On the causes of the russian revolution
Khoros V.G.,
Head of the Center for Development and Modernization Studies, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, khoros@imemo.ru
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Khoros V.G. On the causes of the russian revolution. – Polis. Political Studies. 2010. No. 5
Analyzed is the book by a well-known St. Petersburg historian B.N.Mironov, contesting the wide-spread opinion that the revolutions of the early 20th century in Russia were caused by a systemic crisis of Russian society and by deterioration of wide masses’ well-being. V.G.Khoros expresses his own point of view as to this theme, reflecting on problems of modernization, on their relationship with the revolution and on other theoretical subjects.