Originally published between 1927 and 1933 the 15 volumes in this set cover the whole ground of the Revolution, the early history of Bolshevism and the state of Russia in the late 1920s and early 1930s. They present a broad panorama in which real problems are set against an historical background, examining life under Bolshevism, discussing the limitations in practice of Bolshevist politics, the reality of the Soviet elections of the early 1920s and the growing influence of the Communist Party.

Many of the books focus on aspects which the authors feel are of particular significance...