The House of Government

The House of Government A Saga of the Russian Revolution

Yuri Slezkine2017
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- BOOK ONE | EN ROUTE -- PART I | ANTICIPATION -- 1. The Swamp -- 2. The Preachers -- 3. The Faith -- PART II | FULFILLMENT -- 4. The Real Day -- 5. The Last Battle -- 6. The New City -- 7. The Great Disappointment -- 8. The Party Line -- BOOK TWO | AT HOME -- PART III | THE SECOND COMING -- 9. The Eternal House -- 10. The New Tenants -- 11. The Economic Foundations -- 12. The Virgin Lands -- 13. The Ideological Substance -- PART IV | THE REIGN OF THE SAINTS -- 14. The New Life -- 15. The Days Off -- 16. The Houses of Rest -- 17. The Next of Kin -- 18. The Center of the World -- 19. The Pettiness of Existence -- 20. The Thought of Death -- 21. The Happy Childhood -- 22. The New Men -- BOOK THREE | ON TRIAL -- PART V | THE LAST JUDGMENT -- 23. The Telephone Call -- 24. The Admission of Guilt -- 25. The Valley of the Dead -- 26. The Knock on the Door -- 27. The Good People -- 28. The Supreme Penalty -- PART VI | THE AFTERLIFE -- 29. The End of Childhood -- 30. The Persistence of Happiness -- 31. The Coming of War -- 32. The Return -- 33. The End -- Epilogue: The House on the Embankment -- Appendix: Partial List of Leaseholders -- Notes -- Index
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