The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction : Paperback : Oxford University Press : 9780192853950 : 0192853953 : 16 May 2002 : This Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole-on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men and women, youth. Its central concern is to understand how one structure of domination was replaced by another.