Examines the 1917 Russian Revolution, including Lenin's rise to power, the killing of the Romanovs, and the famine of 1921.

Abridged version of The Russian Revolution.

Russia in 1900 -- The constitutional experiment -- Russia at war -- The February Revolution -- Lenin and the origins of Bolshevism -- The October coup -- Building the one-party state -- The Revolution internationalized -- War Communism -- Red terror -- The Civil War -- The new empire -- Communism for export -- Spiritual life -- Communism in crisis -- Reflections on the Russian Revolution.