Russian Bauxite miners occupy mine shaft After over a week of occupation of a mine shaft, the Russian miners returned to the surface, with the promise of compromise on key wage demands and the restoration of social programmes.
Rogdaev, Nikolai 1880-1932 aka Uncle Vanya A short biography of Nikolai Rogdaev, trailblazer of Russian anarchism.
Gorelik, Grigorii aka Anatolii, 1890-1956 A short biography of Grigorii Gorelik, Ukrainian anarchist participant in the Russian Revolution.
Yarchuk, Efim, 1882 or 1886-1937 A short biography of Efim Yarchuk, who played an important role in the rebellious town of Kronstadt.
Matiushenko, Afanasy Nikolaevich 1879-1907 A biography of Afanasy Matiushenko, who was one of the key mutineers on the Battleship Potemkin, immortalised by Eisenstein's film, which helped…
Communism - Story of the Communist Party - Guy A. Aldred Aldred's summary of the development of the official communist movement and of its external radical communist critics contains a wealth of detail.
1919-1922: The Workers’ Opposition A short history of a group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled against the increasing party bureaucracy and for trade union control…
The Lena massacre, 1912 - Sam Lowry A short history of the brutal suppression of a strike by Russian gold miners protesting low wages and inhumane working conditions in 1912.
Counter-revolution and the Soviet Union - Gregori Maximov Short essay by famous Russian anarchist, Gregori Maximov, on the defeat of the 1917 revolution by…
Medvedev, Sergei Pavlovich, 1885-1937 Story of the life of Bolshevik metal worker and member of the Workers' Opposition group, Sergei Medvedev, who, like many others who criticised…
Kollontai, Alexandra, 1872-1952 Short biography of the Bolshevik feminist Alexandra Kollontai who played a crucial role in the Workers Opposition movement. The biography does…
Women fighters in the days of the great October Revolution - Alexandra Kollontai In this article, written in 1927 (well after the Bolshevik consolidation of power), Alexandra…