1910s
Worker Activism and Social Polarisation in Petrograd and Moscow March to October 1917 - Rosenberg/Koenker
The Limits of Formal Protest: Worker Activism and Social Polarisation in Petrograd and Moscow March to October 1917
William G Rosenberg and Diane P Koenker
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Soviets and Factory Committees in the Russian Revolution - Peter Rachleff
Peter Rachleff traces the development of the Factory Committees from early 1917 until the beginnings of the Bolsheviks' suppression of these organisations shortly after October.
Soviets and Factory Committees in the Russian Revolution
Peter Rachleff
The Third Revolution? Peasant resistance to the Bolshevik government
Nick Heath on the wave of rebellions and uprisings of rank-and-file Russian workers and peasants across the country in 1919-1921 against the Bolsheviks, who were consolidating their grip on power. Contrary to the Bolsheviks' claims, these rebellions were not reactionary but in fact in support of the original aims of the revolution: socialism, and workers' and peasants' self-management. Taken together they can be referred to as a Third Revolution.
Russian Labour and Bolshevik Power after October - William Rosenberg
William G. Rosenberg analyses the relationship between the working class and the Bolsheviks between 1917 and 1918, emphasising the role of strikes, protests and demonstrations during the period before and after October.
Due to the large number of footnotes from primarily Russian language sources, they have been omitted from this online version. See www.slavicreview.uiuc.edu/ for information about subscriptions and back issues.
Russian Labor and Bolshevik Power after October
William G. Rosenberg
Slavic Review, Vol. 44, No. 2. (Summer, 1985)
Peasants into Russians: The Utopian Essence of War Communism - Bertrand M Patenaude
Peasants into Russians - The Utopian Essence of War Communism
Bertrand M Patenaude
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The Menshevik's Political Comeback Spring 1918 Vladimir Brovkin
The Menshevik's Political Comeback: The Elections to the Provincial City Soviets In Spring 1918
Vladimir Brovkin
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More than One Piece is Missing in the Puzzle - Moshe Lewin
More than One Piece is Missing in the Puzzle
Moshe Lewin
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The July Uprising of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries in Moscow 1918 - Lutz Hafner
The July Uprising of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries in Moscow 1918
Lutz Hafner
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My Disillusionment in Russia - Emma Goldman
Russian-American anarchist Emma Goldman's book on the degeneration of the Russian Revolution of 1917-1921.
Deported American anarchist Emma Goldman travels to Russia for the first time in 30 years. She provides a revealing picture on the rampant opportunism throughout the Soviet government and its steady roots throughout the bureacracy.
Kronstadt Izvestia
Archive of the publication of the Kronstadt rebels, who fought to protect the gains of the Russian Revolution from the new Bolshevik authoritarianism.
Izvestia of the Provisional Revolutionary Committee of Sailors, Soldiers and Workers of the town of Kronstadt - Issues 1-14, March 3-March 16, 1921.
Originally edited by Anatoli Lamanov .
Sometimes spelled: Isvestiia, Isvestia, Izvestia, Izvestiia, Isvestiya]
