Download or read book The Origins of the Russian Revolution, 1861–1917 written by Alan Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Wood provides a concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861. The third edition of this successful pamphlet brings the historiography up to date to include the multitude of research in the last ten years that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening up of the archives.