1. The Setting. The society. The revolutionary tradition. The 1905 Revolution and its aftermath; the First World War -- 2. 1917: The Revolutions of February and October. The February Revolution and 'dual power'. The Bolsheviks. The popular revolution. The political crises of the summer. The October Revolution -- 3. The Civil War. The Civil War, the Red Army and the Cheka. War Communism. Visions of the new world. The Bolsheviks in power -- 4. NEP and the Future of the Revolution. The discipline of retreat. The problem of bureaucracy. The leadership struggle. Building socialism in one country -- 5. Stalin's Revolution. Stalin versus the Right. The industrialization drive. Collectivization. Cultural Revolution -- 6. Ending the Revolution. 'Revolution accomplished'. 'Revolution betrayed'. Terror.