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The Bolsheviks and the Russian Empire

Chapters 3 and 4 are revised versions of articles published in 2006 and noted on p. xii of the book; the chapters contain additional material and broader analytical frameworks than those offered in the published articles. All other chapters are new, with the exception of scattered pieces of textual overlap with a 2008/9 AJS article, 'The Ethnic Roots of Class Universalism' (Output number 4 – reserve).

This is a historical monograph of considerable scale and scope, based on a mixture of primary and secondary research. Primary research was undertaken at Stanford University's extensive Hoover Institution Archive. Riga’s research involved analysis of sources in English, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, and Italian. The monograph represents 8 years of research work.