"Zmanim" issue no. 137 - Marking one hundred years to the Russian Revolutions

We are very pleased to announce the publications of the new and comprehensive issue of the "Zmanim" Journal, dedicated to marking one hundred years to the Russian revolutions.

This issue delivers to its readers the current research - in Israel and globally - regarding various aspects of the Russian Revoultions, from the popular image of the monarchy and testimonies of the February Revolution, through the revolutionary labor movement and culture, the role of alcohol in the revolution, and the meaning of revolutionary tribunals - to a look at the Ukranian national movement and the Russian emigration following the civil war.

The issue's guest editors were Dr. Vera Kaplan and Dr. Dina Moyal.

Contents:

Vera Kaplan / One Hundred Years Later: What Happened to the Russian Revolution?
Semion Lyandres / The Fall of Russia’s Old Regime, February-March 1917: New Evidence and Interpretations.
Documents: The February Revolution - Testimonies
Boris Kolonitskii / The Image of the Tsar and the Popular Image of the Monarchy in the Period of the First World War
Michael Melancon & Alice Pate / Bakhtin Contra Marx and Lenin: A Polyphonic Approach to Russia's Labor and Revolutionary Movements
Inna Shtakser / Two Revolutionary Cultures in Early Twentieth Century Russia.
Igor Narskii & Iulia Khmelevskaia / Intoxicated by Revolution: The Robbing of Alcohol Warehouses in 1917.
Matthew Rendle / Revolutionary Tribunals and the Role of ‘Revolutionary Justice’ in Russia’s Civil War
Mark von Hagen / "I love Russia, and/but I Want Ukraine," or How a Russian General Became Hetman of the Ukrainian State, 1917-1918
Raanan Rein / Barcelone 1936: The People's Olympiad that Never Took PlaceTimur Saitov / Istanbul – Constantinople – Tsargrad: The First Capital of Russian Emigration.

Book Reviews:
Gadi Algazi on Robert Bartlett, The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Culture Change 950-1350Netta Green on Robert Darnton, The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History
Dina Moyal on Yanni Kotsonis, States of Obligation: Taxes and Citizenship in the Russian Empire and Early Soviet Republic
Scott Ury on Elissa Bemporad, Becoming Soviet Jews: The Bolshevik Experiment in Minsk