pt. 1. Introduction: The context of World War One
The war and political elites
The war and ordinary people
pt. 2. Introduction: February-July 1917
Responses to the February Revolution
What the Revolution means to me, part I : soldiers, workers, professionals, industrialists, and students
What the Revolution means to me, part II : clergy, peasants, aristocratic landowners, women, and national and religious minorities
Flash points of conflict: The April crisis
Flash points of conflict: The June offensive and the July days
pt. 3. Introduction: July-October 1917
Two provincial stories
Perceptions of crisis in summer and early fall
Flash points of conflict: The Kornilov Rebellion
Electoral politics : campaigns for local dumas and the Constituent Assembly
The Soviets and the constitution of state power in September and October
pt. 4. Introduction: The first months of Soviet rule, October 1917-January 1918
Flash points of conflict: The October Revolution and creation of a Bolshevik government
Flash points of conflict: The Constituent Assembly
Endmatter
Chronology of major events, July 1914-January 1918
Map: Russia in 1917
Biographical glossary.