From the Other Shore - Russian Social Democracy after 1921

This book is an inquiry into the possibilities of politics in exile. Russian Mensheviks, driven out of Soviet Russia and their party stripped of legal existence, functioned abroad in the West--in Berlin, Paris, and New York--for an entire generation. For several years they also continued to operate underground in Soviet Russia. Bereft of the usual advantages of political actors, the Mensheviks succeeded in impressing their views upon social democratic parties and Western thinking about the Soviet Union.

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About the author

André Liebich is Professor of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Summary

This book is an inquiry into the possibilities of politics in exile. The Mensheviks, driven out of Soviet Russia, functioned abroad in the West for a generation. For several years they also continued to operate underground in Soviet Russia, and succeeded in impressing their views on social democratic parties and Western thinking about the U.S.S.R.

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• Authors: Andr? Liebich, Andra(c) Liebich, Andre Liebich, André Liebich
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1999
• EAN: 9780674325180
• ISBN: 978-0-674-32518-0
• Weight: 640 g
• Illustrations: 9 halftones; 1 line illustration
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies; Harvard Historical Studies (Pa; Harvard Historical Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Political Parties, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Marxism & Communism, Political parties and party platforms, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era