Alexander Rabinowitch is emeritus professor of history at Indiana University. He is also an affiliated research scholar for the Saint Petersburg Institute of History and Russian Academy of Sciences.

A lifetime of curiosity, research, and reflection propel this highly readable journey through ‘Red Petrograd,’ the former Russian imperial capital that became the launchpad for Vladimir Lenin’s epoch-defining revolution. I cannot think of a more reliable guide to the twists and turns of Bolshevik power than the eminent Alexander Rabinowitch.

Alexander Rabinowitch is emeritus professor of history at Indiana University. He is also an affiliated research scholar for the Saint Petersburg Institute of History and Russian Academy of Sciences.

A lifetime of curiosity, research, and reflection propel this highly readable journey through ‘Red Petrograd,’ the former Russian imperial capital that became the launchpad for Vladimir Lenin’s epoch-defining revolution. I cannot think of a more reliable guide to the twists and turns of Bolshevik power than the eminent Alexander Rabinowitch.

Alexander Rabinowitch is emeritus professor of history at Indiana University. He is also an affiliated research scholar for the Saint Petersburg Institute of History and Russian Academy of Sciences.

A lifetime of curiosity, research, and reflection propel this highly readable journey through ‘Red Petrograd,’ the former Russian imperial capital that became the launchpad for Vladimir Lenin’s epoch-defining revolution. I cannot think of a more reliable guide to the twists and turns of Bolshevik power than the eminent Alexander Rabinowitch.