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Daly, Jonathan W. Autocracy Under Siege: Security Police and Opposition in Russia, 1866-1905. Northern Illinois University Press 1998.
Harison, Casey. “The Paris Commune of 1871, the Russian Revolution of 1905, and the Shifting of the Revolutionary Tradition.” History & Memory 19:2 (2007): 5-42. This book elaborates on the precursors to Russian Revolution by examining the link between the French revolutionary tradition and the Russian mood.
Mironov, B.N. “The Russian Revolution of 1917 as a By-Product of Modernization.” Russian Social Science Review 56:1 (2015): 79-95. This argues for the idea that WWI was not the only reason for revolution. It demonstrates that progress made by the working class and peasants gave them an increased sense of autonomy leading to their push away from autocracy. …show more content…
Nineteenth-Century Russia: Opposition to Autocracy. Longman, 1999.
Polunov, Alexander Zakharova. Russia in the Nineteenth Century: Autocracy, Reform, and Social Change, 1814-1914. M.E. Sharpe, Inc, 2005. 87-250. This book demonstrates the change in mentality that was occurring in Russia during the 19th century which would have lead to demands for a more autonomy, staged around the Great Reforms, an obvious precursor to the 1917 revolution.
Preobrazhenskii, Nikolai. “Little-known Aspects of the Russian Revolution of 1905.” trans. David Mandel. Critique 34:3 (2003): 293-314. This article gives examples of the antecedents of the revolution of 1917 through the actions of the Duma, the workers, and the radical parties of Russia in the first decade of the 20th century.
Reed, Christopher. From Tsar To Soviets. Routledge, 1996.
Rey, Marie-Pierre. Alexander I: The Tsar who Defeated Napoleon. Northern Illinois University Press,