
The Silent Brother
Simon Van der Velde
#5057 of 8,085 books · #1686 in Crime & Thriller
Shortlisted for the Gold Dagger Award (CWA Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year) (2023).
This book examines the relationship between the Russian Communist Party and working class in the years after the revolution and civil war. It shows that the working class was politically expropriated by the Bolshevik party, as democratic bodies such as soviets and factory committees were deprived of decision-making power.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN-13
- 9781134075508
- Topics
- Russian Revolution and its aftermathPolitical power and oppressionWorking class disenfranchisement
Awards
- Gold Dagger Award (CWA Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year)Shortlisted(2023)
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