Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution

Mob Justice and Police in Petrograd

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

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$40.00 • £32.95 • €36.00

ISBN 9780674972063

Publication Date: 10/25/2017

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368 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

10 halftones, 2 maps, 5 charts, 1 table

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Note on Calendar and Transliteration
Introduction
1. Prelude to Revolution
2. Crime on the Rise
3. Why Did the Crime Rate Shoot Up?
4. Militias Rise and Fall
5. An Epidemic of Mob Justice
6. Crime after the Bolshevik Takeover
7. The Bolsheviks and the Militia
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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