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/23574840
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118620878.ch21