Richard Pipes

Looks at the decay of the tsarist empire and the causes of the Revolution, discusses the aims of the Bolshevik party, and recounts the major events of the conflict

A Concise History of the Russian Revolution

Looks at the decay of the Czarist regime and the causes of the Revolution, discusses the aims of the Bolshevik party, and recounts the major events of the conflict.

The Russian Revolution

V. I. Lenin

Todd Chretien

State and Revolution

A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

Communism

“For anyone who wants an insight into the nature of Russian society before the revolution, there is no doubt that Professor Pipes has written the book.”—Lionel Kochan, Jewish Chronicle This highly acclaimed study from Richard Pipes analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from the ninth century to the 1880s and its unique role in managing Russian society. The harsh geographical conditions and sheer size of the country prevented the creation of participatory government, and a “patrimonial” state emerged in which Russia was transformed into a gigantic royal domain. Richard Pipes traces these developments and goes on to analyze the political behavior of the principal social groupings—peasantry, nobility, middle-class, and clergy—and their failure to stand up to the increasing absolutism of the tsar. In order to strengthen his powers, legal and institutional bases were set up that led to the creation of a bureaucratic police state under the Communists. “A brilliant and provocative analysis . . . learned, judicious, witty and full of common sense.”—John Keep, The Times Literary Supplement “A lively, profound, often extremely subtle account of the making of the Russian state . . . For the serious student it is required reading which is also a delight. For the general reader with a minimal knowledge of Russian history and puzzled as to what makes the Russians tick, it lights up the whole field.”—Edward Crankshaw, The Observer “An excellent introduction, painstaking and enjoyable.”—The New York Review of Books “Pipes has produced a masterly interpretative history of tsarist Russa.”—Choice

Second Edition

Russia under the Old Regime

Richard Pipes conducts a succinct inquest, asking: Why did tsarism fall virtually overnight? Why did the Bolsheviks - the smallest of the three main Russian radical parties - triumph? Why did Stalin succeed Lenin? In answering these questions, Pipes gives us our clearest picture yet of the vulnerability of the tsarist system as well as of the ruthless opportunism that enabled Lenin to seize the reins of power. Dispelling years of revisionist mythology, Pipes demonstrates the extent to which Stalin was the logical heir to a party that had assumed control over every aspect of Russian life.

Three Whys of the Russian Revolution

Explores the formative years of the Soviet Union under communism, ranging from the Bolshevik takeover in 1918 to the 1924 death of Lenin, and examines the impact of Bolshevik leaders and period events on the USSR.

Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime

Russia under the Bolshevik regime, 1919-1924

" Análise útil e de fácil leitura da Revolução Russa e seus desdobramentos, em edição de bolso. Em História concisa da Revolução Russa, o renomado historiador Richard Pipes afirma que a revolução de outubro de 1917 foi na verdade um golpe de Estado, a tomada de poder por um grupo, com apoio popular, mas na realidade sem envolvimento da população. Para Pipes, o bolchevismo não era uma visão do futuro, mas sim a retomada de um passado autoritário. Analisando o período imediatamente anterior e o posterior à Revolução, o livro retrata o assassinato da família imperial, a política soviética de sufocar etnias e nacionalidades e o combate às religiões. Produto de anos de pesquisa, História concisa da Revolução Russa revê a participação dos principais personagens da revolução e mostra Lenin como um fanático, autoritário e intolerante, que ordenou a construção de campos de concentração já em 1918. Pipes mostra também como a política de Lenin abriu o caminho para o terror da era stalinista. História concisa da Revolução Russa acompanha as políticas da Revolução, as crises e crueldades, do assassinato dos Romanov ao terror patrocinado pelo Estado, e analisa a convivência entre a teoria marxista e a longa tradição autoritária russa. "

História concisa da Revolução Russa (edição de bolso)

"A superb book about a topic that should be front and center in the American political debate" (National Review), from the acclaimed Harvard scholar and historian of the Russian Revolution An exploration of a wide range of national and political systems to demonstrate persuasively that private ownership has served over the centuries to limit the power of the state and enable democratic institutions to evolve and thrive in the Western world. Beginning with Greece and Rome, where the concept of private property as we understand it first developed, Richard Pipes then shows us how, in the late medieval period, the idea matured with the expansion of commerce and the rise of cities. He contrasts England, a country where property rights and parliamentary government advanced hand-in-hand, with Russia, where restrictions on ownership have for centuries consistently abetted authoritarian regimes; finally he provides reflections on current and future trends in the United States. Property and Freedom is a brilliant contribution to political thought and an essential work on a subject of vital importance.

Property and Freedom

From the Secret Archive (Annals of Communism Series)

The Unknown Lenin

Richard Pipes analiza dos conceptos fundamentales, propiedad y libertad, desde perspectivas históricas y filosóficas. Pipes, profesor de Historia en la Universidad de Harvard y especialista en historia rusa, toma como ejemplo dos naciones que los han entendido de maneras distintas a lo largo de su historia, Inglaterra y Rusia, para revelar los vínculos entre propiedad privada y la noción de libertad como un derecho inherente al ser humano.

Sin embargo, es un análisis que no se limita a cuestiones económicas. es un recorrido complejo y enriquecedor, que destaca por su impecable narrativa, a lo largo de la historia de la lucha del ser humano por hacer valer su individualismo e integrarse plenamente en su sociedad.

Dos conceptos inseparables a lo largo de la historia

Propiedad y libertad

Newly revised for this edition, Richard Pipes's highly acclaimed study analyses the evolution of the Russian state from the ninth century to the 1880s and its unique role in managing Russian society. The harsh geographical conditions and sheer size of the country prevented the creation of participatory government, and a 'patrimonial' state emerged in which Russia was transformed into a gigantic royal domain. Richard Pipes traces these developments and goes on to analyse the political behaviour of the principal social groupings - peasantry, nobility, middle-class and clergy - and their failure to stand up to the increasing absolutism of the tsar. In order to strengthen his powers legal and institutional bases were set up that led to the creation of a bureaucratic police state under the Communists.

Russia Under the Old Regime

Property, asserts Richard Pipes, is an indispensable ingredient not only of economic progress but also of liberty and the rule of law. In his new book, the Harvard scholar demonstrates how, throughout history, private ownership has served as a barrier to the power of the state, enabling the Western world to evolve enduring democratic institutions. He traces the development of private property, beginning with ancient Greece and Rome, where property rights in the modern sense first made their appearance. He explains how notions of ownership matured in late medieval times with the great expansion of commerce and the growth of cities. He shows how England, as the first country to treat land as a commodity and to develop a robust defense of property rights, also became the first to institute a parliamentary government capable of restraining the powers of royalty. In pre-nineteenth-century Russia, on the other hand, the absence of private land ownership deprived its citizens of the leverage to limit the authority of their tsars. Pipes describes the attitudes toward property of twentieth-century totalitarian states and points out that in the United States the protection of private property, rooted in the principles of the Founding Fathers, has been a major contributor to the commonweal. However, he warns that contemporary trends in the treatment of property--in a century that, he suggests, has been unfavorable to the institution--threaten to undermine the rights of citizens. And he makes clear why he believes that excessive interference by government, even when intended to promote the "common good," could lead to a diminution of freedom.

Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Karamzin

The single most important source on the history of Russian conservatism

A Translation and Analysis

Karamzin's Memoir on Ancient and Modern Russia

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

Two lectures, delivered by Dr. Richard Pipes (History, Harvard U.) in May 1993 as part of the Norwegian Nobel Institute+s Spring Lecture Series, discuss Russian communism in historical and philosophical terms rather than political and economic ones, concluding with a cautionary comparison of communism and contemporary Western liberalism. The Reagan administration's Soviet expert (1981-82), Pipes is a world authority on Russia. He describes himself as a conservative anarchist; Admittedly adverse to being ordered around, but respecting traditions and customs, and states that his lectures reflect this attitude. References. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Communism, the Vanished Specter

Discusses the development of the state, society, and the intelligentsia in Russia from the ninth through the end of the nineteenth centuries

Richard Pipes

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