Edward Acton

Imperial Russia: Marxism a la Carte

Edward Acton looks to the Tsarist ancien regime of the 19th century to set the scene for a historical understanding of Russia that does not throw out the baby with its Marxist bathwater.

Published July 31 1991

The Great Purges

Edward Acton reviews a literary recreation of the Moscow trials.

Published March 1 1985

Russia and the Origins of the First World War

by D.C.B. Lieven

Published March 31 1984

Reading History: The Russian Revolution

Edward Acton outlines the historiography of the Russian Revolution.

Published June 30 1982

Putting the Naton First

Edward Acton is disappointed by a new book on early 20th century Russia

Published August 31 1981

Russian Counter-Revolution

Edward Acton has mixed feelings about a new book on Russia in 1917

Published January 1 1981

October 1917. A Social History of the Russian Revolution

by Marc Ferro

Published October 1 1980

The October Revolution

by Roy Medvedev, translated by George Saunders

Published May 31 1980

The Russian Revolution from Lenin to Stalin 1917-1929

by E. H. Carr

Published February 1 1980

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.