Russia's Failed Revolutions: From the Decembrists to the Dissidents

by Adam B. Ulam

From 1815 to this very day, the struggle for political and intellectual freedom has been a recurrent theme in Russian history. Yet during all that period, save for every brief intervals, Russia has been a repressive society ruled by an authoritarian government. Not only of her myriad liberal revolutions and reform movement ever succeeded. Why?

Hardcover

First published February 1, 1981

About the author

Adam Bruno Ulam was a Polish-American historian and political scientist at Harvard University. Ulam was one of the world's foremost authorities on Russia and the Soviet Union, and the author of twenty books and many articles.