The Russian Revolution of 1917, born of the collapses of the War, exerted its influence all along the globe and for a long time. In Europe and the Mediterranean world, the effects of World War I were overwhelming. Taking as point of departure the year of the Russian revolutions, this book focus on the consequences of the imperial and state collapses after 1917 in spatial and chronological dialogue, researching the changing of institutions that created narratives and representations of national memories, exploring the nationalist movements that shaped the new countries and describing the communist activists that helped to transform the old world within the framework of a tragedy of terrible dimensions.

José M. Faraldo is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.