5 FOREWORD
  Chapter One
  THE OCTOBER SOCIALIST REVOLUTION. THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD (1917-1918)
7 Dual Power.
13 Towards the Socialist Revolution.
26 The July Crisis and the Establishment of the Dictatorship of the Bourgeoisie.
32 Preparing the Armed Uprising.
36 The Triumph of the Socialist Revolution.
45 The Creation of a New State Apparatus.
50 The Triumphant Sweep of Soviet Power. The Formation of the RSFSR. The Beginning of the Creation of a Voluntary Union of Nations.
56 Withdrawal from the Imperialist War.
65 The October Revolution and the World Revolutionary Process.
  Chapter Two
  THE STRUGGLE OF THE SOVIET REPUBLICS AGAINST FOREIGN INTERVENTION AND DOMESTIC COUNTERREVOLUTION (1918-1920)
69 Intervention Begins.
76 Soviet Russia Becomes a United Military Camp.
80 Building the Red Army.
83 First Victories.
88 The Entente Steps Up Its Intervention.
92 Strengthening the Alliance Between Working Class and Peasantry.
94 Destruction of the Body of Kolchak’s Forces.
97 The Military-Political Alliance of the Soviet Republics.
103 Victories on Other Fronts.
105 A Breathing Spell.
106 The Last Campaign of the Interventionists Is Broken Up.
110 The Eighth All-Russia Congress of Soviets.
111 Liberation of the Borderlands. Formation of New Autonomous Republics.
116 The Sources of Victory and Its Significance.
  Chapter Three
  REHABILITATING THE ECONOMY. THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE USSR (1921-1925)
121 The New Economic Policy (NEP). The Tenth Party Congress.
132 The Creation of a Fraternal Union of Equal Republics.
142 Rehabilitating Agriculture and Large-Scale Industry.
151 Public and Political Life.
154 Military Reform.
155 Lenin’s Plan for Building Socialism. The Fourteenth Party Congress.
163 First Successes in Soviet Foreign Policy.
  Chapter Four
  BUILDING SOCIALISM. THE FURTHER STRENGTHENING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIALIST SOCIETY (1926-1941)
173 Socialist Industrialization.
198 The Fifteenth Party Congress. Social Revolution in the Village.
217 The USSR—The First Country in Which Socialism Triumphed.
227 The New Constitution of the USSR.
232 Strengthening Socialist Society. The Eighteenth Party Congress. The Country’s Economic Might Grows.
238 The Soviet Republics Blossom. New Republics.
241 Strengthening the Country’s Defenses.
243 The USSR’s Struggle for Peace and Collective Security.
  Chapter Five
  THE GREAT TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE WORKING PEOPLE
268 The October Revolution and Cultural Progress.
273 Eliminating Illiteracy.
275 Creating a New School.
280 The Emergence of a Socialist Intelligentsia.
290 Literature and Art Belong to the People.
313 CHRONOLOGY
320 NAME INDEX
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