"This volume is a valuable source of information that also represents a genuinely collaborative approach to understanding Soviet history. The collection is so rich that every scholar and teacher of Soviet history will want to consult it. Highly recommended." --Choice "Documentation of this well-edited volume is exhaustive. It can be highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students and specialists." --History "This is a surprisingly readable, well-structured book that is an absolute necessity for a college library as well as a useful addition to a scholar's personal library." --Perspectives on Political Science " ... essential reading ... abundant empirical research and fresh interpretations." --The Russian Review

• INTRODUCTIONI Civil War and Social RevolutionNew Perspectives on the Civil WarSheila FitzpatrickCivil War and the Problem of Social Identities in Early Twentieth-Century RussiaLeopold H. HaimsonII The Social and Demographic Impact of the Civil WarIntroduction: Social and Demographic Change in the Civil WarDiane P Koenker"The City in Danger": The Civil War and the Russian Urban PopulationDaniel R. BrowerUrbanization and Deurbanization in the Russian Revolution and Civil WarDiane P. KoenkerThe Effects of the Civil War on Women and Family RelationsBarbara Evans ClementsCommentary: The Elements of Social and Demographic Change in Civil War RussiaWilliam G. RosenbergIII Administration and State BuildingIntroduction: Bolshevik Efforts at State BuildingVictoria E. BonnellThe Petrograd First City District Soviet during the Civil WarAlexander RabinowitchBread without the BourgeoisieMary McAuleyState Building in the Civil War Era: The Role of Lower-Middle StrataDaniel T. OrlovskyThe Rationalization of State Kontol'Thomas F. RemingtonCommentary: Administration and State BuildingRonald Grigor SunyIV The Bolsheviks and the IntelligentsiaIntroduction: The Bolsheviks and the IntelligentsiaPeter KenezThe Professoriate in the Russian Civil WarJames C. McClellandNatural Scientists and the Soviet SystemKendall E. BailesIntellectuals in the Proletkult: Problems of Authority and ExpertiseLynn MallyCommentary: The Revolution and the IntellectualsDiane P. KoenkerV Workers and SocialistsIntroduction: Workers and SocialistAllan K. WildmanSocial Democrats in Power: Menshevik Georgia and the Russian Civil WarRonald Grigor SunyThe Social Background to TsektranWilliam G. RosenbergCommentary: Circumstance and Political Will in the Russian Civil WarReginald E. ZelnikVI The Legacy of the Civil WarThe Legacy of the Civil WarSheila FitzpatrickThe Civil War: Dynamics and LegacyMoshe LewinGUIDE TO FURTHER READINGCONTRIBUTORSINDEX

"This volume is a valuable source of information that also represents a genuinely collaborative approach to understanding Soviet history. The collection is so rich that every scholar and teacher of Soviet history will want to consult it. Highly recommended." --Choice "Documentation of this well-edited volume is exhaustive. It can be highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate students and specialists." --History "This is a surprisingly readable, well-structured book that is an absolute necessity for a college library as well as a useful addition to a scholar's personal library." --Perspectives on Political Science " ... essential reading ... abundant empirical research and fresh interpretations." --The Russian Review

• INTRODUCTIONI Civil War and Social RevolutionNew Perspectives on the Civil WarSheila FitzpatrickCivil War and the Problem of Social Identities in Early Twentieth-Century RussiaLeopold H. HaimsonII The Social and Demographic Impact of the Civil WarIntroduction: Social and Demographic Change in the Civil WarDiane P Koenker"The City in Danger": The Civil War and the Russian Urban PopulationDaniel R. BrowerUrbanization and Deurbanization in the Russian Revolution and Civil WarDiane P. KoenkerThe Effects of the Civil War on Women and Family RelationsBarbara Evans ClementsCommentary: The Elements of Social and Demographic Change in Civil War RussiaWilliam G. RosenbergIII Administration and State BuildingIntroduction: Bolshevik Efforts at State BuildingVictoria E. BonnellThe Petrograd First City District Soviet during the Civil WarAlexander RabinowitchBread without the BourgeoisieMary McAuleyState Building in the Civil War Era: The Role of Lower-Middle StrataDaniel T. OrlovskyThe Rationalization of State Kontol'Thomas F. RemingtonCommentary: Administration and State BuildingRonald Grigor SunyIV The Bolsheviks and the IntelligentsiaIntroduction: The Bolsheviks and the IntelligentsiaPeter KenezThe Professoriate in the Russian Civil WarJames C. McClellandNatural Scientists and the Soviet SystemKendall E. BailesIntellectuals in the Proletkult: Problems of Authority and ExpertiseLynn MallyCommentary: The Revolution and the IntellectualsDiane P. KoenkerV Workers and SocialistsIntroduction: Workers and SocialistAllan K. WildmanSocial Democrats in Power: Menshevik Georgia and the Russian Civil WarRonald Grigor SunyThe Social Background to TsektranWilliam G. RosenbergCommentary: Circumstance and Political Will in the Russian Civil WarReginald E. ZelnikVI The Legacy of the Civil WarThe Legacy of the Civil WarSheila FitzpatrickThe Civil War: Dynamics and LegacyMoshe LewinGUIDE TO FURTHER READINGCONTRIBUTORSINDEX