Kronstadt
Articles about the 1921 mutiny and rebellion of sailors and workers on the Kronstadt naval base against the authoritarianism of the new Russian Bolshevik government.
Zhelezniakov, Anatoli, 1895-1919 - stormy petrel
A short sketch of the life of a young Russian anarchist sailor who, in collaboration with the Bolsheviks and others, was on hand to disperse both the Provisional Government in October 1917 and the Constituent Assembly in January 1918.
A very slightly revised version appears as Chapter 6 of "Anarchist Portraits" by Paul Avrich, Princeton University Press, 1988.
Kronstadt '21 - Victor Serge
We reproduce an excerpt from Memoirs of a Revolutionary, (1945) by Victor Serge on the Kronstadt rebellion against the Bolshevik autocracy, its dictatorship over the proletariat. Despite Serge remaining an (albeit highly critical) Bolshevik apologist and remaining in the camp of those who claimed Kronstadt as 'a tragic necessity', he is honest enough to describe the facts of the situation in their own damning terms.
For instance, the first act of the Bolshevik hierarchy was to publicly lie about the nature of the revolt, both to loyal party members and to the rest of society; they claimed that it was a revolt of the White generals to restore the old regime. This was the first lie of many about the rebellion that have been perpetuated ever since by Bolshevik apologists.
Remember Kronstadt - Wildcat
Wildcat (UK) give a brief history of the Kronstadt fortress, from 1905 to 1921 on the 70th anniversary of the uprising (1991).
The 70th anniversary of the suppression of the Kronstadt uprising coincided with the collapse of the Soviet Union, giving us two convenient excuses to reexamine the Russian revolution. This brief history of the naval fortress-town in the Gulf of Finland gives us a particular viewpoint on the revolution itself: the viewpoint of some of its most combative participants.
The strategy and nature of Bolshevism
The final chapters of Gabriel and Dany Cohn-Bendit's book Obsolete Communism, the Left-Wing Alternative, which deal with the theory and practise of Lenin, Trotsky and the Bolshevik Party during the Russian Revolution
Kronstadt 1921: An analysis of Bolshevik propaganda - Emma Goldman
Emma Goldman analyzes the Bolshevik propaganda over Kronstadt, including the claim it was a "White Plot" led by the Tsarist general Kozlovsky (pictured)
Kronstadt 1921: An Analysis of Bolshevik Propaganda
Chapter 27 - Kronstadt
Kronstadt
Zhelezniakov, Anatoli, 1895-1919
A short biography of Russian anarchist and Kronstadt sailor Anatoli Zhelezniakov.
Anatoli Grigorievich Zhelezniakov
Born 1895 - Russia, died 1919 - Russia
Zhelezniakov was a young sailor serving on a minelayer based at the naval base of Kronstadt when the rule of the Tsar was overthrown in Russia in February 1917. He was already an anarchist, subscribing to anarchist communist ideas as put forward by people like Kropotkin.
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]
Beyond Kronstadt - the Bolsheviks in Power - "MK"
"MK" analyses the Russian Revolution, attempting a broader critical analysis than the usual back and forth over Kronstadt, including the arguments within the Bolshevik party between Lennin and the "left-communists", and the demise of the factory committees.
Beyond Kronstadt - the Bolsheviks in power
"MK"
An understanding of the Russian revolution is vital for any understanding of why the left failed in the 20th century. Yet most discussion amongst revolutionaries never goes beyond the usual argument about the Kronstadt rebellion.
The Kronstadt Revolt - Ante Ciliga
Ante Ciliga discusses the question of Kronstadt, at the time of Trotsky's later writings about the event.
The Kronstadt Revolt
Ante Ciliga
