This 2-volume biography of P.B. Struve written by the famous American historian is published in Russia for the first time. According to experts, it is the most interesting and important work by R. Pipes on the history of Russian political thought in XX century.
In the first volume, relying on archival materials, historical and memoir literature, the author tells about Struve’s life and work before the October events of 1905, when Nicholas II signed the famous Manifesto, which proclaimed civil rights and the establishment of the State Duma in Russia.
The second volume focuses on the events and circumstances of Struve’s life in his homeland and then in exile until his death in 1944.
According to Pines, sharing ideas of freedom and democracy as a politician, Struve always remained a national thinker and patriot.
Struve
Pipes Richard. Struve / Printed from the edition: Richard Pipes. Struve. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, 1970. — M.: Moscow School of Political Studies, 2001.
