Early College: ELA: Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution

Jeffrey Meyers is a noted Orwell scholar.

This book includes a chapter on contemporary perspectives on politics.

This volume of the Critical Insights series contains the essay, "Animal Farm: Beast Fable, Allegory, Satire", by John P. Rossi on page 151. Also, this volume is available online. Follow the link from the catalog and be sure to have your library bar-code available.

Look at pages 89 through 91 for examples of how Stalin attempted to change history to his advantage.

There is a chapter on tuberculosis in this book. Also, the word, plague, is well defined on page 1.

The Tsarina (Empress) Alexandra, suffered from sciatica.

George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1947.

The section entitled, "The Rise of the Market Economy" in Chapter 2 of this book (pages 39 through 46) explains the economic importance of wind and water mills in the Middle Ages.

Look up Water Mill and Wind Mill in the index of Volume II.

Use the index in Volume III.

The House of Romanov ruled Russia for over 300 years.

The 1971 movie of the same name was based on this book.

Read this book for information on Anna Anderson as well as the imprisonment of the Romanov family by the Bolshevik leadership. An additional topic in this book is forensic osteology.

This book has information about serfdom and Tsar Alexander II.

The subtitle of this book is "Stories from the last century of Imperial Russia". Genealogical charts begin on page 255.

This book provides an "in-depth" look at each member of the Romanov dynasty.

The topic "red terror" can be found in the index of this book.

Provides information on Lenin's "Theory of Terror" and the development and deployment of the Chekas.

The publisher states that "...this book makes use of recently opened sources to explain how these dictators' pursuit of utopian--and dreadfully flawed--ideals led only to dystopian nightmare."

"In The Russian Revolution, historian Sean McMeekin traces the origins and events of the Russian Revolution, which ended Romanov rule, ushered the Bolsheviks into power, and changed the course of world history. Between 1900 and 1920, Russia underwent a complete and irreversible transformation: by the end of these two decades, a new regime was in place, the economy had collapsed, and over 20 million Russians had died during the revolution and what followed. Still, Bolshevik power remained intact due to a remarkable combination of military prowess, violent terror tactics, and the failures of their opposition. And as McMeekin shows, Russia's revolutionaries were aided at nearly every step by countries like Germany and Sweden who sought to benefit--politically and economically--from the chaotic changes overtaking the country. The first comprehensive history of these momentous events in a decade, The Russian Revolution combines cutting-edge scholarship and a fast-paced narrative to shed new light on a great turning point of the twentieth century"--Publisher information.
Use the index starting on page 421 to locate topics such as Cheka, Revolution of 1905 and Red Terror,

The author uncovers the catastrophes, intrigues and inspirations of 1917 when the autocratic monarchy that was Russia became the world's first worker's state.

This book is a biographical history of Lenin, Trotsky,and Stalin. At over 600 pages, use the index to pinpoint the information that you need.

"The volume that tore the mask away from Stalinism." Christopher Hitchens, Wall Street Journal

40th anniversary edition

This book has information on the "Great Purges".

Covers the years 1929-1941.

Covers the years 1878-1928.

Joseph Stalin suffered from atherosclerosis (ASVD) due to heavy smoking.

Vladimir Lenin suffered three strokes between 1922 and his death in 1924. The medical term for stroke is cerebral hemorrhage.

The Tsarevich (Crown Prince) Alexei was born with hemophilia. It is a genetic disease. Alexei's great-grandmother, Queen Victoria of England was a carrier.