The Electrification of Russia, 1880–1926 /

The Electrification of Russia, 1880–1926 /

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Here is the first full account of the widespread adoption of electricity in Russia, from the beginning in the 1880s to its early years as a state technology under Soviet rule. Jonathan Coopersmith has mined the archives for both the tsarist and the Soviet periods to examine a crucial element in the...

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Main Author: Coopersmith, Jonathan, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1992.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geschichte (1917-1926)
Geschichte (1880-1926)
Electric industries > Russia > History.
Electrification > Russia > History.
Elektrificatie.
Elektriciteitsvoorziening.
Elektrifizierung
Electrification > Economic aspects.
Electric industries.
Economic history.
Industries electriques > URSS > Histoire.
Électrification > Aspect economique > URSS.
Electric industries > Soviet Union > History.
Electrification > Economic aspects > Soviet Union.
Sowjetunion
Russland
Soviet Union.
Russia.
URSS > Conditions economiques > 1917-1945.
Russie > Conditions economiques > 1861-1917.
Soviet Union > Economic conditions > 1917-1945.
Russia > Economic conditions > 1861-1917.
Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Russian Terms
  • 1 Introduction: The Shaping of a Technology (starting p. 1)
  • 2 Government and Growth in Imperial Russia, 1870-1886 (starting p. 8)
  • 3 Electrification, 1886-1914 (starting p. 42)
  • 4 The Rise of Electrification, 1914-1917 (starting p. 99)
  • 5 Feasting Eyes, Hungry Stomachs, 1917-1920 (starting p. 121)
  • 6 GOELRO: The Creation of a Dream, 1920-1921 (starting p. 151)
  • 7 The NEP Years, 1921-1926 (starting p. 192)
  • 8 Conclusion: Shifting Grounds, Shifting Goals (starting p. 258)
  • Index (starting p. 266).

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