Paul Avrich
What is "Makhaevism"? - Paul Avrich
Paul Avrich looks at the life of the Polish theorist and activist, Jan Wacław Machajsk.
When the Short Course history of the Communist party was published in Pravda in 1938, it was accompanied by a decree which emphasized the role of the intelligentsia in the construction of Soviet society.
Mollie Steimer, 1897-1980 - Paul Avrich
The life of Mollie Steimer, a Jewish anarchist in New York who opposed the First World War, and later lived in exile in France and Mexico.
Mollie Steimer: An Anarchist Life
By Paul Avrich
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.
Paul Avrich obituary - The Guardian
Obituary of Russian-American anarchist historian Paul Avrich by Stuart Christie from The Guardian, Monday April 10, 2006
Bolshevik Opposition to Lenin: G. T. Miasnikov and the Workers' Group - Paul Avrich
Paul Avrich's article from 1984 about G.T. Miasnikov and the Workers' Group
Bolshevik Opposition to Lenin:
G. T. Miasnikov and the Workers' Group
Paul Avrich
(RUSSIAN REVIEW, Vol. 43, 1984 pp. 1-29)
Anarchists in the Russian Revolution - Paul Avrich
The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution, Paul Avrich. We present this in PDF format (270kb) but hope to convert it to text in the near future.
Russian Anarchists and the Civil War - Paul Avrich
Paul Avrich discusses the position of anarchists during the Civil War in Russia, including Makhno in the Ukraine and the repression of anarchists in Russia itself.
Russian Anarchists and the Civil War
Paul Avrich
from Russian Review, Volume 27, Issue 3 (Jul., 1968), 296-306.
