The Lena Goldfields massacre and the crisis of the late tsarist state

Melancon, Michael S., 1940-

The Lena Goldfields massacre and the crisis of the late tsarist state [electronic resource] / Michael Melancon. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006. - 238 p. : ill., maps. - Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe . - Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-232) and index.

Introduction -- The early history of Lena gold mining -- Modern Lena gold mining, Lenzoto, and the workers, 1861-1912 -- The history of worker unrest in the Lena region, 1842-1912 -- The Lena Goldfields strike and shooting -- Politics, the strike committee, and competing discourses -- Unexpected consensus in Russian society -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Selected items from Lenzoto work contract for 1911-12 -- Appendix 2: Selected items from "our demands," submitted to Lenzoto, 3 March 1912.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Lenskoe zolotopromyshlennoe tovarishchestvo.


Strikes and lockouts--Gold mining--Russia (Federation)--Lena River Valley.
Miners--Russia (Federation)--Lena River Valley.


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