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The Moscow Bolshevik Cadres of 1917: A Prosopographic Analysis

The Moscow Bolshevik Cadres of 1917: A Prosopographic Analysis WILLIAM CHASE and J. ARCH GETTY (Chestnut Hill, Mass., U.S.A.) The Moscow Bolshevik Cadres of 1917: A Prosopographic Analysis In the years since the Bolshevik Revolution of October, 1917, a consider- able body of historical literature has appeared in the West about the event, the major participants, the Bolshevik party and Leninist ideology. Despite all the attention devoted to "October," Western historians have been rather uniform in their approach. Biographies of individual leaders such as Lenin, Trotskii, and Stalin are numerous, as are studies of Lenin's circle in pre- revolutionary days. In their analyses of the events surrounding the October Revolution, Western historians have focused their attention almost exclu- sively upon the revolutionary activity in Petrograd. While this body of historical literature may provide considerable insight into the Revolution and the important leaders of the Bolshevik party, there are many more questions left unanswered. The preoccupation with events in Petrograd in October has meant that many important Russian centers, most notably Moscow, have not been adequately studied.1 Likewise, the concern with Lenin and his lieutenants has entailed the neglect of an ex- tremely important group of Bolsheviks: the revolutionary cadres. Cadres were those members of the party who http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian History Brill

The Moscow Bolshevik Cadres of 1917: A Prosopographic Analysis

Getty, J. Arch; Chase, William
Russian History , Volume 5 (1): 84 – Jan 1, 1978
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© 1978 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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WILLIAM CHASE and J. ARCH GETTY (Chestnut Hill, Mass., U.S.A.) The Moscow Bolshevik Cadres of 1917: A Prosopographic Analysis In the years since the Bolshevik Revolution of October, 1917, a consider- able body of historical literature has appeared in the West about the event, the major participants, the Bolshevik party and Leninist ideology. Despite all the attention devoted to "October," Western historians have been rather uniform in their approach. Biographies of individual leaders such as Lenin, Trotskii, and Stalin are numerous, as are studies of Lenin's circle in pre- revolutionary days. In their analyses of the events surrounding the October Revolution, Western historians have focused their attention almost exclu- sively upon the revolutionary activity in Petrograd. While this body of historical literature may provide considerable insight into the Revolution and the important leaders of the Bolshevik party, there are many more questions left unanswered. The preoccupation with events in Petrograd in October has meant that many important Russian centers, most notably Moscow, have not been adequately studied.1 Likewise, the concern with Lenin and his lieutenants has entailed the neglect of an ex- tremely important group of Bolsheviks: the revolutionary cadres. Cadres were those members of the party who

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