Red Petrograd

•Promotion and publicity, along with our other titles on the subject, to coincide with the centenary of the Russian Revolution. •Slavic and Russian studies scholarship has become less burdened by old ideological predispositions since the end of of the Cold War. This is reflected in the broadening of debate in the Slavic Review, and other serious historical journals, where Smith's work has been recognized as an indispensable contribution to this debate. •A new generation of graduate students and younger readers are re-visiting the great debates of the Old and New Left with fresh eyes, including those over revolution in the modern world.

A deeply engaging study, unmatched in its depth, of factory life in Petrograd over the course of Russia’s revolutionary year.A deeply engaging study, unmatched in its depth, of factory life in Petrograd over the course of Russia's revolutionary year. When the Russian autocracy fell in February 1917, workers across Petrograd took it as a signal to begin democratising every aspect of their lives, including their working lives. In this classic study, S.A. Smith vividly captures the creation, development, and expansion of the factory councils across the city.